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Left atrial unloading with an 8 mm septal cutting balloon to treat postcapillary pulmonary hypertension: a case report

ESC Heart Failure, 2022
We report the case of a 58‐year‐old female with severe postcapillary pulmonary hypertension (averaged mean pulmonary arterial pressure was 49 mmHg, pulmonary arterial wedge pressure 29 mmHg, and right atrial pressure 8 mmHg) due to heart failure with ...
Fabrice Bauer, Emmanuel Besnier, Chadi Aludaat, Romain Breil, Nicolas Bettinger, Charles Fauvel, Véronique Wurtz, Olivier Raitiere, Nassima Si Belkacem, Najime Bouhzam   +9 more
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La chirurgie cardiaque mini-invasive vidéo-assistée : une étude comparative à la voie conventionnelle [Less-invasive video-assisted cardiac surgery : a comparative study with the conventional approach]

Journal de la Faculté de Médecine d'Oran, 2023
French Abstract: Introduction-La sternotomie médiane verticale a été la meilleure voie d’abord en chirurgie cardiaque. C’est une voie, traumatisante dotée de plusieurs complications.
Sami Bouchenafa, Ahmed Zaki Boukli-Hacene, Boukri Hamouda, Mohamed Atbi   +3 more
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Infectious endocarditis complicated by embolic accident such as acute ischemia of the right lower limb. A case report. [PDF]

Batna Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Infective endocarditis is a severe condition. It is an infection of the endocardium responsible for cardiac failure and cerebral embolisms. The goal of this work is to show a case of mitral endocarditis with ischemia of the lower extremity, secondary ...
Redha Lakehal, Jalaleddinne Omar Bouhidel, Soumaya Bendjaballah, Abdelmalek Bouzid, Radouane Boukarroucha   +4 more
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Acute aortic dissection of an ascending aortic aneurysm in a patient with Marfan’s disease: a case report [PDF]

Batna Journal of Medical Sciences, 2023
Marfan syndrome is a rare genetic disease. It is characterized by the involvement of one or more organs and can cause skeletal disorders (tall stature, scoliosis), ophthalmological disorders (ectopia of the lens), and cardiac disorders (aortic dilation)
Redha LAKEHAL, Omar Jalaleddinne BOUHIDEL, Radouane BOUKARROUCHA   +2 more
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Le lévosimendan en cardiologie et chirurgie cardiaque sous circulation extracorporelle

Avicenna Medical Research, 2023
Introduction : le lévosimendan est un agent inodilatateur utilisé avec succès dans le traitement de l’insuffisance cardiaque aigue et chronique.
Sayad, M Abdelbaki, Mehyaoui
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Benzodiazepine-Free Cardiac Anesthesia for Reduction of Postoperative Delirium (B-Free): A Protocol for a Multi-centre Randomized Cluster Crossover Trial

CJC Open, 2023
Delirium is common after cardiac surgery and is associated with adverse outcomes. Administration of benzodiazepines before and after cardiac surgery is associated with delirium; guidelines recommend minimizing their use.
Jessica Spence, MD, PhD, Emilie Belley-Côté, MD, PhD, Eric Jacobsohn, MBChB, MPHE, Shun Fu Lee, PhD, Frederick D’Aragon, MD, MSc, FRCPC, Michael Avidan, MBBCh, C. David Mazer, MD, Nicolas Rousseau-Saine, MD, Raja Rajamohan, MD, Kane Pryor, MD, Rael Klein, MBBCh, Edmund (Chong-How) Tan, MD, Matthew Cameron, MDCM, MPH, Emily Di Sante, MA, Erin DeBorba, MSc, Mary Mustard, BScN, MN, Etienne Couture, MD, Raffael Zamper, MD, PhD, Michael Law, MD, George Djaiani, MD, Tarit Saha, MBBS, Stephen Choi, MD, MSc, Peter Hedlin, MD, PhD, Ryan Pikaluk, MD, Wing Ying Lam, MD, MPH, Alain Deschamps, MD, PhD, Richard Whitlock, MD, PhD, Braden Dulong, MD, P.J. Devereaux, MD, PhD, Chris Beaver, P.Eng, Shelley Kloppenburg, BSW, Simon Oczkowski, MD, MHSc, William Finlay McIntyre, MD, PhD, Matthew McFarling, MD, Andre Lamy, MD, MHSc, Jessica Vincent, MSc, Stuart Connolly, MD, MSc   +36 more
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Visionnement de vidéos explicatives vulgarisées en chirurgie cardiaque : l’expérience utilisateur de personnes âgées

Médiations & Médiatisations, 2023
Les informations médicales ne sont pas toujours faciles à comprendre pour les patients. Il existe des documents en ligne et des sites Internet, mais les informations ne sont pas nécessairement fiables, suffisamment vulgarisées ou utiles, et peuvent ...
Isabelle Carignan, Paul-André Gauthier, Annie Roy-Charland, Marie-Christine Beaudry, Adèle Gallant, Marie-Hélène Hébert, Amélie Hien, Rony Atoui   +7 more
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Iatrogenic Superior Vena Cava Syndrome: A Rare Cause of Hemodynamic Compromise After Cardiac SurgeryNovel Teaching Points

CJC Open, 2021
Given the broad array of potential complications following cardiac surgery, specialized care is critical to ensuring good patient outcomes. Herein, we present a rare case of severe hemodynamic compromise, following cardiac surgery, found to be due to ...
Kevin Haddad, MD, MSc, Louis-Mathieu Stevens, MD, PhD, Brian J. Potter, MDCM, SM   +2 more
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Case Report: Are We Witnessing an Increase of Chronic Ascending Aortic Dissection as a Collateral Effect to the COVID-19 Pandemic?

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine, 2021
Background: The COVID-19 (coronavirus disease 2019) pandemic is reducing health care accessibility to non–life-threatening diseases, thus hiding their real incidence.
Arnaud Lyon, Ziyad Gunga, Lars Niclauss, Valentina Rancati, Piergiorgio Tozzi   +4 more
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Opening the “Black Box” for Canadian Cardiac Surgery Residency Applicants∗

CJC Open, 2022
Background: This study reports on the main criteria used by Canadian cardiac surgery residency program committees (RPCs) to select applicants and the perceptions of Canadian medical students interested in cardiac surgery.
Klaudiusz Stoklosa, MD, Amine Mazine, MD, Keir A. Forgie, MD, Amy Brown, MD, MSc, Ali Hage, MD, MPH, Khalid Ridwan, MD, MSc, Charles Laurin, MD, MSc, Jessica G.Y. Luc, MD, Bobby Yanagawa, MD, PhD, Terrence M. Yau, MD, MSc   +9 more
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