Adherence to lifestyle changes after coronary artery bypass graft: Outcome of preoperative peer education.

Objective: This study was done to investigate the effect of preoperative peer education on patients' adherence to medication and lifestyle changes after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG).

Methods: In this randomized clinical trial, the peers of CABG patients conducted preoperative educational sessions at the ward in groups of 4-5 (n = 36) while the control group (n = 34) received routine education by a nurse. Adherence of both groups to medication and recommendations for lifestyle modification including physical activity, smoking, and diet was measured one and two months after discharge.

Developing a genetic fuzzy system for risk assessment of mortality after cardiac surgery.

Cardiac events could be taken into account as the leading causes of death throughout the globe. Such events also trigger an undesirable increase in what treatment procedures cost. Despite the giant leaps in technological development in heart surgery, coronary surgery still carries the high risk of the mortality.

Heart transplantation in iran; a comprehensive single-center review of 15-year performance.

Background: Heart transplantation in Iran was first performed in July 1993. Since then, Shariati Hospital, affiliated to Tehran University of Medical Sciences, has been representing the most active center of cardiac transplantation in Iran and one of the major sites in the Middle East. This is a comprehensive review of our 15-year practice registry to make a scheme of our record and achievements.

Transient bilateral cortical visual loss after coronary artery bypass grafting in a normotensive risk-free patient.

Background: Postoperative blindness has been mentioned as a rare complication of heart surgery. The majority of reported cases are caused by retinal artery occlusion or ischemic optic neuropathy. We report a case of transient visual loss due to cortical ischemia after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).