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Anesthesia and Intraoperative Echocardiography for End-Stage Heart Failure Surgery

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
End-stage heart failure remains without a definitive solution other than transplantation, despite significant medical and technological advancements. This chapter delves into the preoperative evaluation of this complex patient group, offering practical ...
Hernan Castro Arias
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Intensive Medical Care and Cardiovascular Disease Disability Reductions [PDF]

There is little empirical evidence to explain why disability declined among the elderly over the past 20 years. In this paper, we explore the role of improved medical care for cardiovascular disease on health status improvements over time.
David M. Cutler, Kate A. Stewart, Mary Beth Landrum   +2 more
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Successful Surgical Therapy of a Chronically Infected Thoracic Fistula After Repeated Cardiovascular High‐Risk Procedures

Clinical Case Reports
ABSTRACT Chronic thoracic fistulas after transapical TAVI are rare but serious complications. A 67‐year‐old male with prior aortic dissection and two transapical valve implantations developed a chronically infected fistula due to retained apical closure material.
Nikolaus Thierfelder, Eva Riedlinger, Sinan Mert, Benedikt Fuchs, Nicholas Möllhoff, Nikolaus Wachtel, Christian Schneider, Sven Peterß, Riccardo Giunta, Felix Vollbach   +9 more
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Obesity Impacts Mortality After Cardiac Surgery

Obesities
Background: Nutritional status can interfere with postoperative morbidity and mortality, but few studies have analyzed patients in the late postoperative period.
Jeana Cristina Barretta, Andriws de Souza Urtassum, Fabiana Meneghetti Dallacosta   +2 more
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Collaborative Quality Improvement in the Congenital Heart Defects: Development of the ASSIST Consortium and a Preliminary Surgical Outcomes Report

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: ASSIST is the first Brazilian initiative in building a collaborative quality improvement program in pediatric cardiology and congenital heart disease.
Fabio Carmona, Paulo Henrique Manso, Mariana Nicoletti Ferreira, Nana Miura Ikari, Marcelo Biscegli Jatene, Luciana Amato, Aida Luiza Turquetto, Luiz Fernando Caneo   +7 more
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Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Surgery: Elaboration and Initial Internal Validation of a Quality of Life Questionnaire

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: Elaboration and internal validation of the Quality of Life in Cardiovascular Surgery (QLCS) questionnaire adapted to the reality of Brazilian cardiovascular surgery. Methods: Cross-sectional pilot study of a prospective cohort included in the
Marina Macedo Kuenzer Bond, Jenny Lourdes Rivas de Oliveira, Luiz Carlos Bento de Souza, Pedro Silvio Farsky, Vivian Lerner Amato, Dorival Julio Della Togna, Samira Kaissar Ghorayeb, Magaly Arrais dos Santos   +7 more
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Potentially Modifiable Predictors for Renal Replacement Therapy in Patients with Cardiac Surgery Associated-Acute Kidney Injury: a Propensity Score-Matched Case-Control Study

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: To discover potentially modifiable perioperative predictors for renal replacement therapy (RRT) in patients with cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury (CSA-AKI).
Wuhua Jiang, Bo Shen, Yimei Wang, Jiarui Xu, Zhe Luo, Xiaoqiang Ding, Jie Teng   +6 more
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Survival and Risk Factors Among Dialytic Acute Kidney Injury Patients After Cardiovascular Surgery

Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery
Objective: Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent postoperative complication after cardiovascular surgery. It has been described as a predictor of decreased survival rates, but how dialysis decreases survival when initiated on the postoperative period ...
Andrea B. V. Silva, Agueda Maria Ruiz Zimmer Cavalcante, Fabio P. Taniguchi   +2 more
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Cardiovascular Surgical Procedure [PDF]

, 2020
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Arterial access site in the catheterisation lab : Is radial the way to go? [PDF]

, 2013
Aim: With radial access increasing in popularity in the United States and the United Kingdom, this literature review explores whether radial access in coronary angiography and percutaneous coronary intervention is superior to femoral access, focusing on ...
Cassar, Mark Philip
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