Multiple cardiac surgical procedures in a case of an octogenarian with essential thrombocythemia [PDF]
Surgical Case Reports, 2023 Abstract Background Essential thrombocythemia (ET) is a chronic myeloproliferative disorder characterized by an elevation of platelet counts with a tendency for thrombosis and hemorrhage. The perioperative management of cardiovascular surgery of an ET patient is complicated.
Motohiro Maeda +5 more
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Review of surgical ventricular restoration: A procedure to treat cardiac failure [PDF]
Indian Journal of Surgery, 2010 Severe heart failure refractory to medical treatment necessitates the use of other modalities of treatment. Surgical ventricular restoration (SVR) surgery can provide relief until donour hearts are available or when transplantation is contraindicated. In this review we look at the physiological basis for improvement in cardiac function and cardiac and ...
Anupam A. Sule +3 more
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PATIENTS WITH CARDIAC VALVE PROSTHESIS [PDF]
Survey of Anesthesiology, 1973 Over 75 per cent of patients with heart valve prostheses will survive two years or more. This paper analyzes their general clinical condition, pointing out the complications that may eventually threaten them.
Ihor Dyrda +3 more
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Inflammation and Perioperative Cardiovascular Events [PDF]
CellsSurgery and anesthesia induce a stress response that provokes increased sympathetic stimulation, secretion of cortisol, hypercoagulability, and systemic inflammatory response.
Peter Poredos, Radko Komadina
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Surgical options for atrial fibrillation treatment during concomitant cardiac procedures. [PDF]
ASVIDECurrent guidelines recommend concomitant surgical ablation (SA) of atrial fibrillation (AF) in the context of mitral valve disease. A variety of energy sources have been tested for SA to perform effective transmural lesions reliably. To date, only radiofrequency and cryothermy energies are considered viable options.
Baudo, Massimo +4 more
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Intraoperative Redosing of Cefazolin and Risk for Surgical Site Infection in Cardiac Surgery [PDF]
, 2011 Intraoperative redosing of prophylactic antibiotics is recommended for prolonged surgical procedures, although its efficacy has not been assessed. We retrospectively compared the risk of surgical site infections in 1,548 patients who underwent cardiac ...
Giardina, Richard +2 more
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Aprotinin may increase mortality in low and intermediate risk but not in high risk cardiac surgical patients compared to tranexamic acid and ε-aminocaproic acid - a meta-analysis of randomised and observational trials of over 30.000 patients [PDF]
, 2013 Background: To compare the effect of aprotinin with the effect of lysine analogues (tranexamic acid and ε-aminocaproic acid) on early mortality in three subgroups of patients: low, intermediate and high risk of cardiac surgery.
Herrmann, Eva +3 more
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Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2011 INTRODUÇÃO E OBJETIVO: Trata-se do implante em posição ortotópica bicaval bipulmonar do coração doado batendo em normotermia. Este estudo busca diminuir o tempo isquêmico e criar condições de ir se adaptando ao organismo hospedeiro. MÉTODOS: Já em CEC, a
Jarbas Jakson Dinkhuysen +7 more
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Effectiveness of antimicrobial-coated sutures for the prevention of surgical site infection: a review of the literature [PDF]
, 2018 OBJECTIVE:Surgical site infections (SSIs) are the third most common hospital-acquired infections and account for 14% to 16% of all such infections, and suture material may play a role in SSI rate.
Carella, S, Onesti, Mg, Scuderi, N
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Clinical review: Can we predict which patients are at risk of complications following surgery? [PDF]
, 2013 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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