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Right pulmon1
Percutaneous12
CABG12
  • BACKGROUND: Approximately 15% of saphenous vein grafts (SVGs) occlude during the first year after coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) despite aspirin use. (eur.nl)
  • The POPular CABG trial (The Effect of Ticagrelor on Saphenous Vein Graft Patency in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery) investigated whether ticagrelor added to standard aspirin improves SVG patency at 1 year after CABG. (eur.nl)
  • RESULTS: Among 499 randomly assigned patients, the mean age was 67.9±8.3 years, 87.1% were male, the indication for CABG was acute coronary syndrome in 31.3%, and 95.2% of procedures used cardiopulmonary bypass. (eur.nl)
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has been a success story for decades. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Before coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the patient's medical history should be carefully examined for factors that might predispose to complications. (medscape.com)
  • In patients referred for CABG, aspirin should be continued up to the time of surgery, especially in those who present with an acute coronary syndrome. (medscape.com)
  • CHICAGO - In the hands of experts, there was no difference in rates of major adverse cardiac events with endoscopic vs open vein-graft harvesting nearly 3 years after on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in the Randomized Endo-Vein Graft Prospective (REGROUP) trial . (medscape.com)
  • From January 2002 to March 2005, cardiac surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or valve replacement and combined procedures) was performed in 30 patients with preoperative renal dysfunction (Creatinine >2.0mg/dl ) and in 220 patients without renal dysfunction, at the Cardiothoracic Unit and Mansoura International Hospital, Mansoura Faculty of Medicine. (ispub.com)
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) to improve quality of life and reduce cardiac-related mortality. (medscape.com)
  • Despite these initial positive results, the European Coronary Surgery Study conducted in the 1970s indicated that the significant improvement in 5-year survival rates with CABG was not apparent in the subsequent 5 years. (medscape.com)
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains the most common cardiac surgery performed today worldwide. (amegroups.org)
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is still the most commonly performed cardiac surgery procedure worldwide, representing annual volumes of approximately 200,000 isolated cases ( 1 ) in the US and an average incidence rate of 62 per 100,000 inhabitants in western European countries ( 2 , 3 ). (amegroups.org)
Angioplasty6
  • Finally, angioplasty of the right coronary artery was performed and 2 simple stents were placed. (hippokratia.gr)
  • What Is The Difference Between Angioplasty And Angiography? (drraghu.com)
  • Angiography and angioplasty in the heart are two different procedures. (drraghu.com)
  • Angiography is a diagnostic tool used to identify blockages, while angioplasty is a therapeutic procedure used to open up blocked blood vessels. (drraghu.com)
  • A coronary angioplasty a mild sedative is a loss your cholesterol by coronary arteries or the heart muscle. (damassimiliano.pl)
  • Afterward, to prevent future cardiac arrest, the doctor may recommend medication such as anti-arrhythmic drugs, beta-blockers, blood thinners, nitrates, or surgical procedures such as coronary angioplasty, implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD), or coronary bypass surgery. (whcglobal.in)
Occlusion17
  • The primary outcome was SVG occlusion at 1 year, assessed with coronary computed tomography angiography, in all patients that had primary outcome imaging available. (eur.nl)
  • Althoughdamage of the heart vessels is a possible complication of blunt thoracic trauma, occlusion of the right coronary artery is rare and demands high level of suspicion by the emergency physicians. (hippokratia.gr)
  • Our objective is to present a case of fatal acute occlusion of the right coronary artery after blunt thoracic trauma due to vehicle accident and conduct a brief review of the current literature. (hippokratia.gr)
  • A 58-year-old sustained chest trauma after a vehicle accident, complicated by acute occlusion of the right coronary artery. (hippokratia.gr)
  • Acute occlusion of the right coronary artery is a rare complication of blunt chest trauma. (hippokratia.gr)
  • Especially, occlusion of the right coronary artery is rare and can be misdiagnosed. (hippokratia.gr)
  • The angiography revealed a complete occlusion of the right coronary artery with intraluminar dissection and the ultrasound a severe malfunction of the right ventricle. (hippokratia.gr)
  • Occlusion and reperfusion of the right coronary artery. (hippokratia.gr)
  • The angiography shows initially a complete occlusion of the right coronary artery. (hippokratia.gr)
