conclusions high prevalence of the increased cimt in patients undergoing cabg highlights the significance of cimt measurement in early diagnosis of the systemic atherosclerosis. moreover, although traditional cardiovascular risk factors were important they could not explain the extension and the severity of cimt. it seems that some ultrasonographic features such as the associated carotid plaque...

results a total of 235 patients (135 women) with a mean age of 59 ± 9.2 years (range = 29 to 79 years), mean bmi of 27.3 ± 4.2 (range = 17 to 40), and mean waist circumference of 101.2 ± 14.7 cm (range = 55 to 145 cm) were included. by the third postoperative month, wound infection had significantly increased in patients with bmi ≥ 30 (p = 0.022). in-hospital and late morbidity and mortality ra...

conclusions given the significant prevalence of postoperative cognitive disorder and significant associatio n between the history of high blood pressure, c-reactive protein and preoperative creatinine and cognitive disorder, detection of patient’s clinical symptoms may improve diagnosis, treatment and prevention of this disorder. patients and methods in total, 171 patients who had undergone off...

although systolic dysfunction is revealed as a prognostic factor in cardiac surgery , the role of diastolic dysfunction as a predictive factor is less evaluated. in this retrospective study from 872 patients that underwent isolated coronary artery bypass graft(jan 2008-feb 2009),388 patients had normal left ventricular ejection fraction (>50%). these are divided in two groups, group 1: 361 pati...

there are many treatment modalities available to acutely terminate incessant ventricular tachycardia with variable success rates, but some cases tend to prove refractory to all of them. we report a 59-year-old woman presenting with incessant ventricular tachycardia. echocardiography revealed a large true apical aneurysm and severe left ventricular dysfunction. the arrhythmia was controlled in t...

abstract background: after coronary artery bypass surgery, pulmonary complications and oxygenation disorders are common, which have an important role in mortality and morbidity. different methods are used for the improvement of pulmonary function and oxygenation, of which incentive spirometry (is) has been investigated here. the aim of this study is to evaluate the effects of is on arterial blo...

introduction: coronary artery bypass graft can improve myocardial contractility and functional class in ischemic heart disease. materials & methods: this study was done on 200 patient’s with cabg operation during 6 months. 142 patients were men and 56 patients were women with mean age 57.7  9.2 years (36-83). ef was measured by echocardiography before & 1 week after cabg, ccsfc evaluated befor...

the purpose of this study is to evaluate the ability of the health education program to improve patient's health-related quality of life with coronary artery bypass graft surgery. seventy patients in pre-operation were randomized into the study, with 35 patients in the experimental and 35 patients in the control group. the demographic information, sf-36 and nottingham health profile questi...

background: sexual dysfunction is one of the most common problems in men after coronary artery bypass graft (cabg). etiology of sexual dysfunction in these patients may be psychological or organic due to hormonal changes. objective: the purpose was to evaluate the incidence and type of sexual dysfunction and changes in serum concentration of sex hormones in male patients undergoing on-pump cabg...

In this theoretical study, the effect of various types of bypass graft angles on the flow field, has been investigated specially on the temporal Wall Shear Stress (WSS) on the toe, heel and some locations on the bed of the Left Anterior Descending (LAD) artery at the anastomoses areas in the Aorto-Coronary (AC) and Coronary-Coronary (CC) bypasses. Flow fields in both bypasses with angles of...