Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery I: Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Planning. [PDF]
, 2016 Widespread adoption of minimally invasive mitral valve repair and replacement may be fostered by practice consensus and standardization. This expert opinion, first of a 3-part series, outlines current best practices in patient evaluation and selection ...
Agnihotri, Arvind K +24 more
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JTCVS Open, 2021 Objectives: The UK postgraduate training program in cardiothoracic surgery is challenging and competitive, with trainees choosing the field for different reasons.
Ariana Axiaq, MBBS +11 more
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On mapping cones of Seifert fibered surgeries [PDF]
J. Topol. 5 (2012), no. 2, 366-376, 2011 Using the mapping cone of a rational surgery, we give several obstructions for Seifert fibered surgeries, including obstructions on the Alexander polynomial, the knot Floer homology, the surgery coefficient and the Seifert and four-ball genus of the knot.
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Asymptomatic mediastinal extra-adrenal paraganglioma as a cause of sudden death: a case Report
Open Life Sciences, 2019 A 23-year-old female patient was referred for treatment of a posterior mediastinal tumour. There was no history of hypertension or headache and no other complaints.
Xu Qiancheng +5 more
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Risk prediction for Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection following cardiothoracic surgery; A secondary analysis of the V710-P003 trial. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2018 Identifying patients undergoing cardiothoracic surgery at high risk of Staphylococcus aureus surgical site infection (SSI) is a prerequisite for implementing effective preventive interventions. The objective of this study was to develop a risk prediction
Fleur P Paling +10 more
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Beating heart coronary surgery and renal function: a prospective randomised study (Presented at 18th Spring Meeting of the Association of Cardiothoracic Anaesthetists: Selected abstracts, Cambridge, UK. 22 June 2001) [PDF]
, 2001 Introduction Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is widely regarded as an important contributor to renal failure, a well recognised complication, following coronary artery surgery (CABG).
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Vena cava anomalies in thoracic surgery [PDF]
, 2018 Background: Vena cava anomalies are a rare group of anatomical variations due to an incorrect development of the superior or inferior vena cava during fetal life.
Anile, Marco +7 more
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Reduced costs for Staphylococcus aureus carriers treated prophylactically with mupirocin and chlorhexidine in cardiothoracic and orthopaedic surgery. [PDF]
PLoS ONE, 2012 BACKGROUND: A multi centre double-blind randomised-controlled trial (M-RCT), carried out in the Netherlands in 2005-2007, showed that hospitalised patients with S.
Miranda M L van Rijen +4 more
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Hybrid debranching and TEVAR of the aortic arch off-pump, in re-do patients with complicated chronic type-A aortic dissections : a critical report [PDF]
, 2013 Background: Patients suffering from acute type A aortic dissection undergo replacement of the ascending aorta, the proximal hemiarch or complete aortic arch, depending on the extent of the individual pathology.
Brechtel, Klaus +3 more
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Barnes Hospital Bulletin [PDF]
, 1977 https://digitalcommons.wustl.edu/bjc_barnes_bulletin/1137/thumbnail ...
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