Cardiac

Question 1

What is CABG?

Answer 1

Surgical bypassing of severely narrowed or blocked coronary arteries to restore blood supply to heart muscle
Gold standard treatment to improve survival in ischemic heart disease

Question 2

How is CABG performed?

Answer 2

Via median sternotomy

Under general anaesthesia

Question 3

Cause of IHD

Answer 3

Atherosclerosis

Question 4

CABG consequences

Answer 4

Leads to short term alterations in respiratory function and exercise capacity- SOB, fatigue, pain

Question 5

Physio management of CABG

Answer 5

Early post op mobilisation

Exercise

Question 6

CABG post op length of stay

Answer 6

5-7 days

Question 7

CABG exercise post op

Answer 7

Treadmill training- 30 mins 3x a week (Wu et al 2012)
Significant improvement in vo2 peak and exercise capacity
Thoracic exercises to reduce sternal pain
Sternal instability- bilateral upper limb exercises
Effective pain relief

Question 8

CABG education

Answer 8

Smoking, diet, stress management, exercise