Institutional Red Blood Cell Transfusion Rates Are Correlated Following Endovascular and Surgical Cardiovascular Procedures: Evidence That Local Culture Influences Transfusion Decisions [PDF]
Journal of the American Heart Association: Cardiovascular and Cerebrovascular Disease, 2020 Background The relationship between local hospital culture and transfusion rates following endovascular and surgical cardiovascular procedures has not been well studied.
Eirini Apostolidou +9 more
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Inflammation and Perioperative Cardiovascular Events [PDF]
CellsSurgery and anesthesia induce a stress response that provokes increased sympathetic stimulation, secretion of cortisol, hypercoagulability, and systemic inflammatory response.
Peter Poredos, Radko Komadina
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Bacteria and the growing threat of multidrug resistance for invasive cardiac interventions [PDF]
Reviews in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2022 Invasive cardiovascular procedures which include heart transplantations, congenital heart surgery, coronary artery bypass grafts, cardiac valve repair and replacement, and interventional cardiac electrophysiology procedures represent common mechanisms
Grant N. Pierce +5 more
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Surgery for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in A Pregnant Woman At 28 Weeks’ Gestation [PDF]
Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2019 A 27-year-old woman with sudden back pain was transported to our hospital. Abdominal ultrasonography revealed pregnancy of 28 weeks’ gestation. Computed tomography demonstrated a type A aortic dissection.
Yoshinori Kuroda +7 more
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Greater omentum flap in the treatment of infant postoperative mediastinitis [PDF]
Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Plástica, 2016 INTRODUCTION: Postoperative mediastinitis is a serious condition that presents high mortality rates. The greater omentum flap has been used with good results in postoperative mediastinitis after cardiac surgery.
Nárlei Amarante Pereira +8 more
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Coronary-artery bypass surgery in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy [PDF]
, 2016 BACKGROUND The survival benefit of a strategy of coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG) added to guideline-directed medical therapy, as compared with medical therapy alone, in patients with coronary artery disease, heart failure, and severe left ...
Cox DR +19 more
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Timing of bariatric surgery in people with obesity and diabetes [PDF]
, 2015 The use of bariatric surgery in the clinical management of type 2 diabetes in severely obese subjects has been included in the clinical practice recommendations released by the most influential diabetologic associations.
Busetto, Luca
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Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2015 OBJECTIVE: The aim of this study was to evaluate possible interactions among Angiotensin-I converting enzyme genotype, insertion/deletion polymorphism and atherosclerosis of vein grafts in Iranian patients, and characterize their clinical and ...
Neda Zeinali +5 more
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Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery, 2022 Introduction: There are several approaches for pericardiocentesis. However, there is no definite suggestion about puncture location after cardiac surgery. The purpose of this study is to examine whether there is any difference regarding puncture location
Aleks Değirmencioğlu +4 more
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Risk of postoperative pulmonary complications in adult surgical patients with metabolic syndrome: a systematic review and meta-analysis protocol [PDF]
, 2019 Background: Metabolic syndrome (MetS) is defined as an accumulation of risk factors that include chronic hypertension, dyslipidaemia, insulin resistance and obesity and leads to an increased risk for diabetes, cardiovascular disease and stroke.
Gow, Jeffrey +4 more
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