Surgical treatment of simultaneous coronary and carotid disease is still controversial, because of the high risk of morbidity and mortality after combined or staged carotid artery endoarterectomy and the coronary artery bypass grafting approach. We report the first 10 patients with concomitant coronary and carotid disease successfully treated with an alternative strategy consisting of simultane...

CORONARY artery bypass grafting is an effective treatment for increasing myocardial blood flow in selected patients with coronary artery disease. After this procedure, symptoms improve, coronary blood flow to the affected area is increased, and exercise tolerance is enhanced.1 In patients who have received maximal drug therapy and yet remain intolerably symptomatic, bypass surgery clearly adds ...

CORONARY artery bypass grafting is an effective treatment for increasing myocardial blood flow in selected patients with coronary artery disease. After this procedure, symptoms improve, coronary blood flow to the affected area is increased, and exercise tolerance is enhanced.1 In patients who have received maximal drug therapy and yet remain intolerably symptomatic, bypass surgery clearly adds ...

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE To assess the benefits of carotid artery stenting before coronary artery bypass surgery to reduce the risk of stroke occurring during the cardiac procedure. METHODS A prospective cohort study was performed in patients undergoing carotid artery stenting before coronary artery bypass surgery, or combined bypass and valve replacement procedures, to assess the procedures ef...

SEE PAGE 318 T raditionally, left main coronary artery disease had been regarded as a dominion of the cardiac surgeons on the basis of results from the classic trial comparing medical treatment and bypass surgery (1,2). However, several brave pioneers in interventional cardiology have continued to evaluate the performance of “less invasive” coronary stenting for the left main coronary artery st...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is a highly investigated surgical procedure and yet continues to attract rigorous research aimed at reducing observed and potential morbidity and mortality. Improvements in perioperative care, surgical technique and methods of attenuating the untoward effects of cardiopulmonary bypass have resulted in improved clinical outcome of on-pump myocardial revascularisat...

CONTEXT AND OBJECTIVE The safety and efficacy of drug-eluting stents reduce the need for surgical revascularization. The objective of the present study was to investigate whether paclitaxel or rapamycin-eluting stent are effective in avoiding the need for coronary-artery bypass grafting. METHODS This was a systematic review of the literature using the methodology of the Cochrane Collaboration...

conclusions gargling a green tea solution, an anti-inflammatory, natural, and harmless substance, can reduce the pain of sore throat in patients after endotracheal extubation. objectives the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of green tea gargling on sore throat after coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg). patients and methods this was a single-blind, randomized clinical trial, in...

background for coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) sternotomy should be performed. the pain after surgery is severe and requires medical intervention. use of the analgesics is limited by their side effects and studies suggest that prevention with some medications before surgery is effective in controlling the postoperative pain. objectives we investigated the efficacy of pregabalin administr...