[Immediate Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients With Multifocal Atherosclerosis: Gender Differences].

Aim: To assess the impact of presence of multifocal atherosclerosis (MFA) and gender differences on immediate outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD).

Material And Methods: Medical records of patients with MFA, who underwent elective CABG (n=764, 655 men, 109 women) were reviewed retrospectively.

Results: Women were older (<0.

[Predisposition to Psychological Distress in Patients After Coronary Bypass Surgery: Relation to One Year Prognosis].

Aim: to assess effect of type D personality (TDP) on one year prognosis after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Material And Methods: Personality type was evaluated using the DS-14 scale in 683 patients before and in 1 year after CABG; 152 patients had TDP, 531 had not. After 1 year of follow-up we assessed functional class of angina and chronic heart failure, and registered cardiovascular complications (CVC): deaths, myocardial infarctions, strokes, amputations, thromboses of arteries of lower extremities, hospitalizations, requirements in repetitive angiographies of coronary grafts.

[GENDER-RELATED FEATURES AND QUALITY OF LIFE OF THE PATIENT ONE YEAR AFTER CORONARY ARTERY BYPASS GRAFTING].

Aim: To study the influence of gender features on the quality of life (QL) of the patient one year after coronary artery bypass grafting and to determine factors associated with low QL after surgery.

Materials And Methods: The study included 408 patients (70 women and 338 men) whose QL was estimated 1 year after surgery based on the SF-36 questionnaire. The groups were compared in terms of QL parameters before and after surgery, clinical data, and peculiarities of surgical treatment.

[Gender-specific features of the prevalence and clinical manifestations of multifocal atherosclerosis].

Unlabelled: Multifocal atherosclerosis (MFA) has negative effect on prognosis in various groups of patients with cardiovascular diseases. However, gender-specific features of MFA are practically unexplored which provided a rationale for the present work.

Aim: To study gender-specific features of MFA in patients with atherosclerosis of different localization.

[Quality of life of patients after coronary bypass surgery: effect of age and personality type D].

Aim: To study effect of age and presence of personality type D on quality of life (QL) of patients in one year after coronary bypass surgery (CBS).

Material And Methods: Assessment of QL before and after surgery was carried out in 408 patients. Two groups were formed: patients younger than 60 years (n=233) and older than 60 years (n=175).

[Factors influencing life quality improvement in patients of different age one year after coronary artery bypass surgery].

The study was aimed at examining the factors having an impact on changes in the quality of life (QL) parameters a year after coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) in different age groups. 408 patients aged 31-79 years had their QL assessed by means of the SF-36 questionnaire before and one year after elective CABG. Additionally, the patients were tested for the presence of type D personality before and one year after CABG by means of the DS-14 questionnaire.

[Factors affecting results of coronary bypass surgery in elderly patients].

Study aim was to compare rates of perioperative complications of coronary bypass surgery in patients of various age groups and to analyze factors associated with their appearance. We retrospectively studied 2411 case histories of patients subjected to coronary artery bypass surgery between January 2006 and December 2009. According to their age at surgery patients were divided in 4 groups: <60 years (n=1555, mean age 53+/-6 years), 60-64 years (n=379, mean age 61+/-3 years), 65-69 years (n=335, mean age 67+/-2 years), >70 years (n=142, mean age 71+/-3 years).

[Long-term survival after reconstructive surgery on non-coronary arteries in different age groups].

The study was aimed at assessing long-term survival after reconstructive surgery on non-coronary arteries in different age groups as well as the confounding factors. 469 case histories were analyzed retrospectively. The most patients underwent coronary angiography (CA) and preventive myocardial revascularization along with non-coronary artery exam.

[Prevalence of multifocal atherosclerosis in different age groups].

Aim of the study was to assess prevalence of lesions in several arterial beds in patients with atherosclerosis of various localization in the clinic of cardiovascular surgery. We examined 1018 patients (825 men and 193 women, aged 31-78 years, mean age 59+/-12 years) in the period of preparation to elective surgical interventions on coronary arteries or other arterial beds. All patients were divided into 4 age groups: group 1 - younger than 60 years (n=542), group 2 - 60-64 years (n=215), group 3 - 65-69 years (n=141), group 4-70 years and older (n=120).

[Impact of old age on risk of perioperative complications in non-coronary vascular surgery].

The objective of the study was to assess coronary arteries and the rate of perioperative complications in elderly patients undergoing non-coronary vascular surgery. 412 medical records of patients aged 60.8 +/- 8.

[Quality of life in patients of different age groups with ischemic heart disease: effect of multifocal atherosclerosis].

The aim of the research was to study the quality of life for the patients of different age groups with coronary artery disease and to evaluate the factors affecting its decline. The present study included 709 patients aged 31 to 79 years examined before elective coronary artery bypass graft surgery. All patients underwent coronary angiography, echocardiography, ultrasonography of the aorta, brachiocephalic, and peripheral arteries.

[Intraventricular filling flows in assessment of left ventricular diastolic function in the elderly].

Aim: To assess effect of old age on Doppler parameters of intraventricular filling flows.

Material: Echocardiography with determination of velocity and time of early diastolic flow propagation, degree of its deceleration, maximal regional intraventricular flow velocity, and late diastolic interval A-Ar was carried out in healthy elderly (age 68.0+/-7.