Background: To assess whether intraoperative monitoring and intervention of regional cerebral oxygen saturation levels can reduce the incidence of postoperative cognitive dysfunction in patients undergoing cardiovascular surgery and contribute to patient
Luchen Wang +5 more
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Celebrating 50 Years of Excellence: The Legacy of Cardiovascular Surgery in Brazil and the Role of BJCVS. [PDF]
Carmo ACFD, Gonçalves CSA, Evora PRB.
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Connective tissue disease: an important cause of reoperation of aorta
Objective To investigate the clinical characteristics and surgical treatment experience of reoperation of aorta caused by connective tissue disease. Methods The perioperative and follow-up data of 45 patients with reoperation of aorta in our department ...
LI Tianbo +4 more
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The role of Volatile Anesthetics in Cardioprotection: a systematic review. [PDF]
This review evaluates the mechanism of volatile anesthetics as cardioprotective agents in both clinical and laboratory research and furthermore assesses possible cardiac side effects upon usage.
Applegate, Richard L +5 more
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Annual report by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery [PDF]
All data regarding cardiovascular surgery and thoracic surgery were obtained from NCD, whereas data regarding esophageal surgery were collected from survey questionnaire by The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery forms because NCD of esophageal ...
Doki Yuichiro +21 more
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Cardiovascular Surgery Supplement [PDF]
Cardiac Surgery is a tremendously important therapeutic modality in advanced cardiac care. To this day, the long-term vital and functional outcomes of common cardiac surgical operations—whether congenital, coronary, valvular, heart failure, or aortic procedures—remain largely unmatched by nonsurgical approaches.
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Introductory editorial: drug-eluting stents or drug-eluting grafts? Insights from proteomic analysis [PDF]
No abstract ...
Al-Attar, Nawwar +5 more
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Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]
Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
A Bobbio +27 more
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Body mass index, abdominal fatness, fat mass and the risk of atrial fibrillation: a systematic review and dose–response meta-analysis of prospective studies [PDF]
Different adiposity measures have been associ- ated with increased risk of atrial fibrillation, however, results have previously only been summarized for BMI. We therefore conducted a systematic review and meta- analysis of prospective studies to clarify
Aune, D +8 more
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Is type 2 diabetes really resolved after laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy? Glucose variability studied by continuous glucose monitoring [PDF]
The study was carried out on type 2 diabetic obese patients who underwent laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy (LSG). Patients underwent regular glycemic controls throughout 3 years and all patients were defined cured from diabetes according to conventional ...
CAPOCCIA, DANILA +6 more
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