BACKGROUND Saphenous venous graft (SVG) aneurysm is a very rare but potentially fatal complication of the coronary artery bypass surgery. CASE REPORT We reported a case of 72-year-old man admitted to hospital because of atypical chest pain related to body motions in horizontal position, especially to the left side. Pain was followed by dispnea, palpitations, fatigue, cough, yellow sputum expe...

To the Editor: A 46‐year‐old male, having a history of coronary artery disease, and coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), was admitted to our clinic with sustained chest pain. He had a left internal mammary artery to the left anterior descending coronary artery, saphenous vein graft (SVG) to diagonal branch, and SVG to obtuse marginal artery. Up to 7 years after CABG, patient had no comp...

The clinical and prognostic benefits of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are well accepted for certain subgroups of patients with ischaemic heart disease, and as many as one million patients undergo this operation annually on a worldwide basis. Most CABG patients require grafting of the three main native coronary arteries; for the last 15 years the “standard” operation has achieved this u...

UNLABELLED Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is used to revascularize ischemic myocaydium affected by coronary artery obstruction. Conventional coronary angiography (CCA) is an invasive method used for graft evaluation. Nowadays, in post CABG patients grafts can be assessed noninvasively by using coronary computed tomography angiography (CCTA). AIM To determine the late patency rate...

Sternal non-union is a severe complication of sternotomy closure following open heart surgeries. Healing problems typically occur in 0.3% to 5% of patients. Technetium-99m methylene diphosphonate (99mTc-MDP) bone scintigraphy has been used to assess bone nonunion to predict the healing response for proper management.  In this report, we present the case of a marked sternal nonunio...

We report a redo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in a 55-year-old man. Angina recurred 7 years after the initial surgery. Coronary angiography showed all patent grafts except a faint visualization of the in situ right gastroepiploic artery (RGEA) graft, which was anastomosed to the posterior descending coronary artery, associated with celiac axis stenosis. Redo-CABG was performed at post...

AIMS The aim of this study was to examine the circulating levels of vascular endothelial growth factor, following coronary artery bypass graft surgery performed using both standard cardiopulmonary bypass or the 'octopus technique' on the beating heart. BACKGROUND Vascular endothelial growth factor has a number of effects that are beneficial in the setting of coronary artery bypass graft surge...

Case Presentation: Mr P is a 57-year-old construction worker who has had Canadian Cardiovascular Society class III angina for the past 3 months. He has multiple cardiovascular risk factors including smoking, hypertension, dyslipidemia, and diabetes. He is obese and has had a previous laparotomy for a perforated bowel. Coronary angiography revealed triple vessel disease involving the left anteri...

introduction : there is always concerns regarding postoperative bleeding in coronary artery bypass graft (cabg) patients; a number of different strategies have been used to compensate for it and to reduce the amount of blood transfusion. we designed this study to see if local fibrinogen could decrease postoperative bleeding in adult cabg, which is not studied yet. materials and methods : in a d...

conclusions physical or physiological and psychological stressors impose greater stress and are predictors of anxiety. when preparing their nursing care plan, nurses should consider these stressors that affect anxiety levels in patients undergoing cabg surgery and those hospitalized in intensive care units. patients and methods this is a descriptive-analytical study that uses a non-random conve...