Relieving the Strain onn Heart Pain: Psychological problems in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery [PDF]
Coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG) and percutaneous transluminal coronary angioplasty (PTCA) have become common interventional methods to treat patients with significant coronary artery disease [1].
Duits, A.A. (Annelien)
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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery I: Patient Selection, Evaluation, and Planning. [PDF]
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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ABSTRACT Coronary perforations are a dreaded complication for any interventional cardiologist. The treatment of this complication is exceptionally difficult when it occurs in a coronary bifurcation. While a conservative approach or a balloon occlusion might be sufficient in some cases, additional treatment is sometimes necessary.
Jakob U. Lindner +3 more
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Introduction:Disturbances of the cardiac conduction system are frequent in the postoperative period of coronary artery bypass surgery. They are mostly reversible and associated with some injury of the conduction tissue, caused by the ischemic heart ...
Ricardo Medeiros Piantá +7 more
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Redo coronary artery surgery; early and intermediate outcomes from a tertiary care hospital in a developing country [PDF]
OBJECTIVE: To evaluate outcomes of re-operative coronary artery surgery in a tertiary care hospital in a developing country. METHOD: Preoperative, intra-operative and postoperative variables were analyzed in 82 consecutive patients who underwent re ...
Amanullah, Muneer +4 more
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Risk factors and in-hospital mortality in Chinese patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting: Analysis of a large multi-institutional Chinese database [PDF]
ObjectiveThis study was undertaken to delineate outcomes and to assess risk factors for in-hospital mortality among Chinese patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.MethodsFrom 2007 to 2008, a total of 9838 consecutive adult patients ...
Zheng, Zhe +5 more
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Commissural Misalignment Following Valve‐in‐Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation
ABSTRACT Background Data on commissural misalignment (CMA) during valve‐in‐valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (ViV‐TAVI) for valve failure after surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) is scarce. Aims To study the impact of CMA on clinical and hemodynamic outcomes following ViV‐TAVI for failed SAVR.
Matthias Raschpichler +13 more
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Does off-pump coronary revascularization confer superior organ protection in re-operative coronary artery surgery? A meta-analysis of observational studies [PDF]
Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery (OPCAB) has been hypothesised to be beneficial in the high-risk patient population undergoing re-operative coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG).
Ashrafian, H +4 more
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Objective To assess the effects of different oral antithrombotic drugs that prevent saphenous vein graft failure in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Design Systematic review and network meta-analysis. Data sources Medline, Embase,
K. Solo +15 more
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Abstract Aim Heart failure (HF) is a highly prevalent condition managed in both primary care (PC) and hospital care (HC)‐based settings. HF patients managed in these two settings may differ in their demography, comorbidities and outcomes, so we aimed to compare the patient management in PC and HC in the Västra Götaland Region (VGR) in Sweden.
Xiaojing Chen +4 more
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