OBJECTIVE Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting may result in fewer myocardial and vascular complications than on-pump. Although differences in aortic manipulations likely play a role, the systemic responses of endothelial progenitor cells to both types of operations have not been examined. We sought to examine endothelial progenitor cell characteristics after off-pump versus on-pump coronar...

OBJECTIVES To review the evolution of off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery with particular reference to the anaesthetic and perioperative implications. FINDINGS After review of the literature regarding coronary artery bypass grafting, the adverse effects of cardiopulmonary bypass on the various systems are discussed The development and the present status of off-pump coronary artery bypass ...

Introduction: As off pump Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) is a developing method in coronary cardiac surgery, most surgeons are anxious about the danger of emergency crash conversion. In this observational study we tried to show the rate and outcome of conversion . Material and methods: In this descriptive study about 477 coronary off-pump CABG patients were operated in Ghaem hos...

Introduction: Nowadays, with the advancement of technology and industrial life, the prevalence of heart diseases including coronary artery diseases has considerably increased. Coronary artery diseases are one of the most common and serious diseases that threaten human life. Methods: The present study is a comparative-descriptive research. The statistical ...

BACKGROUND Treatment method in patients with coronary artery disease undergoing coronary bypass surgery with accompanying carotid artery disease is still a hot topic among clinicians. This study is designed to investigate if there is an effect on myocardial infarction, cerebrovascular events and mortality during postoperative period of simultaneous carotid endarterectomy with coronary bypass su...

conclusions in total, application of therapeutic approaches in patients with cad depends on many factors. in our study not only risk factors such as gender, lifestyle, smoking, alcohol abuse, diabetes and hypertension were associated with the incidence of cad, but also they were highly correlated with the severity of the disease. results the mean age of total patients was 58.3 ± 11.5 years (p =...

Background: Major leg wound complications after coronary artery bypass graft procedures are infrequent and few are reported in the litrature.We present our experience in treating 30 patients with major leg wound complications after coronary revascularization procedures. Materials and Methods: A retrospective review of 2100 bypass procedures with saphenous veingraft performed over a 5-years p...

a 73-year-old woman who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting for coronary artery stenosis six years ago, presented with right lower extremity claudication. angiography revealed right external artery stenosis. elective external iliac ptca was performed complicated with simultaneous external iliac artery and vein rupture that was an exceedingly rare event. retroperitoneal laparotomy with...

conclusions to our knowledge, this is the first case of ctc that was identified incidentally in the retrocaval position and caused intermittent obstruction of vena cava. case presentation the present study reports on a 66-year-old female with coronary artery disease (cad) who was scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) at our hospital. during mediastinal exploration and pericardiot...