Impact of diabetes mellitus on patients over 70 years of age undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Objective: We evaluated in-hospital outcomes of diabetic and nondiabetic patients aged over 70 years after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Patients And Setting: All patients aged over 70 years at our center, who underwent CABG between January 2003 and December 2008, were entered into this study. Diabetes in this study was defined as the need for oral medication or insulin.

Risk factors for late extubation after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Objective: To evaluate the independent risk factors for late extubation after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Methods: Preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative characteristics of patients undergoing isolated CABG between June 2005 and June 2008 at the Tongji Hospital were retrospectively analyzed. Elapsed time between CABG and extubation of more than 8hours was defined as late extubation.

Impact of diabetes mellitus on old patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Few reports have focused on whether old diabetic patients had worse outcomes compared to old nondiabetics after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study aimed to evaluate the outcomes of old diabetic patients compared to old nondiabetics following isolated CABG. From January 2004 to December 2008, the relevant pre-, intra-, and postoperative materials of all CABG patients over 65 years of age in our center were investigated and analyzed retrospectively.

Transcatheter closure of adult patent ductus arteriosus with severe pulmonary hypertension.

The purpose of this study was to investigate the application of trial balloon occlusion for permanent closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH) in adults, and to assess its immediate and short-term results. From September 1999 to September 2005, a total of ten adults (two males, ages ranging from 20 to 54 years) with PDA who met the criterion for severe PH (basal pulmonary vascular resistance >8 Wood units) received trial balloon occlusion via an embolectomy balloon catheter. Post-occlusion hemodynamics, along with an overall clinical and hemodynamic assessment, was used to consider the indication of closure of PDA.

Study on the risk factors of postoperative hypoxemia in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.

Background: To investigate 576 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and to evaluate independent high risk factors of postoperative hypoxemia following CABG.

Methods And Results: The pre-, intra-, and post-operative materials in patients who had CABG performed on them from March 2004 to March 2008 in our hospital were analyzed retrospectively. The relative factors of postoperative hypoxemia were tested through descriptive analysis and logistic regression, and the independent risk factors were obtained.

Venous hemangioma in the right atrium possibly related to radiofrequency catheter ablation.

Venous hemangioma is a rare, benign cardiac tumor, usually in young or adult males. A 61-year-old woman with a clinical history of radiofrequency catheter ablation had venous hemangioma of the right atrium diagnosed after an episode of acute pain in the precordial region. The incidental discovery of the mass, clinical evaluation, operative procedure, pathologic findings and follow-up are reported, as well as the epidemiology, natural history, and diagnostic and therapeutic approaches.