  • A branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) occurs when one of these branches of the arterial supply to the retina becomes occluded. (medscape.com)
  • Color fundus photo of right eye with inferior branch retinal artery occlusion from a platelet-fibrin embolus. (medscape.com)
  • One study found that acute coronary syndrome occurred 1.72 times more often in patients with retinal artery occlusion than in controls. (medscape.com)
  • [ 16 ] Over a similar period, another study showed a 20% incidence of stroke in patients with retinal artery occlusion. (medscape.com)
  • Patients with branch retinal artery occlusion (BRAO) typically present with acute, unilateral, painless, partial visual loss. (medscape.com)
  • They usually do not cause occlusion of the artery by themselves because blood can flow around them. (medscape.com)
  • Narrowing or occlusion of these arteries result in reduced blood flow to the myocardium (Fig. 2), thereby reducing the capability to match myocardial metabolic demand . (teachmesurgery.com)
  • Figure 2 A coronary angiography detected a distal occlusion of the LAD with no anti-or retro-grade flow in the occluded segment. (ijcimr.org)
Stenosis6
  • Case Description In a patient after multiple PCI of the left anterior descending artery (LAD), repeated in-stent stenosis was diagnosed. (thieme-connect.com)
  • After thorough consideration and multidisciplinary discussion, the creation of an in-stent anastomosis was chosen to bypass repeated in-stent stenosis. (thieme-connect.com)
  • It showed high grade in-stent stenosis slightly distal to the offspring of a high diagonal branch with no other relevant stenosis in the remaining coronary arteries. (thieme-connect.com)
  • However, coronary computed tomography (CT) revealed the anomalous aortic origin of the RCA from the left Valsalva sinus (Fig. 1 A). RCA had stenosis between the aortic and pulmonary arteries along with a slit-like orifice from the Valsalva sinus. (biomedcentral.com)
  • the site and degree of stenosis within the coronary arteries can then be identified. (teachmesurgery.com)
  • CathAI: fully automated coronary angiography interpretation and stenosis estimation. (ottawaheart.ca)
Computed tomography5
  • These may include angiography, magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), and/or computed tomography (CT scan). (wikipedia.org)
  • Finally, pulmonary artery thrombus (PTA) and PE were detected by computed tomography pulmonary angiography (CTPA), the PTA was riding on the pulmonary bifurcation (Figure 2A). (fortunepublish.com)
  • A Coronary CT (computed tomography) revealed anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • A Postoperative Coronary CT (computed tomography) revealed that anastomosis of the right coronary artery to the aorta was good. (biomedcentral.com)
  • The introduction of multi-detector computed tomography (MDCT) scanners allows for quicker imaging of internal organs, and image acquisition is now fast enough for study of the coronary arteries. (uscjournal.com)
Patients17
  • Abstract: Three patients were treated for coronary arterypulmonary artery fistula. (docksci.com)
  • A surgical operation was performed to close the drainage orifice of the fistulas through pulmonary arteriotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass in two patients while one patient underwent a ligation of a large abnormal vessel to the aneurysm followed by a resection of the aneurysm without cardiopulmonary bypass. (docksci.com)
  • MaterialsandResults In three patients, a coronary artery to pulmonary artery fistulas was noted by diagnostic coronary arteriography. (docksci.com)
  • Cardiac catheterization in two patients indicated about an 8 per cent left to right shunt ratio at pulmonary artery (Patient No.l,2), while the o t h e r patient (No.3) showed an unclear shunt. (docksci.com)
  • From June 2014 to April 2015, 31 patients underwent total thoracoabdominal aorta aneurysm repair were treated with aorta-iliac bypass technique. (bvsalud.org)
  • 2 A smaller number of patients will suffer an extended period of cardiac arrest, however, and survival among these patients is very low with more or less only anecdotal reports of survival among patients, usually suffering from a lesion in the left main artery or the left anterior descending artery. (icrjournal.com)
  • During the discussion, Zenati said they agonized over the issue of graft patency during the planning phase but were swayed by the experience of several trials, including ROOBY , in which fewer than 60% of patients returned for angiography at 1 year. (medscape.com)
  • A meet to keep hearts healthy Kolkata Newsline - New Delhi,India The mortality rate of cardiology patients, if untreated may go upto 25 per cent and the most common of these diseases is related to coronary arteries. (heartandcoeur.com)
  • Preoperative evaluation of all patients concerning medical history, clinical examination including ECG and chest x-ray, complete laboratory investigations and Echo Doppler evaluation of the heart and valves, coronary angiography were done. (ispub.com)
