<b>Objective:</b> To assess the effectiveness of subxiphoid pericardiostomy in treatment and diagnosis pericardial effusions. <b>Methods:</b> 368 patients who underwent tube drainage for cardiac tamponade, moderate to severe effusion, or suspicious bacterial aetiology were retrospectively analysed. Biopsies pericardium fluid samples diagnostic tests obtained from each patient. <b>Results:</b> The mean age was 38.4 years, male female ratio 220:148. effusion classified by echocardiography as...

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the effect detection graft dysfunction by intraoperative transit time flow measurement (TTFM) on surgical results on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting.Two hundred patients undergoing isolate grafting via median sternotomy performed same team were included into study. TTFM was routinely for assessment patency during operation after a meter became available in our center February 2006. last 100 consecutive before date formed control group (Group A),...

Background. The provision and maintenance of vascular access remains a major cost to end-stage renal failure programs. In addition, occlusion, results in significant morbidity hemodialysis patients. Age, gender, diabetes mellitus, malignancy, smoking habits, administration heparin per session, previous dialysis catheter insertion, number sessions location the fistula may be associated with survival primary arteriovenous fistula. We examined effects various factors on fistulas 412 chronic...

Objective: Brachial plexus injury is a rare complication after median sternotomy. We investigated that to the brachial was retrospectively assessed in results of three patients who underwent sternotomy for open heart surgery. Materials and methods: All were placed hands-up position right internal jugular vein cannulation, mammary artery prepared all those. Nerve conduction measurements electromyography performed besides neurological examination. Results: detected cases (0.5%) 575 coronary...

This study aimed to evaluate the degree and incidence of atherosclerosis in internal thoracic (ITA) radial arteries (RA) harvested for coronary bypass grafting.The association major clinical events etiological factors was investigated 770 arterial segments obtained prospectively from 480 patients. Potential risk were age, gender, smoking, diabetes mellitus, peripheral vascular disease, cerebrovascular chronic renal failure, hypercholesterolemia, obesity, hypertension, a positive family...

Objective: In this retrospective study, we aimed to observe the efficacy of pericardial effusion (PE) treatments by a survey conducted at Department Cardiovascular Surgery, Faculty Medicine, Atatürk University.Methods: order get comparable results, patients with PE were divided into three groups -group A, 480 who underwent subxiphoid pericardiostomy; group B, 28 computerized tomography (CT)-guided percutaneous catheter drainage; and C, 45 echocardiography (ECHO)-guided drainage.Results:...

We report the case of a patient with pseudoaneurysm left coronary ostial anastomoses diagnosed 6 years after Bentall procedure button had been performed. Preoperatively, ascending aorta was by transesophageal echocardiography and multislice tomography, diagnosis confirmed surgery. Intraoperatively, dehiscence anastomosis artery determined. The operative technique for repair direct closure through sternotomy using extracorporeal circulation. discharged on twelfth day without problems. In...

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate early clinical outcomes and echocardiographic measurements the left ventricle in patients who underwent ventricular aneurysm repair using two different techniques associated myocardial revascularization.Methods: Eighty-nine (74 males, 15 females; mean age 58±8.4 years; range: 41 80 years) postinfarction revascularization performed between 1996 2016.Ventricular reconstruction endoventricular circular patch plasty (Dor procedure) (n=48; group A)...

In the present study, we aimed to retrospectively investigate early and late results of different surgical treatment techniques applied in age groups with coarctation aorta (CoA).Between January 2007 February 2017, 26 patients (12 males, 14 females; mean age: 12.2±12.4 years; range: 29 days-34 years) who underwent surgery diagnosis CoA were evaluated. Overall, 11 these (42.3%) infantile period, whereas 15 (57.7%) aged between 6 34 years. Resection end-to-end anastomosis performed 13 (50%)....

The purpose of this study was to evaluate the efficiency and feasibility dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) used in diagnosis cardiac contusion with mildest blunt injury.This performed between February 2014 September 2015; a total 17 consecutive patients (10 men 7 women; median age, 51 years [range: 20-78]) were enrolled study. DECT within 48 hours trauma subsequent follow-up little less than 1 year after first examination. All examinations analyzed on iodine map images by 2 experienced...

We aimed to assess the effectiveness of subxiphoid pericardiostomy for treating patients with pericardial effusions (PE), and its contribution defining aetiology these effusions. undertook retrospective analysis 240 PE who underwent tube drainage between 1990 2000. Echocardiography classified as severe in 132 patients, moderate 99, mild nine. The main causes were uraemic, idiopathic undefined, tuberculous non-tuberculous pericarditis, malignancy trauma. Peri-operative myocardial injury...

The goal of our study was to determine the prevalence abdominal aortic aneurysms (AAAs) that were incidentally diagnosed by computed tomography applied for different reasons and discuss risk factors may cause AAA.A total 5396 examinations performed, 103 detected AAAs included in study. Patients with without AAA compared terms age, gender, thoracic diameters comorbid diseases.The 1.9%. Old age male gender significantly between groups (P < 0.001). reason applying 52 (50.5%) patients associated...