Fouad Ahmed Ahmed Alahdal

Effect of coronary artery bypass grafting on right ventricular function : A tissue doppler study / تأثير جراحة توصيل الشرايين التاجية على وظيفة البطين الايمن بالدوبلر النسيجى Fouad Ahmed Ahmed Alahdal ; Supervised Zeinab Ashour , Hossam Elhossary , Sameh Salama - Cairo : Fouad Ahmed Ahmed Alahdal , 2012 - 104P. : charts , facsimiles ; 25cm

Thesis (M.Sc.) - Cairo University - Faculty of Medicine - Department of Cardiology

Right ventricular function is known to be depressed after cardiac surgery , but the extent and mechanism is not known . To assess the effect of coronary artery bypass grafting surgery on the right ventricle . RV function was studied pre and postoperatively in 20 patients scheduled for CABG (group 1) and in age and gender matched controls (group 2) . Patients were followed up for 1 month after CABG



RV Dimensions TAPSE Tissues Doppler imaging in free wall of RV and basal of septum