Time trends in survival and readmission following coronary artery bypass grafting in Scotland, 1981-96: retrospective observational study [PDF]
, 2002 Improvements in coronary revascularisation techniques and an increase in the use of percutaneous interventions1 have led to a rise in the number of coronary artery bypass grafting operations in older patients with more severe cardiac disease and worse ...
Boyd, J.H. +9 more
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The influence of different mechanical ventilator settings of peak inspiratory pressure on stroke volume variation in pediatric cardiac surgery patients [PDF]
Korean Journal of Anesthesiology, 2014 BackgroundThe usefulness of dynamic parameters derived by heart-lung interaction for fluid responsiveness in pediatric patients has been revealed. However, the effects of peak inspiratory pressure (PIP) that could affect the absolute values and the ...
Woon-Seok Kang +3 more
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The complex relationship between pediatric cardiac surgical case volumes and mortality rates in a national clinical database [PDF]
, 2009 ObjectiveWe sought to determine the association between pediatric cardiac surgical volume and mortality using sophisticated case-mix adjustment and a national clinical database.MethodsPatients 18 years of age or less who had a cardiac operation between ...
Jacobs, Jeffery P. +5 more
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Immediate orotracheal extubation after cardiac surgical procedures
Revista Cubana de Anestesiología y Reanimación, 2022 En la literatura científica existen evidencias, y cada vez hay más pruebas que demuestran que la separación del paciente del ventilador tras la cirugía cardiaca y la consecuente extubación precoz en las primeras 6 h del periodo posoperatorio, se puede ...
María Oslaida Aguero Martínez
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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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Surgical Site Infection in Cardiac Surgery
Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2022 Surgical site infections (SSIs) are one of the most significant complications in surgical patients and are strongly associated with poorer prognosis.
A. Żukowska, Maciej Żukowski
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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 ...
Golamali Mollasadeghi +5 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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Advanced ablation strategies for management of post-surgical atrial arrhythmias. [PDF]
, 2013 Post-surgical arrhythmias include a wide range of arrhythmias occurring late after cardiac surgery and represent a complex substrate for catheter ablation either because of extended scar and remodeling or because of limited access to the area of interest.
Babu-Narayan, SV +3 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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