Platelet microvesicles (microparticles) in cardiac surgery
SIGNIFICANT POSTOPERATIVE BLEEDING is a common risk of cardiac surgery, with approximately 3.5% of patients requiring surgical re-exploration.1 Re-exploration is associated with adverse outcomes, including infections, ischemia, and increased 30-day ...
Englyst, Nicola A.+3 more
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Clinical review: Can we predict which patients are at risk of complications following surgery? [PDF]
There are a vast number of operations carried out every year, with a small proportion of patients being at highest risk of mortality and morbidity. There has been considerable work to try and identify these high-risk patients.
Hamilton, M, Shah, N
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Topology in Biological Piezoelectric Materials
This review summarizes the topological structures in biological piezoelectric materials, covering morphology evolution, spatial arrangement, and biomimetic strategies. These topologies modulate structure‐property relationships across multiple scales, enabling performance enhancement and multifunctional integration.
Chen Chen+7 more
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Coronary artery grafting in infants [PDF]
Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with cardiac vale repair is an uncommon surgery in infants. CABG is technically demanding in infants due to the small size not only of the coronary arteries but also the potential graft arteries.
Maskari, Salim+3 more
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Statistical and Clinical Aspects of Hospital Outcomes Profiling
Hospital profiling involves a comparison of a health care provider's structure, processes of care, or outcomes to a standard, often in the form of a report card.
Normand, Sharon-Lise T.+1 more
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Designing the Next Generation of Biomaterials through Nanoengineering
Nanoengineering enables precise control over biomaterial interactions with living systems by tuning surface energy, defects, porosity, and crystallinity. This review highlights how these nanoscale design parameters drive advances in regenerative medicine, drug delivery, bioprinting, biosensing, and bioimaging, while outlining key translational ...
Ryan Davis Jr.+3 more
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ANESTHETIC PROBLEMS IN CARDIAC SURGERY IN CHILDREN [PDF]
William O. Mcquiston
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Low-Cardiac-Output Syndrome After Cardiac Surgery.
From the *Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care, Research Institute of Circulation Pathology, Novosibirsk, Russia; †Department of Anesthesiology and Intensive Care Medicine, Northern State Medical University, Arkhangelsk, Russia; and ...
V. Lomivorotov+4 more
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Elective and primary angioplasty at hospitals without on-site surgery versus with on-site surgery: results from a national registry [PDF]
INTRODUCTION: Current European clinical guidelines do not restrict interventional cardiology at centers without on-site surgical backup, but disagreement still exists whether hospitals with cardiac catheterization laboratories, but without on-site ...
Baptista, J+3 more
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Utility of B-type natriuretic peptide in predicting medium-term mortality in patients undergoing major non-cardiac surgery [PDF]
We assessed the ability of pre-operative B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels to predict medium-term mortality in patients undergoing major noncardiac surgery.
Amiri, Amir R.+5 more
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