coronary artery disease is one of the leading causes of morbidity and mortality especially in the indusirialzcd societies. this retrospective study was carried out on 385 patients who were referred to shariati and jamaran hospitals from 1992 till 1997 and who underwent coronaty artery bypass grafting. the objective was to obtain a descriptive analysis of the important factors in this population...

introduction: postoperative wound infection is a complication that occurs after coronary artery bypass graft surgery. the aim of this study was to examine the incidence of wound infections after coronary artery bypass graft surgery among the patients operated in ghaem hospital in the city of mashhad from 2009-2011. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed in the years 2009 to 2011 on 3...

coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) surgery is being performed increasingly in iran. so far, no large-scale report has described characteristics and risk factor profile and in-hospital mortality of patients undergoing this procedure in iran. we conducted this study to address these topics in order to help clarify iran's current state of cabg and to provide assistance in planning combat again...

quality of life has emerged as an important concept and outcome in health and health care. this study was performed to evaluate the ability of the health education program to improve quality of life of patients with coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). in pre operation period, 70 patients were randomized in two groups, experimental and control group (35 patients in each). the demographi...

abstract- studies of the epidemiology of civilian vascular trauma in developing countries are rather few. this is a prospective study of our experience with vascular trauma in a referral university hospital in tehran, iran. the aim was to study the etiology, pattern of injuries and the mortality and morbidity rates due to vascular trauma in our population. in this cross-sectional study, all tra...

objectives the objective of this study was to evaluate factors influencing waiting time in patients of heart surgery centers, and to make recommendations for health-care policy-makers for reducing waiting time and increasing the quality of services from this perspective. patients and methods this cross-sectional study was performed in 2013. after searching articles on pubmed, elsevier, google s...

introduction: sleep disturbance is common in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery and has been subject to concern for more than 30 years. new literature suggests the importance of sleep and rest to restore, protect and promote performance and wellbeing of these patients. due to the important role nurses play to diagnose such disorders and to help patients get rid of these pr...

background: coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg) improves the quality of life, increases survival, and influences the patient's mental and emotional aspects. little information is available on the lived experience of iranian patients after this surgery. understanding the lived experiences of patients will help health professionals with better provision of high quality care. methods: this...

background: l-carnitine has been demonstrated to confer cardiac protection against ischemia reperfusion injury in animals. this study evaluates the effects of l-carnitine administration on cardiac biomarkers after coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) surgery. methods: one hundred thirty-four patients undergoing elective cabg surgery, without a history of myocardial ischemia or previous l-carniti...

background: self-efficacy is one's belief in ability to succeed in specific situations and considerable factor to maintaining healthy behaviors. it has an important role in person-centred care and significantly improves after effects of heart attacks. this study aimed to investigate the effects of a peer based intervention on cardiac self-efficacy of the patients after bypass surgery. methods: ...