Tıp Fakültesi / Faculty of Medicine

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    A New Chest Radiography Clue to Predict Saphenous Vein Graft Failure
    (2022) Akbay, Ertan; Coner, Ali; Akinci, Sinan; Adar, Adem; Demir, Ali Riza; Uygur, Begum; Saba, Tonguc; Budak, Ali Baran; Muderrisoglu, Ibrahim Haldun
    Objective: Saphenous vein graft failure (VGF) is a measure of the short-and long-term success of coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG). Aortic arch calcification (AAC) is a long-term finding of atherosclerosis in large vessels. The aim of this study was to evaluate the relationship between AAC and VGF.Materials and Methods: Patients who underwent CABG surgery and subsequent coronary angiography in a single hospital between January 2010 and January 2021 were included in the study. The presence and stage of AAC was evaluated using preoperative chest X-rays. VGF was defined as >= 75% stenosis and/or total occlusion in the saphenous vein graft. In addition, the effect of AAC on VGF was evaluated based on the time elapsed since the CABG procedure. Results: Of the 594 patients who underwent CABG during the study period, 91 patients (mean age 63.6 +/- 10.0; 71 [78.0%] male) were included in the study. VGF was observed in 49 (53.8%) patients. AAC was found to be an independent predictor of VGF (odds ratio [OR]: 2.788, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.068-7.278). The results indicated no association between AAC and VGF in patients whose coronaries were screened within 1 year (OR: 1.143, 95% CI: 0.279-4.683), while there was a strong association between AAC and VGF in patients who were screened 1 year after the surgery (OR: 5.355, 95% CI: 1.618-17.720).Conclusion: AAC evaluation may be a valuable diagnostic method to predict VGF after CABG, and particularly late VGF.
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    Predictiveness of different preoperative risk assessments for postoperative bleeding after coronary artery bypass grafting surgery
    (2020) Gunertem, Eren; Urcun, Salim; Pala, Arda Aybars; Budak, Ali Baran; Ercisli, Murat Abdulhamid; Gunaydin, Serdar; 32659163
    Aim: Postoperative bleeding is a significant cause of morbidity and mortality in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Studies have been conducted, and guidelines have been published regarding patient blood management and aiming to prevent blood loss in the perioperative period. Various bleeding risk assessments were developed for preoperative period. We aimed to examine the correlations of scoring systems in the literature with the amount of postoperative bleeding in patients undergoing first time coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and to show the most suitable preoperative bleeding risk assessment for coronary artery bypass graft patients. Methods: The study included 550 consecutive patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft operation. The inclusion criteria were considered as patients to be older than 18 years old and to undergo elective or emergent myocardial revascularization using cardiopulmonary bypass. All variables required for scoring systems were recorded. The initial results of the study were determined as the amount of chest tube drainage, the use of blood products, the change in hematocrit level, reoperation due to bleeding, duration of ventilation, duration of intensive care unit stay, and hospital stay. Mortality which occurred during first 30 days after operation was considered as operative mortality. Operative mortality was accepted as the primary endpoint. Secondary endpoints were massive bleeding and high amount of transfusion. Results: Data were obtained from a series of 550 consecutive patients treated with isolated coronary artery bypass graft. It was seen that PAPWORTH and WILL-BLEED risk assessments responded better for E-CABG grade 2 and 3 bleeding compared to other risk assessments. TRACK, TRUST, and ACTA-PORT scales were found to have low ability to distinguish patients with E-CABG bleeding grade 2 and 3. Conclusion: Predicting postoperative bleeding and transfusion rates with preoperative risk scores in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery will provide valuable information to physicians for establishing a proper patient blood management protocol and this will decrease excessive transfusions, unnecessary reoperations as well as improve postoperative outcomes.