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: ...

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...

abstract background: open heart surgery can cause high levels of anxiety in patients. nowadays, lavender essential oil is widely used in medical research. this study was conducted with an aim to investigate the effects of lavender essential oil to reduce the anxiety of patients after coronary artery bypass surgery. materials and methods: this research is double-blinded randomized controlled tri...

OBJECTIVE To compare the early and late outcomes of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and coronary artery bypass graft + mitral valve repair in elderly patients with moderate chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation. METHODS One hundred and fifty elderly (age > 70 years) patients with moderate chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (n=...

Introduction: Heart failure is a major hazard for public health. Despite recent advance in medical therapy, there is not enough information on the outcome of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) and medical therapy on the patients with severe ventricular dysfunction and triple-vessel (CAD). This study aimed to compare treatment outcomes and mortality rate in patients undergoing off-pump coro...

the effect of foot reflexology on anxiety in patients with coronary artery bypass surgery referred to seyed-al-shohada teaching hospital, urmia, 2012    rigi f [1] , feizi a [2] *, naseri m [3] , salehi ardabili sh [4] , bazdar p [5]     received: 16 jul , 2013 accepted: 14 sep , 2013     abstract   background & aims : one of the problems that patients with coronary artery bypass surgery encoun...