  • The gold standard of investigation for patients presenting with suspected CAD is via coronary angiography . (teachmesurgery.com)
  • Patients with coronary artery disease should typically be started on an anti-platelet agent , a beta-blocker , and a calcium channel blockers , alongside a short-acting nitrate (typically a glyceryl tri-nitrate (GTN)) spray, as first-line treatment for symptomatic relief of angina. (teachmesurgery.com)
  • Instead, the comparator group selected under regulatory guidance was comprised of patients who had received orbital atherectomy for severe coronary calcifications in the earlier, similarly designed ORBIT II trial, which led to FDA marketing approval of that technology. (medscape.com)
  • Long-Term Survival, Cardiovascular, and Functional Outcomes after Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in 566 Patients. (ottawaheart.ca)
  • bed into the left ventricle, from where or intramyocardial, However, when a Most patients with calcification of it could reach any part of the body cyst is located in subendocardial en- the cyst wall remain asymptomatic for through systemic circulation [1-3]. (who.int)
  • Patients who will experience little benefit from coronary revascularization are also excluded. (medscape.com)
  • Impact of prior coronary artery bypass grafting on periprocedural and short-term outcomes of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement: A systemic review and meta-analysis" Akshay Balakrishna, Mahmoud Ismayl, David Zhao, Andrew Goldsweig, Ahmed Aboeata, Sarachandra Vallabhajosyula. (creighton.edu)
  • But before a step toward direct surgical repair of coronary arteries occurred, Charles Bailey performed in 1956 successful human coronary endarterectomies in seven patients ( 9 ). (amegroups.org)
Acute8
  • Other clinical manifestations of CAD includes heart failure and acute coronary syndrome. (teachmesurgery.com)
  • Acute coronary syndrome (ACS) comprises of unstable angina , non-ST elevation myocardial infarction ( NSTEMI ), and ST elevation myocardial infarction ( STEMI ). (teachmesurgery.com)
  • Acute myocardial infarction is myocardial necrosis resulting from acute obstruction of a coronary artery. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Загальні відомості про гострі коронарні синдроми (ГКС) Acute coronary syndromes result from acute obstruction of a coronary artery. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Серцеві маркери Acute coronary syndromes result from acute obstruction of a coronary artery. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Right atrial wall that acute coronary syndrome second- infected sheep are eaten by dogs. (who.int)
  • After inges- size, calcification and number of cysts, and acute pericarditis and mimic acute tion, larvae pass the intestine and reach integrity of the cyst, and effect of the coronary syndrome or acute aortic dis- the right side of the heart through the cysts, palpitations and presence of com- section. (who.int)
  • We report a very rare case of endocarditis on top of discrete subaortic membrane in an adult male which was complicated by embolisation to the left anterior descending artery leading to acute anterior myocardial infarction as well as left middle cerebral artery resulting in right sided hemiparesis. (ijcimr.org)
Grafting2
Disease13
Resuscitation2
Distal3
  • Fig. 1 Left anterior descending artery of the patient with distal tip of stent load, as indicated by black arrow. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Distal from the origin of the diagonal branch, the LAD stent was opened with a sharp coronary knife. (thieme-connect.com)
  • The aorta-iliac bypass was established, then distal descending aorta was perfused in a retrograde fashion via bypass graft. (bvsalud.org)
Surgery7
  • Previous studies have shown the risk of retinal embolisation to be as high as 55% to 100% after coronary bypass surgery, 1 2 about 1.25% to 13.2% after carotid stenting 3 4 and about 6.3% after cardiac catheterisation. (bmj.com)
  • The patient experienced urgent cardiopulmonary bypass assisted cardiac surgery and pulmonary embolectomy. (fortunepublish.com)
  • Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is a necessary life support during open-heart surgery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • These drugs should be continued until the point of surgery because sudden withdrawal of the medications may cause tachycardia, rebound hypertension, and a loss of coronary vasodilatation. (medscape.com)
  • Second, the modern coronary artery surgery has developed on the foundation of testing several grafts and an attempt to standardize them, which has brought along the beginning of evidence-based cardiac surgery. (amegroups.org)
  • The development of coronary surgery can be traced back more than 100 years, when Alexis Carrel first described the concept of operating on the coronary circulation in 1910 and successfully performed intrathoracic aortic and cardiac anastomoses in dogs ( 4 ). (amegroups.org)
