Predictors of Pacemaker-Induced Cardiomyopathy and Importance of Nutritional Status and Prognostic Nutritional Index.

Background: Long-term right ventricular (RV) pacing may cause progressive left ventricular systolic dysfunction, and malnutrition is related to adverse cardiovascular outcomes in patients with heart failure. We aimed to evaluate the relationship between immunonutritional status and the development of pacing-induced cardiomyopathy (PICMP).

Methods: This study included 434 patients who underwent permanent pacemaker (PPM) implantation and had preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) of > 40%.

Short-Term Results of Ivabradine versus Metoprolol: The Effects on Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting.

Introduction: Classic coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery involves diastolic cardiac arrest under cardiopulmonary bypass, while off-pump CABG (OPCABG) has become widespread in recent years.

Methods: 174 patients who underwent OPCABG were included in the study. Patients were divided into two groups.

SYNTAX and Coronary Artery Calcium Score Predict Atherosclerotic Plaque Formation in the Ascending Aorta.

Background: There is no study about the relationship between the complexity of coronary artery disease (SYNTAX SCORE; SS), and coronary artery calcium (CAC) score, accompanied with aortic calcium score (ACS) levels. The objective of this study was to investigate the relationship between the preoperative SS and CAC scores accompanying ACS in isolated CABG patients and their postoperative clinical results.

Methods: This study included 130 consecutive CABG patients.

The effect of single aortic cross-clamp technique versus multiple clamp technique on postoperative stroke in octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of the single aortic cross-clamp technique (SCT) (aortic cross-clamp only) versus the multiple-clamp technique (MCT) (aortic cross-clamp + side-biting clamp) on postoperative stroke in octogenarians undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Methods: A total of 171 patients aged 80 years and older who underwent isolated CABG were retrospectively analysed. The patients were divided into two groups according to the technique used during surgery: group 1 ( = 88) received the SCT, and group 2 ( = 83) received the MCT.

A New Current to The Armamentarium: Is the CHA2DS2-Vasc-HS Score Predictive of Low Left Internal Mammary Artery (LIMA) Flow in Patients Underwent Coronary Bypass Surgery?

Introduction: Left internal mammary artery (LIMA) grafts should be used in patients undergoing CABG. No other procedure results in patency equivalent to that of the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD)-LIMA bypass graft. The CHA2DS2-Vasc-HS scoring system can be used to successfully predict CAD severity in stable CAD patients.

Giant Left Atrial Myxoma Presenting with Cough-Syncope Syndrome.

We report the case of a 41-year-old female patient with symptoms of cerebrovascular accident manifesting with loss of consciousness during episodes of cough. Computed multislice chest tomography showed a 7.3- by 4.

The effectiveness of vacuum-assisted closure therapy in patients with infected venous leg ulcers.

Aim: In this study, we aimed to investigate the effect of vacuum-assisted closure therapy on venous stasis wound healing in patients with chronic venous leg ulcers.

Methods: Vacuum-assisted closure therapy was applied on a total of 14 venous leg ulcers. All patients had post-thrombotic syndrome.

Clinical Outcomes of Extrapleural Closure of a Patent Ductus Arteriosus Concomitant with Aortic Coarctation Repair.

Background: The aim of this study was to present an extrapleural approach for the closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA), with the repair of aortic coarctation (CoA) in the same session, in critically ill newborns and infants as an alternative to the transpleural surgical technique.

Methods: Between December 2007 and November 2010, 44 critically ill patients with PDA and coarctation of the aorta were operated on during the same session with the extrapleural approach. The diagnoses of the patients were made by transthoracic echocardiography (TTE).