TY  - JOUR
T1  - Immediately after CABG surgery, diffuse ST-segment elevation on ECG: Is it a fact or a myth?
AU  - Türe, Osman
AU  - Demirbaş, Elif
AU  - Ozturk, Fatih
AU  - Ak, Koray
PY  - 2025
DA  - May
Y2  - 2025
DO  - 10.5472/marumj.1709084
JF  - Marmara Medical Journal
JO  - Marmara Med J
PB  - Marmara University
WT  - DergiPark
SN  - 1019-1941
SP  - 186
EP  - 189
VL  - 38
IS  - 2
LA  - en
AB  - Electrocardiography (ECG) is an easy and feasible tool for detecting and evaluating cardiac ischemia and other diseases, such asarrhythmia. ECG can diagnose the pathology and the process following treatment.Electrocardiogram changes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are common; they do not mainly indicate a criticalcondition. Diffuse ST-segment elevation after CABG is a rare condition that raises several differential diagnoses, such as perioperativemyocardial infarction, pericarditis, acute graft thrombosis following surgery, and inadequate myocardial protection. The managementof widespread ST-segment elevation following cardiac surgery can be challenging.In this article, we present a case with widespread ST-segment elevation following CABG surgery and hereby discuss the managementand differential diagnosis.
KW  - CABG
KW  - Precarditis
KW  - MI
KW  - ST-elevation
KW  - PPS
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