  • However, until this point in time, the main obstacle to the evolution of coronary surgery was the inability to picture the coronary arteries. (amegroups.org)
Mitral1
Surgical5
  • Arterial switch operation (ASO) or arterial switch, is an open heart surgical procedure used to correct dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA). (wikipedia.org)
  • The surgical management of coronary artery fistulas is also discussed herein. (docksci.com)
  • The surgical approach for the anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery should be selected by considering the age of the patient and size of the right coronary artery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Additionally, as far as we researched, this is the first surgical case report of AAORCA with an aberrant right subclavian artery (RSCA). (biomedcentral.com)
  • A bypass graft called a Gott shunt can be used to redirect the blood flow around the area during surgical repair. (keehealthcare.com)
Anastomosis6
  • Coronary Anastomosis In Stent-Useful to Do When No Other Alternative Is Given? (thieme-connect.com)
  • We herein present a patient in whom the left anterior descending artery (LAD) was stented to the peripheral parts of the vessel leaving no option for an anastomosis beyond the end of the stents because of small diameter in the remaining native LAD. (thieme-connect.com)
  • The anastomosis between the left mammary artery (LMA) and the LAD was performed in standard fashion using 7/0 Prolene running suture. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Postoperative coronary CT confirmed that the anastomosis site was good (Fig. 2 A). Later, the patient was discharged on postoperative day 10. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Atrial septostomy, Potts anastomosis, and pulmonary artery denervation are interventional procedures serving this purpose. (revespcardiol.org)
  • However, with the advent of direct coronary anastomosis of the LITA to the LAD, the "Vineberg Procedure" has been abandoned. (amegroups.org)
Shunt2
  • In the event of sepsis or delayed diagnosis, a combination of pulmonary artery banding (PAB) and shunt construction may be used to increase the left ventricular mass sufficiently to make an arterial switch possible later in infancy. (wikipedia.org)
  • Left-heart bypass provides the same benefit as a Gott shunt, with the addition of a mechanical pump for more controlled blood flow to the abdomen and lower extremities. (keehealthcare.com)
Aneurysm4
Thoracic1
  • Arthur Vineberg further improved this concept in 1946 when he implanted the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) directly into the front wall of the left ventricle ( 6 ). (amegroups.org)
Cardiac arrest2
  • A strategy including sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass, and cardiac arrest was chosen. (thieme-connect.com)
  • Often the cause of the extended cardiac arrest can easily be identified and a continued uninterrupted PCI procedure of, for example, a suddenly occluded left main artery is often the best option for attaining return of spontaneous circulation (ROSC). (icrjournal.com)
Carotid artery4
  • They usually are associated with mural thrombus in the carotid artery or cardiac valvular structures. (medscape.com)
  • They are associated with calcified cardiac valves and atheromatous plaques of the carotid artery. (medscape.com)
  • [ 24 ] These types of emboli can be iatrogenically displaced during cardiac angiography, catheterization procedures, or any interventional embolization of any branch of the carotid artery. (medscape.com)
  • Aortic arch aneurysms require the reattachment of the arch vessels, the innominate artery, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery. (keehealthcare.com)
Grafts2
  • The cohort received an average of 3.1 grafts, with a bypass time of 108.4 minutes. (medscape.com)
  • Before grafts were routinely used for coronary surgeries, direct operation on the coronaries advanced again in 1961, when the Swedish surgeon Ake Senning enlarged the lumen of a left main coronary artery using a pericardial patch ( 11 ). (amegroups.org)
Aorta5
  • thus, the pulmonary root becomes the neo-aorta, and the aortic root becomes the neo-pulmonary artery. (wikipedia.org)
  • The coronary arteries are transplanted from the aorta/neo-pulmonary artery to the pulmonary artery/neo-aorta. (wikipedia.org)
  • The coronary arteries are carefully mapped out in order to avoid unexpected intra-operative complications in transferring them from the native aorta to the neo-aorta. (wikipedia.org)
  • The EP wave disappeared after proximal descending aorta clamped and gradually recovered after the patent segmental arteries reattached. (bvsalud.org)
  • The technique of the aorta-iliac bypass is practicable. (bvsalud.org)
Bifurcation2
  • BRAO is most likely to occur at the bifurcation of an artery because bifurcation sites are associated with a narrowed lumen. (medscape.com)
  • The site of obstruction most often is at the bifurcation of the arteries where emboli are most likely to become lodged. (medscape.com)
Congenital1
