background and purpose: ischemic heart diseases (ihd) is getting as the most common and the main causes of heart diseases and mortalities worldwide affecting the quality of life (qol) of the patients. this study was conducted to determine the qol for the patients with ihd referring to medical centers of kashan in 2007. methods: this cross-sectional study was performed on all patients (n =500) r...

OBJECTIVE This study aimed to show the effects of intra-operative diltiazem infusion on flow in arterial and venous grafts in coronary artery bypass graft surgery. METHODS Hundred fourty patients with a total of 361 grafts [205 (57%) arterial and 156 (43%) venous] underwent isolated coronary surgery. All the grafts were measured by intraoperative transit time flow meter intra-operatively. Gro...

The experimental and clinical efforts of Demikov and Kolesov between 1952 and 1964 related to coronary anastomosis between the internal thoracic artery and left anterior descending artery on a beating heart. Sones and Shirey (Cleveland, 1962) were pioneers of selective coronary angiography. The first coronary artery bypass grafting using a saphenous vein graft was performed by Garrett, Dennis, ...

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: 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: ...

introduction: sleep disturbance is common in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery and has been recognized for more than 30 years. new literature suggests the importance of sleep and rest for restoration, protection and promotion of function and wellbeing of these patients. because of the importance of the role of nurses in diagnosis and treatment of sleep disorders, this stu...

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...

Coronary subclavian steal syndrome is a rare ischemic cause in patients after myocardial revascularization surgery. Subclavian artery stenosis or compression proximal to the internal mammary artery graft is the underlying cause. The authors present a clinical case of a patient with previous history of non-ST elevation myocardial infarction, triple coronary bypass, and effort angina since the su...