Bridging aortic valve surgery to 21st century. what can a surgeon do [PDF]
, 2019 Aortic valve stenosis is the most clinically relevant valvular heart disease in the elderlies. Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) represented, for decades, the standard of care for the treatment of severe aortic stenosis.
Barretta, Antonio +13 more
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Feasibility, safety, and short-term outcome of totally thoracoscopic mitral valve procedure
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2018 Background The totally thoracoscopic procedure for mitral valve (MV) disease is a minimally invasive method. We investigated the procedure’s feasibility, safety and effectiveness when it was performed by an experienced operator.
Qin Jiang +5 more
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Outcome of Anesthesia and Open Heart Surgery in Pregnant Patients [PDF]
Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2007 Background: Cardiovascular disease is an important non-obstetric cause of maternal and fetal /neonatal morbidity and mortality during pregnancy. For a pregnant woman with cardiac disease, the potential inability of the maternal cardiovascular system to ...
Alireza Mahoori +5 more
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A novel closed-chest porcine model of chronic ischemic heart failure suitable for experimental research in cardiovascular disease [PDF]
, 2013 Cardiac pathologies are among the leading causes of mortality and morbidity in industrialized countries, with myocardial infarction (MI) representing one of the major conditions leading to heart failure (HF).
Antonio Amodeo +15 more
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Influence of tranexamic acid in postoperative bleeding of cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2002 OBJECTIVE: To analyze the influence of tranexamic acid in postoperative bleeding of cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass. METHOD: 51 patients who underwent heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass were randomly divided in 2 groups: Group I ...
Flávio Donizete Gonçalves +2 more
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Descending aortic calcification increases renal dysfunction and in-hospital mortality in cardiac surgery patients with intraaortic balloon pump counterpulsation placed perioperatively : a case control study [PDF]
, 2012 Introduction: Acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery increases length of hospital stay and in-hospital mortality. A significant number of patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures require perioperative intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP ...
Bingold, Tobias Michael +9 more
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Development and validation of the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT). [PDF]
, 2014 Existing risk stratification tools have limitations and clinical experience suggests they are not used routinely. The aim of this study was to develop and validate a preoperative risk stratification tool to predict 30-day mortality after non-cardiac ...
Moonesinghe, SR +3 more
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The Evolution of Mitral Valve Surgery: the Future in the Hand of Robots [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019 Objective: To examine the current literature behind the evolution of mitral valve surgery techniques and their impact on patient outcomes. Methods: An electronic literature search among major databases was performed (PubMed, Embase, Scopus, Cochrane ...
Amer Harky, Hiu Tat Kwok, Ka Siu Fan
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Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular SurgeryObjective: To report the early results of the BYPASS project - the Brazilian registrY of adult Patient undergoing cArdiovaScular Surgery - a national, observational, prospective, and longitudinal follow-up registry, aiming to chart a profile of patients ...
Walter J. Gomes +38 more
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Journal of Tehran University Heart Center, 2019 Background: Although sexual death during intercourse occurs rarely in patients with cardiovascular diseases (CVDs), most such patients avoid it because they fear a dangerous event.
Behzad Heydarpour +4 more
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