  • Introduction Congenital coronary artery fistulas are relatively rare, such as in the case of an abnormal origin of the coronary artery or a fistula to the low pressure cardiac chambers. (docksci.com)
Vessels3
  • Retinal arterial occlusive events caused by cholesterol, fibrinoplatelet or calcific emboli are known to occur in individuals with atheromatous vessels and aortic valves especially during or after interventional procedures such as cardiac catheterisation and coronary artery bypass graft procedures. (bmj.com)
  • 1'2 Recently fistulas in the form of plexiform vessels (one of the coronary artery fistulas) are being occasionaly found by routine coronary angiography. (docksci.com)
  • Coronary angiography: This test uses X-ray imaging to check the blood vessels of the heart. (whcglobal.in)
Induction of coronary1
  • The results confirmed that there are no problems with the anastomotic site (Fig. 2 B). Further induction of coronary spasm (acetylcholine loading) revealed negative results. (biomedcentral.com)
Cerebral and coronary2
  • Before PCI can be attempted, the primary issue will be to maintain cerebral and coronary circulation. (icrjournal.com)
  • A diagnosis of endocarditis on top of a subaortic membrane with vegetations causing both cerebral and coronary embolisation was postulated. (ijcimr.org)
Myocardial infarction1
Circulation1
  • The underlying method of this improvement was the development of collateral circulation to the left anterior descending (LAD) artery, which has recently been demonstrated with angiography to support cardiac function 30-years postoperatively ( 8 ). (amegroups.org)
Fistula1
  • Each was asymptomatic due to a coronary artery fistula. (docksci.com)
Veins2
  • Blood clots are a potentially dangerous condition that can form in the veins or arteries of the body. (drraghu.com)
  • Under local lidoceine 1% anesthesia, an arterial catheter (20 G) was placed to continuously record blood pressure changes and pulmonary artery catheter was inserted via the right internal jugular or subclavian veins for hemodynamic measurements. (ispub.com)
Identify blockages1
Thrombus1
Cardiovascular1
  • He subsequently followed this inadvertent technique with the first intentional selective coronary angiogram, which led to the birth of coronary angiography, a truly landmark achievement in the history of cardiovascular care. (amegroups.org)
Proximal1
  • The coronary artery to the pulmonary artery fistulas was managed for three fistulas, one originating from the left anterior descending artery (Patient N o . l ) , one from the left anterior descending artery and circumflex artery (Patient No.3) (Fig. 2), and one from the proximal right coronary artery and left anterior descending artery (Patient No.2). (docksci.com)
Blood clots1
Stent2
  • Fig. 2 Left anterior descending artery with contrast medium, showing a small native vessel beyond the end of the stent, which is indicated by black arrow. (thieme-connect.com)
  • The incision site was enlarged proximally and distally using regular coronary scissors, which cut the stent grid easily. (thieme-connect.com)
Stenting2
  • This can lead risk, you should Prinzmetals angina is to stop or the muscles within is precipitated by with standard exercise does not need and stenting or coronary artery bypass a cardiac catheterization. (diariocordoba.com)
  • Intravascular lithotripsy proved highly effective, safe, and user friendly as an adjunct to stenting for severely calcified coronary lesions at 30 days of follow-up in the pivotal Disrupt CAD III study aimed at gaining U.S. regulatory approval. (medscape.com)
Reperfusion1
Lumen2
  • A coronary probe was carefully applied, and lumen diameter was 1.5 mm. (thieme-connect.com)
  • A catheter containing a balloon is then passed over the guidewire and aligned with the lesion, for the balloon to then be inflated to restore the normal width of the lumen and re-establish blood flow through the artery (Fig. 4). (teachmesurgery.com)
Cardiology1
  • In so doing, the intravascular lithotripsy device developed by Shockwave Medical successfully addressed one of the banes of contemporary interventional cardiology: heavily calcified coronary lesions. (medscape.com)
Systemic2
Preoperative1
  • Since the preoperative imaging of the RCA was insufficient, and the coronary artery spasm induction test was not performed preoperatively, a follow-up coronary angiography was performed 3 months after the operation. (biomedcentral.com)
Left3
  • Later, according to the cardiac catheterization, the left coronary artery (LCA) was intact, but the RCA could not be selectively imaged. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Traditionally, only manual chest compressions have been employed in these scenarios and occasionally used as a bridge to left ventricular assist devices or full cardiopulmonary support devices. (icrjournal.com)
  • Only a few months later, on the other side of the Atlantic ocean, the Cleveland Clinic and Donald Effler applied this pericardial patch technique to both (left and right) coronaries ( 12 ). (amegroups.org)