Single-blind, randomized study comparing clinical equivalence of trulene and prolene polypropylene sutures in elective primary coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Background: Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) is one of the principle therapies for coronary artery disease, as it improves survival rate and quality of life (QoL). Polypropylene suture is commonly used in vascular and cardiac surgeries for anastomosis due to its long-term tensile strength and minimal tissue trauma. This study compared the clinical equivalence of Trulene® (Healthium Medtech Limited) and Prolene® (Ethicon-Johnson & Johnson) polypropylene sutures regarding incidence of myocardial infarction, stroke, renal failure and cardiac death (MACCE) occurring up to 26 weeks' period post-CABG surgery.

Perioperative Glycemic Control in Patients who Underwent Cardiac Transplantation and Effect on the Outcome at Discharge in a Tertiary Care Centre.

Objectives: To study the glycemic status and insulin requirements in patients who underwent cardiac transplantation and to compare it among patients with and without diabetes mellitus. To compare preoperative glycemic status and perioperative insulin requirements with the outcome.

Methods And Materials: The retrospective data of the glycemic status of patients before and after cardiac transplantation were collected and analyzed.

Isolated supravalvular aortic stenosis with left ventricular diverticulum and cleft mitral valve: Surgical repair in adulthood.

Supravalvular aortic stenosis is an uncommon but well characterized congenital narrowing of the ascending aorta above the level of the coronary arteries. It can be a familial disorder, can occur sporadically, or can be associated with Williams syndrome. We are reporting a very rare presentation of supravalvular aortic stenosis with associated left ventricular diverticulum and cleft mitral valve.

Anomalous origin of single coronary artery from pulmonary artery: serendipitous diagnosis and successful surgical treatment.

Anomalous origin of a single coronary artery from the pulmonary artery is a rare and potentially fatal congenital heart malformation. Although the actual incidence is not known, it is rarer than anomalous left coronary artery from pulmonary artery. In the absence of other important congenital cardiac anomalies, patients with anomalous origin of a single coronary artery from the pulmonary artery typically experience myocardial ischemia in association with the physiological decrease in the pulmonary vascular resistance that typically occurs over the first few months of life.