title: [Cardiological medical treatment after coronary bypass surgery].
abstract: When a decision has been reached to proceed with coronary bypass surgery, this represents a therapeutical option for a partnership between surgical revascularization and an optimized multifaceted medical treatment. We report the guidelines implemented in our department concerning the secondary prevention therapy after coronary bypass surgery. The antiplatelet therapy (and its association with coumadin), the bradycardizing treatments (with a special reference to the approach of unappropriate sinus tachycardia), the specific anti-ischemic therapy, the treatment of dyslipidemia, and the antihypertensive therapy are reviewed as well as the use of additional anti-atheromatous measures, the approach of hyperuricemia and hyperhomocysteinemia, and the oral antidiabetic treatment.
authors.affiliation: Serviço de Cirurgia Cardio-Torácica do Hospital de St. Maria, Lisboa.
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Donas-Boto Bordalo
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Nobre
authors.forename: A
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Serra Coelho
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Cravino
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D018890:Chemoprevention; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass; D006801:Humans; D017202:Myocardial Ischemia / Q000517:prevention & control; D011182:Postoperative Care; D011183:Postoperative Complications / Q000517:prevention & control*; D017410:Practice Guidelines as Topic; D055502:Secondary Prevention