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Cardiac Surgery in Octogenarians; Peri-Operative Outcome and Long-Term Results [PDF]
, 2001 AIMS: Because the elderly are increasingly referred for operation, we reviewed the results of cardiac surgery in patients of 80 years or older. METHODS AND RESULTS: Records of 182 consecutive octogenarians who had had cardiac operations between 1992 and ...
Gérard, Paul +4 more
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Stuck mitral valve replacement [PDF]
Heart, 2002 This 30 year old woman had undergone a mitral valve replacement with a bileaflet prosthesis one year previously. Postoperatively she had been well until she presented with a two week …
T Irvine +2 more
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Advanced Science, EarlyView.This study develops a human engineered heart tissue‐derived model of diabetic cardiomyopathy that accurately replicates the dynamic changes in the structural, contractile, and electrophysiological properties of the myocardium. Furthermore, this model is used to confirm the direct protective effects of empagliflozin on the heart through an SGLT2 off ...
Lin Cai +9 more
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Ocular Findings as the Most Striking Manifestation of a SMAD3 Variant
American Journal of Medical Genetics Part A, EarlyView.ABSTRACT Loeys‐Dietz syndrome (LDS) is a heritable connective tissue disorder with variable expressivity. It is a multisystemic condition mainly characterized by a propensity for arterial aneurysms and dissections, skeletal manifestations, hypertelorism, bifid uvula, craniosynostosis, and cutaneous features.
Noémie Villeneuve‐Cloutier +7 more
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Is Mitral Valve Repair Safe Procedure in Elderly Patients? [PDF]
, 2010 The aim of this randomized, prospective, study was to evaluate postoperative hospital mortality and morbidity after mitral valve repair by comparing two surgical techniques for resolving mitral valve insufficiency in elderly patients. In comparison were:
Aldo Ivančić +5 more
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Does preservation of the sub-valvular apparatus during mitral valve replacement affect long-term survival and quality of life? A Microsimulation Study [PDF]
, 2008 RIGHTS : This article is licensed under the BioMed Central licence at http://www.biomedcentral.com/about/license which is similar to the 'Creative Commons Attribution Licence'.
Athanasiou, Thanos +8 more
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The Anatomical Record, EarlyView.Abstract Autonomic nerves are crucial in cardiac function and pathology. However, data on the distribution of cholinergic and noradrenergic nerves in normal and pathologic human hearts is lacking. Nonfailing donor hearts were pressure‐perfusion fixed, imaged, and dissected. Left ventricular cardiomyopathy samples were also obtained.
Peter Hanna +15 more
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Sutureless aortic valve replacement in a calcified homograft combined with mitral valve replacement
Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2017 Background Aortic valve replacement in a patient with an aortic homograft can be very challenging, especially when concomitant mitral valve surgery needs to be performed.
Ferdi Akca +3 more
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Aortic and mitral valve replacement with reconstruction of the intervalvular fibrous body [PDF]
, 1997 Objective: The intervalvular fibrous body between the aortic and mitral valves can be damaged by infective endocarditis, degenerative calcification, or multiple previous heart valve operations, making double valve replacement difficult.
Armstrong, Susan +2 more
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British Journal of Clinical Pharmacology, EarlyView.Objective To determine the optimal anticoagulation intensity of warfarin in a South‐East Asian population with moderate‐to‐severe rheumatic mitral stenosis. Methods A multicentre, retrospective study examined patients with rheumatic mitral stenosis who had not undergone valve replacement or repair and required long‐term warfarin therapy at two ...
Punyawee Puchsaka +6 more
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