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Aortic valve replacement in octogenarians [PDF]
As our population ages and life expectancy increases the number of people aged over 80 and more referred for cardiac surgery is growing. This study sought to identify the outcome of aortic valve replacement (AVR) in octogenarians.68 patients aged 80 years or more underwent AVR at the Freeman Hospital, between April 2001 and April 2004.
Bose AK, Aitchison JD, Dark JH
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Purpose: Sarcopenia is closely associated with postoperative prognosis in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery. Growth differentiation factor (GDF)-15 is involved in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular disease.
Taira Fukuda +18 more
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A Controlled Trial of Rivaroxaban after Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement.
BACKGROUND Whether the direct factor Xa inhibitor rivaroxaban can prevent thromboembolic events after transcatheter aortic-valve replacement (TAVR) is unclear.
G. Dangas +29 more
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Supplemental Digital Content is available in the text. Background: This study aimed to compare echocardiographic findings in low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) or transcatheter aortic valve ...
P. Pibarot +36 more
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Awake Surgical Mitral Valve Repair after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has become a popular choice for cases with severe aortic stenosis. However, when severe mitral regurgitation is comorbid in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, therapeutic options must be weighed for ...
Aina Hirofuji +3 more
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Trasplante de homoinjertos valvulares cardiacos y vasculares [PDF]
The advances in the manipulation of human tissues, the development of cryobiology, paediatric cardiac surgery, the impossibility of obtaining an ideal prosthetic cardiac valve and the surgical treatment of cardiovascular infections have revived ...
Hernandez, M. (Milagros) +6 more
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Outcomes in asymptomatic, severe aortic stenosis.
Background and aim of the studyPatients with asymptomatic, severe aortic stenosis are presumed to have a benign prognosis. In this retrospective cohort study, we examined the natural history of contemporary patients advised against aortic valve ...
Anette Borger Kvaslerud +8 more
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Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) after surgical aortic valve replacement and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) carries significant morbidity/mortality.
Sophia L. Alexis +7 more
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Indications for aortic valve replacement can be summarized into two disease processes, moderate to severe aortic stenosis (with or without symptoms) and moderate to severe aortic insufficiency. Fortunately, standards of care differ with each physician and so indications for aortic valve replacement are not clearly defined. To understand how the surgeon
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Technique of aortic valve replacement
A technique of prosthetic aortic valve insertion which uses through-and-through mattress sutures tied outside the aorta is described. This technique is particularly useful whenever the valve annulus is friable following removal of the calcium of a heavily calcified aortic ...
R E, Girardet, M W, Wheat
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