After coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), mesenteric ischemia is a rare but dreadful complication with high mortality rates. Prophylactic use of intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is a common practice in patients with severe coronary artery disease awaiting CABG. During withdrawal of the IABP, there is a risk of dislodging atheromatous debris, thus causing peripheral and mesenteric emboli, which...

Most studies have shown the positive effects of lavender inhalation in decreasing anxiety patients with cardiovascular diseases. We aimed to systematically review role aromatherapy these patients. By PRISMA standards, we explored on reducing diseases English databases through words and terms "aromatherapy", "lavender", "lavandula", "anxiety", "cardiovascular diseases". Out 16 647 papers, 12 pap...

PURPOSE To compare percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using stent implantation versus coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in patients with multiple vessel disease with involvement of the proximal left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD). METHODS 230 patients with multiple vessel disease and severe stenosis of the proximal LAD (113 with PCI, 117 with CABG). They were a cohort of pa...

Background—Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) success is limited by vein graft failure

Cardiovascular disease (CVD) is common in patients with diabetes mellitus (DM) and related clinical outcomes are worse compared with non-diabetics. The optimal treatment in diabetic patients with coronary heart disease (CHD) is currently not established. We searched MEDLINE (1975-2010) using the key terms diabetes mellitus, coronary heart disease, revascularization, coronary artery bypass, angi...

BACKGROUND In contemporary coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, the association between symptomatic graft failure (GF) and long-term clinical outcome remains unclear. We sought to identify the clinical characteristics and outcomes of GF in symptomatic patients requiring cardiac catheterization within 1 year of CABG surgery. METHODS Using the Alberta Provincial Project for Outcomes Ass...

Background: Anatomically myocardial bridging (MB) consists of either superficial myocardial fibers that traverse over the LAD or deep fibers that encircle the coronary artery. In this study, we present a patient with myocardial bridging, who was primarily diagnosed with coronary artery disease which did not properly respond to full-dose medical treatment but benefited from coronary artery bypas...

Myocardial infarction after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery has been described clinically in up to 30% of patients but there is little morphologic information about the character and pathogenesis of the myocardial injury. We studied myocardium in the distribution of bypassed and nonbypassed coronary arteries for the presence of contraction band necrosis as compared to coagulation ne...

406 O ne of the most controversial areas of cardiac surgery has been whether off-pump coronary artery bypass graft (OPCAB) surgery is superior to traditional on-pump coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. On-pump CABG surgery has been an effective, safe, and time-proven technique and is the gold standard with which all other surgical revascular-ization methods have been compared. However,...