15 articles in this issue
Ho-Ki Min, Young Tak Lee, Wook Sung Kim, Ji-Hyuk Yang, Kiick Sung, Tae-Gook Jun, Pyo Won Park
Arterial grafting and complete revascularization are important requirements of coronary surgery to achieve optimum long-term results. In cases involving coronary artery bypass grafting reoperation (redo-CABG), it is sometimes difficult to satisfy these re... see more
Marco Agostini, Carlo Fino, Pierfederico Torchio, Vincenzo Di Gregorio, Mauro Feola, Marco Bertora, Elisa Lugli, Claudio Grossi
The aim of this study was to evaluate the midterm results of the initial phase of off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery adoption in a single surgical unit, assessing the impact of procedural volume.Methods: Study participants were 312 patients w... see more
Necmettin Yakut, Engin Tuluko?lu, Bilgin Emrecan, Serdar Bayrak, Levent Y?l?k, Tayfun Gökto?an, Ali Gürbüz
Objectives: The sequence of the distal anastomosis for revascularization in off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG) surgery is under debate. The hypothesis in this study was that an analysis of cardiac markers would reveal that anastomosing the ... see more
Yuksel Ela, Mustafa Emmiler, Cevdet Ugur Kocogullari, Yuksel Terzi, Remziye Gul Sivaci, Ahmet Cekirdekci
In this randomized controlled study, we investigated the effects of autologous Hemobag blood transfusion (AHBT) and allogenic blood transfusion (ABT) in off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery.Methods: Sixty patients who underwent surgery between ... see more
Özlem Solak, Mustafa Emmiler, Yüksel Ela, Ümit Dündar, Cevdet Ugur Koço?ullari, Naim Eren, ?knur Yigit Gökçe, Ahmet Çekirdekçi, Vural Kavuncu
Objective: We compared the effectiveness of continuous transcutaneous electrical nerve stimulation (TENS) and intermittent TENS in the management of pain after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).Methods: We randomized 100 patients who had undergone me... see more
Ozan Erbasan, Cengiz Turkay, Atalay Mete, Mehtap Turkay, Ilhan Golbasi, Huseyin Yilmaz, Ozan Erdem, Omer Bayezid
Objective: Myocardial infarction may be complicated by the formation of a left ventricular (LV) aneurysm that distorts the normal elliptical geometry of the ventricle to produce a dilated spherical ventricle with limited contractile and filling capacities... see more
Dimitri Novitzky, Maya Guglin, Cedric Sheffield
We describe the management of a patient who presented with symptoms of severe congestive heart failure. A 48-year-old man was initially seen in the emergency room, admitted to the hospital, and worked up with a transthoracic echocardiogram, a transesophag... see more
Oguz Omay, Emre Ozker, Cenk Indelen, Murat Baskurt, Kaya Suzer, Ilhan Gunay
Background: Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) is an important risk factor in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) operations. The decision to perform concomitant mitral annuloplasty along with the CABG depends on the surgeon's choice. The aim of this ... see more
Michael S. Firstenberg, Danielle Blais, Juan Crestanello, Chittoor Sai-Sudhakar, John Sirak, Louis B. Louis, Paul Vesco, Benjamin Sun
Left ventricular free wall rupture can be a catastrophic problem. Although small lacerations can be managed with various techniques of primary closure, larger and more complex defects can be difficult to treat. We present and discuss 2 cases of chronic, c... see more
Kaan Inan, Alper Ucak, Burak Onan, Oral Hastaoglu, Veysel Temizkan, Ahmet Turan Yilmaz
Multiple giant coronary artery aneurysms are rare but can develop in the presence of an underlying atherosclerotic vessel disease. Nevertheless, there is no consensus on the ideal surgical treatment or on operative procedures, including aneurysm resection... see more
Cenk Eray Yildiz, Sina Ercan, Mehmet Umit Ergenoglu, Halit Yerebakan, Ferda Ozkan, Suha Kucukaksu
Bronchogenic cysts that formed during the development of the tracheobronchial tree in the gestational period are mostly asymptomatic until adulthood. Cysts localized in the middle mediastinum, specifically in the subcarinal region, on the other hand, may ... see more
Hsiang-Yu Yang, Hung-Yen Ke, Gou-Jieng Hong, Yi-Ting Tsai, Chih-Yuan Lin, Chung-Yi Li, Chien-Sung Tsai
Posttransplantation lymphoproliferative disorder (PTLD) is a serious complication of organ transplantation, with an incidence of 0.8% to 20% in heart transplant (HTx) recipients, and standard treatment may be too toxic in some cases. Rituximab is an anti-... see more
Namvar Movahedi, Shapour Shirani, Saeed Soltanzadeh, Parin Yazdanifard
We present our first encounter with transient cortical blindness as a neurological adverse complication in a 68-year-old woman five days following coronary artery bypass grafting. This transient neurological complication may have been a result of microemb... see more
Bülent Özdemir, Murat Biçer, Tunay ?entürk, Feyzullah Be?li, Dilek Ye?ilbursa
We report a case of metallic prosthetic valve thrombosis in a 24-year-old woman at her 36th week of gestation. With the onset of gestation this patient had been prescribed enoxaparin at a once-daily dose of 0.6 mL, which was lower than the recommended dos... see more
Theodor Tirilomis, K. Oguz Coskun, Heike Schneider, Wolfgang Ruschewski
The case of a newborn with malignant tachyarrhythmia after heart surgery treated with cardiac extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is presented. After emergency surgery for a large right atrial tumor, the newborn developed supraventricular and ventr... see more