Comparison of Two Coronary Anastomosis Techniques in Terms of Flow Rate in Porcine Hearts.

Introduction: The quality of coronary anastomoses is one of the important parameters that may affect graft patency in coronary artery bypass grafting patients. Therefore, we compared two different anastomotic techniques to improve graft flow and patency rates.

Methods: This study was conducted by performing two different fashions of anastomosis with a human saphenous vein graft on 24 various coronary segments of five postmortem porcine hearts.

Determinants of 30-day mortality in elderly patients admitted to a cardiovascular surgery intensive care unit.

Background: This study aims to identify the factors influencing 30-day morbidity and mortality in patients aged 65 and older undergoing cardiovascular surgery.

Methods: Data from 360 patients who underwent cardiac surgery between January 2012 and August 2021 in the Cardiovascular Surgery Intensive Care Unit (CVS ICU) were analyzed. Patients were categorized into two groups: "mortality+" (33 patients) and "mortality-" (327 patients).

Prognostic values of the C-reactive protein to albumin ratio and prognostic nutritional index in carotid endarterectomy patients.

Objectives: C-reactive protein to albumin ratio (CAR) and prognostic nutritional index (PNI) are novel parameters with proven prognostic importance in the postoperative outcomes of coronary and peripheral vascular diseases. In this study, we aimed to evaluate the ability of CAR and PNI to predict major cardiac and cerebrovascular events (MACCE) during the postoperative period of Carotid artery endarterectomy (CEA).

Methods: A total of 505 carotid endarterectomy patients were retrospectively evaluated.

The effects of iloprost and alprostadil on ischemia-reperfusion injury in preventing inflammation, tissue degeneration, and apoptosis in rat skeletal muscle.

Background/aim: The protective effects of prostaglandin (PG) analogs on ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) have been well documented; however, comparative studies are lacking. The aim of the present study was to determine whether iloprost or alprostadil is more effective in preventing muscle I/R injury.

Materials And Methods: Thirty-two rats were divided into four groups (n = 8): sham, control, IL (I/R + iloprost), and AL (I/R + alprostadil).