background: national transport commission (ntc) classifies train driving as a high-level safety critical job. objective: to assess fitness-for-work among train drivers in yazd, central iran. methods: we evaluated 152 train drivers for their fitness for duty. the results were then compared with ntc guidelines. results: 63.8% of subjects were fit for duty, 34.2% fit subject to review, and 2.0% we...

introduction: as off pump coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) is a developing method in coronary cardiac surgery, most surgeons are anxious about the danger of emergency crash conversion. in this observational study we tried to show the rate and outcome of conversion . material and methods: in this descriptive study about 477 coronary off-pump cabg patients were operated in ghaem hos...

patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction have high mortality with non surgical (medical) treatment. coronary artery bypass grafting improves survival and the quality of life. recently, revascularization without cardiopulmonary bypass has been presented as a viable alternative. the aim of this study was to survey the result of coronary artery bypass grafting with of...

background : cardiovascular operations are associated with an inherent bleeding tendency that sometimes leads to severe bleeding and transfusion requirement. pharmacological intervention to minimize post-bypass bleeding and blood product transfusions has received increasing attention from both medical and economic viewpoints. methods: this double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled clinical t...

background: cardiac rehabilitation has been recognized as one of the most effective strategies for managing cardiovascular indices as well as controlling the cardiovascular risk profile, in particular after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg). however, the effect of this program on right ventricular function following cabg is unclear. the aim of this study was to evaluate the impact of ...

background: euroscore is a simple and rigorous risk stratification model and is, thus, commonly used in predicting the early and late outcomes of cardiac surgery across the world. we aimed to assess the discriminative power of the euroscore model to predict postoperative morbidity and total prolonged length of stay in hospital (los) and intensive care unit (icu) stay in an iranian group of card...

background: reducing blood pressure through diet decreases the possibility of heart attacks, and lowering blood cholesterol can reduce the risk of coronary artery disease. the aim of the present study was to examine the effects of education based on the health belief model on the dietary behavior of patients following coronary artery bypass graft surgery (cabg) at the heart surgery department o...

background higher life expectancy and increased ischemic heart disease (ihd) have resulted in increasing number of the elderly patients undergoing cardiac surgeries. age along with many other comorbidities influence the outcome of major surgeries in the elderly patients; hence, case selection before major surgeries is challenging. objectives the pure effect of age after adjusting for other majo...