Syed Arsalan Ahmed Naqvi, Syed Danish Hassan Zaidi, Mohammad Zeeshan Haider, Mudassir Iqbal Dar.
Cardiac rehabilitation of a patient with bilateral congenital anopthalmia undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.
Pak Heart J Jan ;52(3):271-3.

Objective: A 60 years old male, bilaterally an ophthalmic patient, presented to the out-patient department with the complaints of substernal chest pain at rest and exertional shortness of breath for the past one month. He had a past medical history of congestive cardiac failure with reduced ejection fraction and hypertension for an undocumented period. The patient underwent cardiac catheterization and coronary artery disease (CAD) was diagnosed. Coronary artery bypass grafting surgery (CABG) was planned. Two counselling sessions were called pre and post-operatively to educate the patient and his family about his condition and his visual status emphasizing the need of an individually tailored cardiac rehabilitation program. Aural and haptic modalities were used so that the patient could perceive better. Despite, a systematic approach the patient returned unstable on his second follow-up visit, which suggests that a more robust and supervised approach is needed for the rehabilitation of visually impaired patients as they have limited mobility and accessibility.

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