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The risk of infective endocarditis after cardiac surgical and interventional procedures

European Heart Journal, 1995
The risk of infective endocarditis after cardiac surgery relates mainly to the risk of infective endocarditis on prosthetic valves. The frequency of prosthetic infective endocarditis varies according to the criteria used in the literature, ranging from 0.4 to 1.3% for early infective endocarditis, with an annual linear risk of late infective ...
G, de Gevigney, C, Pop, J P, Delahaye
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A Comparison of Two Skin Preps Used in Cardiac Surgical Procedures

AORN Journal, 1995
ABSTRACTPostoperative surgical site infections contribute significantly to increased patient morbidity and mortality rates and unnecessary hospital costs. Effective and efficient preoperative patient skin preparation is an important perioperative nursing intervention that decreases the number of wound contaminants and reduces the risks for ...
K S, Hagen, J, Treston-Aurand
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Cardiac Risk in Noncardiac Surgical Procedures-Reply

Archives of Internal Medicine, 1987
—Hochman and Lumb have raised an important point concerning the stability of likelihood ratios across various surgical procedures. Likelihood ratios, like the related properties of sensitivity and specificity, are usually assumed to be stable across populations with different pretest probabilities.
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Complications of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgical Procedures

Seminars in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 1999
All surgical and anesthetic procedures convey some degree of risk. New procedures in cardiac surgery are being developed for which patterns of complications are just beginning to emerge. The experience with minimally invasive direct coronary bypass, transmyocar dial laser revascularization, and Port-Access cardiac surgery is reviewed with emphasis on ...
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Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Cardiac Reintervention After Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Procedures

The Annals of Thoracic Surgery
Children undergoing cardiac surgical procedures may require postoperative surgical or catheter-based reintervention before discharge. We examined racial/ethnic variations in reintervention and associated in-hospital death.Children undergoing cardiac surgical procedures from 2004 to 2015 were identified in the Pediatric Health Information Systems (PHIS)
Priyanka Saha, Yuen Lie Tjoeng, Claudia Algaze, Rebecca Kameny, Nelangi Pinto, Titus Chan   +5 more
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Creation and Global Deployment of a Mobile, Application-Based Cognitive Simulator for Cardiac Surgical Procedures.

Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 2016
Zachary E. Brewer, W. D. Ogden, J. Fann, T. Burdon, Ahmad Y. Sheikh   +4 more
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Cardiac risk in noncardiac surgical procedures.

Archives of internal medicine, 1987
H, Hochman, P, Lumb
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Left-Sided Surgical Ablation for Patients With Atrial Fibrillation Who Are Undergoing Concomitant Cardiac Surgical Procedures.

Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2017
N. Ad, S. Holmes, D. Lamont, Deborah J. Shuman   +3 more
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Technology for Surgical Cardiac Cryoablation Procedures

2022
Adam W. Cates, Frank M. Fago, Matthew V. Monti   +2 more
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Reduced transfusion requirement with use of fresh whole blood in pediatric cardiac surgical procedures.

Annals of Thoracic Surgery, 2015
D. Jobes, D. Sesok-Pizzini, D. Friedman
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