Timelines of Philhealth Z Benefit Package for Standard Risk Coronary Artery Bypass Graft (CABG) Surgery at the University of the Philippines- Philippine General Hospital

@#Objective. The study evaluates the clinical profile of patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) under the Philippine Health Insurance Corporation (Philhealth) Z Benefit Package (PZBP), as well as time intervals between PZBP screening, approval, and timing of surgery. Methods. A review of medical records was done to collect data on time intervals between the screening process and Philhealth approval in CABG patients under PZBP. The clinical profile and surgical outcomes of patients were also evaluated. Results. Sixty-three patients were included from March 2017 to December 2018. Most patients were under 61-70 years old. Hypertension was the most commonly observed comorbidity. Time intervals were analyzed including identification for surgery to eligibility screening (2–217 days, median 25 days), Philhealth approval (8–266 days, median 20 days), and surgery (9-403 days, median 33 days). Postoperative atrial fibrillation was seen in 22.58%. The most commonly observed complication prolonging hospitalization was pneumonia. Conclusion. This is the first local study which evaluated the timelines of PZBP. Results may be use as basis of follow up study in the future for identification of an acceptable timeline intervals. Several modifiable factors affecting time intervals were identified for further improvement of healthcare services. The leading cause of increase length in hospitalization were HAP and AF.

Cardiac markers responses to coronary bypass graft (CABG) surgery with cardio pulmonary bypass and aortic clamping

Quantitive assessments of serum cTnl, CK-MB in 106 coronary bypass graft (CABG) patients at base line after anesthesia induction; at the end of operation, and at every 6 hours during the first 24h post-operation and then, on 2nd, 3rd, and 5th postoperative day. The serum cTnl and CK-MB significantly increased from the end of the surgery to 5th postoperative day with the peak value (50.82 ± 31.72 mg/ml and 70.78 ± 64 UI/ml, respectively) reached on average 8-10h after the aortic unclamping. The aortic cross-clamping time correlated slight positively to the pear of the serum cTnl and CK-MB on the first postoperative day. The finding showed that the postoperative increase of cTnl levels in the CAGB patients resulted from several factors. The most important contributing factor was the cross clamping time, other ones were the cardioplegia types

Assessment of Patency of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts Using Segmented K-space Breath-hold Cine Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance Imaging: A Clinical Feasibility Study

PURPOSE: The efficacy of magnetic resonance imaging for evaluating coronary artery disease has been reported. In this study, we evaluated the usefulness of breath-hold segmented K-space cine MR imaging for evaluating the patency of coronary artery bypass grafts (CABG). MATERIALS AND METHODS: Thirty eight patients with a total of 92 CABGs (36 internal thoracic arteries and 56 saphenous vein grafts) were evaluated using segmented Kspace cardiac-gated fast gradient echo sequence (2D-FASTCARD) MR imaging. MR magnitude images were evaluated from the hard copies by two independent observers. A graft was defined as patent if it was seen as a bright small round area on at least two consecutive images throughout the cardiac cycle at a position consistent with the expected location for that graft. RESULTS: MR images were obtained successfully for 23 patients (61%). The sagittal planes were most helpful in visualizing the cross-section of sapheneous vein bypass graft to left circumflex artery branch, whereas the transverse planes were used for identification of internal mammary artery grafts to left anterior descending coronary artery or its branch and identification of saphenous vein grafts to right coronary artery. Forty five grafts were visible using this MR technique, while the grafts were not visible on seven saphenous vein grafts and two internal mammary artery grafts. In two patients showing symptoms of myocardial ischemia, one or two bypass grafts were not visible. Imaging, perpendicular plane to a CABG was important to visualize the flow inside the CABG with maximum sensitivity. CONCLUSION: Evaluation of patency of the bypass graft was clinically feasible by 2DFASTCARD MR imaging, whereas any invisible bypass grafts should be further studied by contrast-enhanced MR angiography or by conventional angiography for confirmation of abnormalities.

The changes in coagulation and platelet function during cardiac surgery using SONOCLOT / 中华麻醉学杂志

Objective This study was designed to evaluate the change in coagulation and platelet function during cardiac surgery using SONOCLOT(SCT), a new coagulation and platelet function analyser which can analyse the whole process of coagulation including platelet function , fibrin formation and fibrinolysis with only 0 4ml of whole blood Methods Thirty ASA Ⅱ Ⅲpatients scheduled for cardiac surgery were studied 15 patients underwent valve replacement (group V) and another 15 patients coronary artery bypass graft (CABG, groupC) under combined intravenous and inhalation anesthesia Anesthesia was induced with midazolam 0 05mg?kg -1 ,fentanyl 5 10?g kg -1 or propofol 1 1 5mg?kg -1 and vecuronium 0 1 0 2mg?kg -1 and maintained with isoflurane(0 8 1 5MAC) supplemented with intermittent boluses of propofol and fentanyl ECG,SpO 2, P ET CO 2, BP, CVP, PAP, HCT and T were monitored during operation And dopamine, adrenaline, nitroglycerin, milrinone and other vasoactive drugs were used to maintain hemodynamic stability Blood samples were taken before anesthesia (T 1), after induction (T 2), after heparinization 3mg? kg -1 ( T 3) and 5min after protamine administration (T 4) for determination of ACT, clot rate and platelet function using SONOCLOT analysis Platelet counts were checked at T 1 and T 4 Results CPB time was less than 2h in all 30 patients Clot rate was significantly faster at T 2 than at T 1(P

The Angiographic Evaluation of Patency after Coronary Artery Bypass Graft

The patency of graft vessels and their effects on the native coronary circulation were studied by evaluation of 78 graft sites in 35 patients who underwent selective bypass graft angiography among 152 CABG cases at a mean follow-up 12.6 month. The result were as follows ; 1) The overall graft patency rate was 70.5% : 73.8% for left anterior descending artery, 68.4% for left circumflex arterty, 64.7% for right coronary artery. 2) The patency rate of internal mammary artery was 77.8%. 3) In twenty eight patients who underwent native coronary angiography, twelve pateints showed progression of coronary artery disease in grafted vessel and two patients showed progression of coronary artery disease in non-grafted vessel. 4) The treadmill test was performed before and after coronary artery bypass graft in thirteen patients. Among 13 patients, nine patinets showed improved exercise tolerance. 5) The percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty were successfully performed for dilating three cases of stenotic vein graft and two cases of left main lesions after CABG and one case of stenotic left internal mammary artery graft.