background: liver ischemic insults are important sources of liver injuries leading to production of reactive oxygen species (ros) and mediating liver cell injury. glutathione mediated mechanisms are among the most important defense mechanisms of the liver; n-acetylcysteine (nac) provides cysteine for glutathione defense mechanisms. patients undergoing cardiac surgery are at increased risk of li...

The main purpose of the off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery is to reduce morbidity and mortality due cardiopulmonary bypass. However, even though many studies have shown that off-pump coronary artery bypass is feasible and provides hospital morbidity and mortality similar to the on-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery, probably better in some aspects, its long-term results have been qu...

coronary artery disease is one of the most common causes of mortality and morbidity across the world. its treatment includes medical treatment, coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) and percutaneous coronary intervention (pci). the purpose of this study was to investigate the effect of pci on echocardiographic findings of left ventricular (lv) systolic and diastolic function. 115 patients with co...

BACKGROUND Atherosclerotic stenosis of the brachiocephalic artery sometimes occurs in patients with coronary artery disease, and can cause stroke during the perioperative period of coronary artery bypass grafting. CASE PRESENTATION We describe the case of a 77-year old male with severe stenosis of the brachiocephalic artery and severe coronary artery disease. He successfully underwent aorto-r...

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...

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...