Results for: cardiac Your search came up with 7 results: Volumes/Issues / Volume 6 (2017) / Issue 3 September-December 2017 ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN PATIENTS WITH PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER Friday, September 1, 2017Given the ageing of population and the advances in diagnosis of coronary artery disease, the number of patients undergoing cardiac pacemaker implantation is constantly increasing. The aim of this study was to review the literature about anxiety and depression that experience patients with permanent cardiac pacemaker. Methodology: The study included exploration of research and review Volumes/Issues / Volume 8 (2019) / Issue 2 April-June 2019 ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN IMPLANTED CARDIOVERTER DEFIBRILLATOR (ICD) Friday, January 4, 2019During recent decades, implanted cardioverter defibrillator (ICD) has turn out to be the most effective therapy availa-ble to prevent sudden cardiac death while implantation rates are increasing, worldwide. Eligible patients are catego-rized in those who have already resuscitated from sudden cardiac death (secondary prevention) and those are at in-creased risk due to the severity of their cardiac Volumes/Issues / Volume 12 (2023) / July-September 2023 DEACTIVATION OF IMPLANTABLE CARDIAC DEVICES IN END-STAGE HEART FAILURE PATIENTS Saturday, July 1, 2023Introduction: Implantation of cardiac devices in patients with heart failure has contributed to improvement in quality of their life. Nevertheless, in the final stages of the disease, it is necessary to deactivate the devices for a peaceful death and the avoidance of suffering.The purpose of this review was to explore deactivation of implantable cardiac devices in end-stage heart failure patients.Methodology: Volumes/Issues / Volume 9 (2020) / Issue 2 April-June 2020 FACTORS ASSOCIATED WITH INCREASED RISK POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING (PB) IN PATIENTS AFTER CARDIAC SURGERY Wednesday, April 1, 2020Introduction: Postoperative Bleeding (PB) is the most common complication after cardiac surgery but is accompanied by negative outcomes. Aim: was to investigate the factors associated with an increased risk of PB in patients after cardiac surgery. Material and Methods: The sample of the study was patients who were admitted to the Cardiothoracic Surgery Unit of a general hospital after cardiac surgery. Volumes/Issues / Volume 4 (2015) / Volume 2 May-August 2015 MEDIASTINAL HEMORRHAGE MANAGEMENT FOLLOWING CARDIAC SURGERY: IMPLEMENTATION OF THE PERIORATIVE NURSING DATA SET Friday, May 1, 2015 Introduction: Standardized nursing terminologies (SNT) provide a common language among nurses, contributing to standardized and evidence based nursing care plans Aim: The development of a standardized nursing care plan for the effective management of postoperative mediastinal hemorrhage of cardiac surgery patients Material and Method: The SNT Perioperative Nursing Volumes/Issues / Volume 7 (2018) / Issue 2 May-August 2018 PERMANENT CARDIAC PACEMAKER Friday, January 5, 2018Cardiac pacemaker is a device largely used to the treatment of heart rhythm problems.1 Though the first pacemaker was implanted in 1950, it is estimated that 3 million people worldwide have a pacemaker and about 600 thousand pacemakers are implanted annually.2,3 In 2004, about 179.000 new pacemakers were implanted the United States 4 while in Australia, Volumes/Issues / Volume 9 (2020) / Issue 4 October-December 2020 THE CARDIOPLEGIC SOLUTION OF CUSTODIOL IN MINIMALLY INVA-SIVE CARDIAC SURGERY, CUSTODIOL – N THE FUTURE Thursday, October 1, 2020Background: Cardioplegic solutions are widely used for myocardium protection during cardiac surgery. Custodiol cardioplegia has begun to gain popularity in recent years in cardiac surgery because of its administration, in a single dose, providing protection for 1.5 - 2 hours. Purpose: of this study was to review the current literature related to the Custodiol efficacy on the protection of myocardium