Guidelines for pre-operative cardiac risk assessment and perioperative cardiac management in non-cardiac surgery : the Task Force for Preoperative Cardiac Risk Assessment and Perioperative Cardiac Management in Non-cardiac Surgery of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and endorsed by the European Society of Anaesthesiology (ESA) [PDF]
, 2009 Non-cardiac surgery; Pre-operative cardiac risk assessment; Pre-operative cardiac testing; Pre-operative coronary artery revascularization; Perioperative cardiac management; Renal disease; Pulmonary disease; Neurological disease; Anaesthesiology; Post ...
Don Poldermans +299 more
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Coronary artery spasm during non‐cardiac surgical procedure [PDF]
Anaesthesia, 1983 SummaryA case of coronary artery spasm during a non‐cardiac surgical procedure is presented. Two paroxysmal episodes of ST segment elevation in lead 11 and aVF without changes in V5 developed during general anaesthesia. These changes were not preceded by increases in heart rate or arterial pressure.
C. Briard +5 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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New combined risk score to predict atrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: COM-AF
Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia, 2021 Background and Aims: Atrial fibrillation frequently occurs in the postoperative period of cardiac surgery, associated with an increase in morbidity and mortality.
Lucrecia M Burgos +6 more
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Outcome of cardiac surgery in patients with low preoperative ejection fraction [PDF]
, 2016 Background: In patients undergoing cardiac surgery, a reduced preoperative left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) is common and is associated with a worse outcome.
Belletti, Alessandro +9 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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Clinical Case Reports, 2021 Late‐onset migration of pacing leads in the left hemithorax is a rare but potentially life‐threatening complication. Radiological examinations are required to detect any involvement of either left ventricle or lung parenchyma, prompting immediate ...
Jacopo Marazzato +8 more
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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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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 Sule +3 more
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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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