Forearm and Hand Function after Radial Artery Harvest for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Subjective Patients' Assessment.

Background: As arterial myocardial revascularization is proved to provide great results, radial artery use as a graft and its consequences remain an important issue.

Objectives: The aim of the study was to evaluate how patients assess their forearm and hand function after radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Methods: 50 patients (mean age 52.

Stage IIIa cancer of the right lung ingrowing via right lower pulmonary vein to the left heart atrium.

Computed tomography is performed in every patient before lung tumour resection. The presented case realises how important it is to perform this study with contrast. In a 75-year-old male we detected a tumour ingrowing from the right lung through the right lower pulmonary vein into the left atrium of the heart.

Risk factors for carotid artery disease in patients scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting.

Background: Carotid artery disease is thought to be a risk factor for neurological complications after cardiac surgery. Routine ultrasonographic screening is still not performed in every patient scheduled for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).

Aim: To assess factors which may facilitate the selection for elective carotid artery ultrasound examination in patients undergoing CABG.

[Unstable angina with subvalvular aortic stenosis in a 65-year-old woman].

We describe a case of 65-year-old woman with unstable angina, who was admitted to our institution. Physical examination revealed the presence of a systolic cardiac murmur. Transthoracic echocardiography showed subvalvular aortic stenosis.