non-insulin dependent diabetes mellitus (niddm) is a common disease entity in patients with coronary artery disease (cad). diabetic ketoacidosis (dka) is not only one of the major complications of diabetes mellitus but also a significant challenging clinical entity for the patients undergoing any elective or emergency surgery. coronary artery bypass grafting (cabg) being done in a patient with ...

rupture of the free wall of the heart is one of the dangerous complications of myocardial infarction that usually results in death of the patient. only a few limited number of cases have been reported to have survived for a long period after myocardial infarction, free cardiac wall rupture and the following pseudo aneurysm. in this case report, a rare case of pseudo aneurysm following silent mi...

Transfer of patients from the cardiac intensive care unit to the general ward, is one of the main reasons for anxiety. Given that the transfer anxiety may be due to receive at least, inconsistent or do not receive enough information before the patients leaving the intensive care unit, Therefore, this study aimed to determine the effect of information provision on anxiety levels in patients tran...

respiratory failure is a serious complication of h1n1 influenza that, if not properly managed, can cause death. when mechanical ventilation is not effective, the only way to save the patient’s life is extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ecmo). a prolonged type of cardiopulmonary bypass, ecmo is a high-cost management modality compared to other conventional types and its maintenance requires sk...

atherosclerosis is the leading cause of death in most parts of the world. this disorder affects mostly patients above the age 40 years. this case report introduces a 17 years old girl with early development of coronary artery disease who had severe coronary atherosclerosis that did not respond to medical and interventional treatment and underwent surgical operation in cardiac surgery department...

mulibrey nanism is a rare autosomal recessive syndrome caused by a mutation in the trim37 gene with severe growth retardation and multiple organ involvement. early diagnosis is important because 50% of the patients develop congestive heart failure owing to constrictive pericarditis, and this condition plays a critical role in the final prognosis. a 37-year-old female patient presented with symp...

Recently, there have been more reports of cardiac valve infections due to the increasing number of intravenous (IV) drug abusers and chronic renal failure patients. Among cardiac valves, tricuspid valve is most commonly affected in the course of endocarditis. Appropriate management of these patients is a challenging and controversial issue in the field of cardiac surgery. Treatment options in s...