Computed tomography evaluation of different chest tube sites for residual pleural volumes after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Background And Objectives: We investigated the efficacy of pleural drainage with the use of different chest tube methods in patients after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.

Design And Setting: Prospective randomized study of 60 patients undergoing elective on-pump single CABG surgery.

Patients And Methods: The left internal mammary arterial grafts were harvested from all patients.

Simultaneous operation in a patient with coronary heart disease, abnormal orifice of coronary arteries, morgagni hernia, atrial septal defect, and pericardial and pleural agenesis.

A 68-year-old male patient with acute coronary syndrome was referred to our center. He also received a diagnosis of diaphragmatic hernia after a clinical examination. The patient underwent a simultaneous aorta coronary bypass operation and repair of the congenital diaphragm hernia.

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma as a reason of transient ischemic attack for a young patient.

Cardiac papillary fibroelastoma is a rare primary cardiac tumor. It occurs mainly in the endothelium of cardiac valves. Although cardiac papillary fibroelastomas are benign tumors, they have potential life threatening complications such as sudden death, stroke, and myocardial infarction.

The risk factors affecting the complications of saphenous vein graft harvesting in aortocoronary bypass surgery.

Problems of wound healing are commonly observed after coronary bypass grafting (CABG) operations. Our aim is to determine the prevalence and the predictors of saphenous vein harvesting complications after coronary artery bypass surgery. One hundred twenty six patients operated in the specified period were included in this prospective study.