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Robot-Assisted Surgical Treatment of Caseoma [PDF]

Texas Heart Institute Journal
This report reviews 5 cases of mitral annular caseoma. Four patients presented with fatigue, stroke, or mitral stenosis. Robot-assisted resection of caseoma with or without mitral valve replacement was successfully performed in all patients with good ...
Nancy Wang, BS, Abdussalam Elsenousi, MD, Kenneth K. Liao, MD, PhD   +2 more
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Cardiac surgical procedures and glove reinforcements.

The heart surgery forum, 2002
The purpose of this prospective study is to determine the frequency and site of glove perforation during cardiac surgical procedures. Over a period of six months, gloves from 206 surgical team members were collected at the conclusion of surgery. All cases of known perforations were eliminated from the study. The percentage of glove perforation was 14%.
Sadir J, Alrawi, Iyad, Houshan, Suhaib A, Zanial, Joseph N, Cunningham, Anthony J, Acinapura, Ramanathan, Raju   +5 more
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Intraoperative Redosing of Cefazolin and Risk for Surgical Site Infection in Cardiac Surgery

Emerging Infectious Diseases, 2001
Intraoperative redosing of prophylactic antibiotics is recommended for prolonged surgical procedures, although its efficacy has not been assessed. We retrospectively compared the risk of surgical site infections in 1,548 patients who underwent cardiac ...
Giorgio Zanetti, Richard Giardina, Richard Platt   +2 more
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The current management of penetrating cardiac trauma

, 2012
Includes bibliographical references.The vast majority of patients with penetrating cardiac injuries do not reach the hospital alive as the pre-hospital mortality rate for these injuries is in the region of 86%.
Nicol, Andrew John
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Mortality Risk After Cardiac Surgery: Application of Inscor in a University Hospital in Brazil's Northeast

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: To apply the InsCor in patients undergoing cardiac surgery in a university hospital in Brazil's northeast. Methods: It is a retrospective, quantitative and analytical study, carried out at the University Hospital of the Federal University of ...
João Vyctor Silva Fortes, Mayara Gabrielle Barbosa e Silva, Thiago Eduardo Pereira Baldez, Marina de Albuquerque Gonçalves Costa, Luan Nascimento da Silva, Renata Silva Pinheiro, Zullma Sampaio Fecks, Daniel Lago Borges   +7 more
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Development and validation of the Surgical Outcome Risk Tool (SORT).

, 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 ...
Smith, NC, Simpson, JC, Moonesinghe, SR, Protopapa, KL   +3 more
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HMG CoA reductase inhibitors (statins) for preventing acute kidney injury after surgical procedures requiring cardiac bypass

, 2018
Background Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a common complication of cardiac surgery, with incidence ranging from 1-30%. Cardiac associated AKI has been shown to increase morbidity and mortality, is associated with longer intensive care stays and increased ...
Jill Campbell, Campbell, J
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How small is too small? A systematic review of center volume and outcome after cardiac transplantation [PDF]

, 2012
Background—The aim of this study was to assess the relationship between the volume of cardiac transplantation procedures performed in a center and the outcome after cardiac transplantation.
Hawkins, N.M., Petrie, M.C., Pettit, S.J., McMurray, J.J.V., Haj-Yahia, S., Gardner, R.S., Jhund, P.S.   +6 more
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Thirty-day postoperative mortality after colorectal cancer surgery in England. [PDF]

, 2011
OBJECTIVES: To assess the variation in risk-adjusted 30-day postoperative mortality for patients with colorectal cancer between hospital trusts within the English NHS.
Quirke, Philip, Finan, Paul J, B. Rachet, E. F. Taylor, D. Forman, E. J. A. Morris, P. J. Finan, Thomas, James D, M. P. Coleman, Taylor, Elizabeth F, Forman, David, J. D. Thomas, Coleman, Michel P, P. Quirke, Rachet, Bernard, Morris, Eva JA   +15 more
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An analysis of defibrillation and cardiac resynchronization therapy strategies in patients with failing systemic right ventricles

, 2007
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 52-56).The expanding application of cardiac resynchronization (CRT) and implantable cardioverter-defibrillator therapy (lCD) to include patients with congenital heart disease requires careful evaluation of ...
Michael, Kevin A
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