BACKGROUND Predicting the risk of cardiac and all-cause death in patients with established coronary heart disease is important in counseling the individual and designing risk-stratified rehabilitation and secondary prevention programs. Cox proportional hazards and Kaplan-Meier survival curves were thus completed on initial assessment data obtained from patients referred to an outpatient cardiac...

INTRODUCTION Although cardiac rehabilitation is known as a tool to reduce the overall risk of cardiovascular complications, its specific role in the reduction of hs-CRP as a marker of inflammation and a proven marker of cardiovascular risk needs further investigation. AIM The present study aims at elucidating the effects of a full course of conventional cardiac rehabilitation program for the ...

BACKGROUND Redo coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) represents an high-risk surgical procedure, because of an increased incidence of perioperative death, myocardial infarction and stroke. Theoretically, the avoidance of cardiopulmonary bypass may reduce surgical traumatism and ameliorate early results. MATERIALS AND METHODS From January 1995 to May 2001, we performed 123 redo CABGs, of whi...

OBJECTIVE To estimate the lethality rate of acute and chronic ischemic heart disease (IHD) procedures, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) procedures and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) procedures in the hospitals that are registered as service providers for the Hospital Information System/Single Healthcare System (SIH/SUS) plan in the state of Rio de Janeiro (RJ) between ...

BACKGROUND The authors evaluated the effect of preoperative β-blocker use on early outcomes in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in Japan. METHODS The authors analyzed 34,980 cases of isolated CABGs, performed between 2008 and 2011, at the 333 sites recorded in the Japanese Cardiovascular Surgical Database. In addition to the use of multivariate models, a one-to-one m...

BACKGROUND The safety and efficacy of percutaneous coronary intervention of de novo lesions in unprotected left main coronary arteries remains an unresolved issue. METHODS AND RESULTS We analyzed 67 consecutive patients treated with the following devices: 39 with stents, 12 with rotational atherectomy plus stents, 13 with directional coronary atherectomy plus stents (a total of 64 patients we...

Objective: In recent years, satisfactory outcome of primary cardiac operation in octogenerians and increased ageing of cardiac surgical population in western hospitals have led to increased expectations and referrals for reoperation. Outcome of reoperation in this aged subset was analysed. Methods: Consecutive 18 octogenerians (mean age 81.2 years, 10 men, eight women) undergoing cardiac reoper...

OBJECTIVE To compare the radial artery and saphenous vein's patency in patients with recurrence of symptoms in a coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). METHODS Retrospective study. From January 1998 to December 2005, 469 CABGs were performed using the radial artery as a graft, in Vera Cruz Hospital in Belo Horizonte/ MG. Among the patients who underwent those surgeries, 94 presented ischemic...

OBJECTIVE We examined our coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) experience to assess the effect of training on mortality and morbidity outcomes. METHODS Between April 1997 and September 2002, 5678 consecutive patients underwent isolated CABG. Five hundred and fifty-five (9.9%) were performed by trainee surgeons. Multivariate logistic regression was used to assess the effect of training on adv...