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Do Additional Cardiac Surgical Procedures Increase the Surgical Risk in Patients 80 Years of age or Older Undergoing Coronary Bypass Gragting

, 2014
Aim: In association with increasing life expectancy, the number of elderly individuals undergoing coronary bypass grafting (CABG) and additional cardiac surgical procedures are increasing.
Korhan Erkanlı, Aksu, Timucin, Timuçin Aksu, Aydin, Unal, Kaya, Mehmet, İhsan Bakır, Onur Şen, Mehmet Kaya, Yeniterzi, Mehmet, Mehmet Yeniterzi, Erkanli, Korhan, Erhan Kutluk, Ünal Aydın, Sen, Onur, BAKIR, İhsan, Kutluk, Erhan   +15 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, Ajey A, Sule, Downey H, Fred, Sanjeev S, Thakur   +3 more
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Preoperative Assessment of Cardiac Patients Undergoing Noncardiac Surgical Procedures [PDF]

Mayo Clinic Proceedings, 1989
A careful clinical history and physical examination are the most important components of the preoperative assessment of the cardiac patient who is to undergo a noncardiac surgical procedure. From these factors and the nature of the surgical procedure planned, a reasonable estimate of potential cardiac risk can be formulated to guide judicious ...
W K, Freeman, R J, Gibbons, C, Shub
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Challenges in evaluating surgical innovation [PDF]

, 2009
Research on surgical interventions is associated with several methodological and practical challenges of which few, if any, apply only to surgery. However, surgical evaluation is especially demanding because many of these challenges coincide.
Ergina, Patrick L, Seiler, Christoph M, Boutron, Isabelle, Blazeby, Jane M, Cook, Jonathan Alistair, Clavein, Pierre-Alain, Reeves, Barnaby C   +6 more
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Cardiovascular Surgery Patients: Intensive Care Experiences and Associated Factors

Asian Nursing Research, 2015
Purpose: The purpose of this study was to determine the intensive care unit (ICU) experiences of cardiovascular surgery (CS) patients and to define the associations between their ICU experiences and related factors.
Özlem Aslan, RN, PhD, Betül Tosun, RN, PhD   +1 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

, 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.
Meybohm, Patrick, Julia Nierhoff (385973), Herrmann, Eva, Nierhoff, Julia, Zacharowski, Kai, Kai Zacharowski, Eva Herrmann, Patrick Meybohm, Patrick Meybohm (20539), Eva Herrmann (139197), Julia Nierhoff, Kai Zacharowski (77285)   +11 more
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Biatrial Approach Provides Better Outcomes in the Surgical Treatment of Cardiac Myxomas

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: We aimed to present clinical features, surgical approaches, importance of surgical technique and long-term outcomes of our patients with cardiac myxoma who underwent surgery. Methods: We retrospectively collected data of patients with cardiac
Ahmet Yüksel, Davit Saba, Yusuf Velioğlu, Serdar Ener, Hayati Özkan   +4 more
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Incidence of cardiac arrests and unexpected deaths in surgical patients before and after implementation of a rapid response system

, 2012
BACKGROUND: Rapid response systems (RRSs) are considered an important tool for improving patient safety. We studied the effect of an RRS on the incidence of cardiac arrests and unexpected deaths.METHODS: Retrospective before- after study in a university ...
Schoonhoven, Lisette, Van der Hoeven, J.G., Fikkers, B.G., Simmes, F., Mintjes, J.A.   +4 more
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Effective Thrombectomy for Biventricular Thrombosis With an Endoscope via the Aortic and Tricuspid Heart Valves [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal
The simultaneous formation of thrombi in the left and right ventricles is extremely rare, and this condition's clinical characteristics and prognosis remain unknown. Therefore, treatment methods are still controversial. This case highlights the potential
Yuki Endo, MD, PhD, Yoshiei Shimamura, MD, PhD, Chizuo Kikuchi, MD, PhD, Hiroshi Niinami, MD, PhD   +3 more
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Kawasaki disease: Surgical treatment

, 2022
Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis of small and medium arteries, preferably affecting coronary arteries. It is one of the most frequent causes of acquired heart disease in children.
Mulinari, Leonardo, Navarro, Fabio B
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