Publications by authors named "S Moshar"
Background: Recent studies have mainly focused on the roles of serum calcium and phosphorus product in the development of valvular heart failure. We determined the association of calcium-phosphorus product with the severity of heart valve failure in patients under chronic hemodialysis (being under hemodialysis for 6 months or more) in Boo-Ali Hospital in 2012 and 2013.
Methods: It was a cross-sectional, descriptive, comparative study.
Background: Hybrid revascularization (HyR), combining minimally invasive left internal mammary artery (LIMA) bypass grafting to the left anterior descending coronary artery (LAD) and catheter interventional treatment of the remaining coronary lesions, avoids the disadvantages associated with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). We investigated the clinical follow-up of 57 patients with multivessel disease undergoing this procedure in the last 4 years.
Methods: Between January 1997 and January 2001, 57 consecutive patients (41 men and 16 women, aged 65.
Purpose: Median sternotomy, which generally is used as a standard access for atrial septal defect (ASD) and mitral valve operations, has a significant risk of postoperative instability/osteomyelitis of the sternum. Moreover, especially in young women, the resulting large scar is a poor cosmetic result that may have adverse psychological consequences. Our presentation suggests that these difficulties may be avoided by the use of a less invasive approach consisting of a limited anterolateral thoracotomy with standard cannulation.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Patients with renal impairment undergoing conventional coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) have a significant risk of postoperative deterioration of kidney function. We investigated the outcome of patients with and without renal impairment treated by off-pump coronary artery surgery.
Methods: From January 1997 until January 2000, 158 consecutive patients (mean age 63 +/- 9.