introduction: following thoracic and abdominal surgery, all patients experience a decrease in pulmonary volumes and atelectasis. different methods are suggested for improvement of pulmonary volumes and blood gas parameters in these patients. in this study the effects of spirometry on pulmonary volumes and blood gases parameters (abg) in coronary artery bypass patients, were examined.  materials...

Atherosclerosis in the form of peripheral arterial disease results in significant morbidity. Surgical treatment options for peripheral arterial disease include angioplasty, endarterectomy, and bypass grafting. For bypass grafting, vein remains the conduit of choice; however, poor quality and limited availability have led to the use of prosthetic materials. Unfortunately, because of a lack of en...

Now that coronary artery bypass grafting has entered its fourth decade, cardiac surgeons unanimously agree that arterial grafts yield a more satisfactory long-term clinical outcome than do autologous saphenous vein grafts. With time, venous grafts are vulnerable to accelerated atherosclerosis, which may necessitate high-risk repeat coronary bypass surgery. In contrast, arterial grafts are highl...

OBJECTIVE This study compared noninvasively measured hemoglobin and arterial hemoglobin before and after cardiopulmonary bypass in patients undergoing coronary artery or valve surgery. DESIGN Observational study with retrospective data analysis. SETTING Veterans Affairs hospital. PARTICIPANTS Thirty-five men. INTERVENTIONS None. MEASUREMENTS AND MAIN RESULTS Hemoglobin values were mea...

Tumescent local anesthesia (TLA), originally developed for liposuction, has found widespread application. We report a case of peripheral arterial bypass grafting under TLA. The patient was an 84-year-old female diagnosed as having coronary subclavian steal syndrome caused by proximal left subclavian artery stenosis. Because she had several risk factors for general anesthesia, we performed axill...

Coronary artery bypass grafting is the most common cardiac surgery operation performed worldwide. It is the most effective revascularization method for several categories of patients affected by coronary artery disease. Although coronary artery bypass grafting has been performed for more than 40 years, no detailed guidelines on the choice of coronary artery bypass grafting conduits have been pu...

regarding the increasing numbers of iv drug addicts, the incidence of infected pseudoaneurysm is increasing. so far, different therapeutic strategies have been tried, but each method has its own drawbacks. therefore, discovering an appropriate therapeutic method is necessary. 65 patients with infected pseudoaneurysm due to drug injection referred to shohada medical center from feb 1994 till oct...