Effect of Body Mass Index on Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery.

Background: This study aims to investigate the effect of body mass index (BMI) on mortality and morbidity in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery.

Methods: We retrospectively evaluated the medical records of 403 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass surgery in our center. The patients were divided into 5 groups according to their BMI values.

Idiopathıc pulmonary artery aneurysm.

Pulmonary artery aneurysms are rare pathologic conditions of the thoracic cavity. The ıdiopathic form of the disease is reported very rarely. We report the case of a 16-year-old girl with idiopathic pulmonary artery aneurysm with surface rendered 3-dimensional images of 64-slice computed tomography.