background: coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (cabg) and precutaneous transluminal coronary intervention (pci) are safe and effective in the treatment of coronary artery disease. the aim of this study was to determine and compare anxi­ety, self efficacy expectation and perceived social support between cabg patients and pci patients referral to receiving car­diac rehabilitation programs. m...

Abstract Introduction Angioplasty, with or without stenting, is a nonsurgical procedure to open blocked narrowed coronary arteries due underlying atherosclerosis. While there ample literature on heart disease research, the search found no bibliographic studies that quantified angioplasty studies. This study was initiated using bibliometric analysis identify trends in over past twenty years. Met...

The response of myocardial lactate and hypoxanthine metabolism during percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty was studied in a series of 15 patients undergoing this procedure. A minimum of 4 balloon inflations was performed per patient with an average duration per occlusion of 49 +/- 11 seconds (mean +/- standard deviation) for a total occlusion time of 192 +/- 40 seconds. Thermodilution...

Backround: Dacron, polytetrafluoroethylene, great saphenous vein, and bovine pericardium are the commonly used as patch materials. However, there is no study about autologous pericardial a material in carotid endarterectomy surgery. We aimed to assess results of use patients undergoing concomitant coronary artery by-pass graft surgery.
 Materials Methods:: The involved 30 who underwent wit...

severe coronary artery disease often coexists with peripheral vascular atherosclerosis. the assessment of the supra-aortic circulation is, therefore, of clinical relevance. we herein describe a case of coronary artery disease treated with surgical revascularization using the internal mammary artery and thereafter the progressive atherosclerotic disease of the native coronary arteries as well as...

Improved patient survival and the limitations of repeat coronary artery surgery have generated a growing population of patients referred for catheter-based treatment of vein graft lesions. In this subject review, the current state of knowledge regarding therapeutic options for these difficult lesions is discussed. Despite improvements in technique and materials, risks of treatment with balloon ...

background: mean platelet volume (mpv) correlates with platelet activity. the relation between mpv and long-term outcome in patients undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention (pci) has been investigated in several studies. the aim of the present study was to investigate the utility of mpv in prognosticating the long-term outcome after elective pci. methods: the study cohort included 2627 pa...

OBJECTIVE To test the hypothesis that coronary flow reserve could increase in the angiographically normal contralateral artery after successful coronary angioplasty of an ipsilateral coronary artery. DESIGN Coronary flow reserve was estimated using a Doppler flow guide wire, by giving intracoronary adenosine in the contralateral artery, before and 15 minutes after the end of angioplasty. SE...

OBJECTIVE To determine whether percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (angioplasty) is superior to medical treatment in non-acute coronary artery disease. DESIGN Meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials. SETTING Randomised controlled trials conducted worldwide and published between 1979 and 1998. PARTICIPANTS 953 patients treated with angioplasty and 951 with medical treatmen...

transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) was developed 12 years ago, it was seen as a limited technique applicable to no more than 5% to 10% of the patients undergoing coronary bypass surgery. However. over the last 5 years improvements in angioplasty equipment and technique have allowed balloon angioplasty to expand to the point where more than 200,000 coronary angioplasties were performed in ...