THE EFFECT OF A NURSE-LED PATIENT EDUCATION PROGRAM FOR ORAL ANTICOAGULANT THERAPY ON THE INCIDENCE OF THROMBOEMBOLIC AND HEMORRHAGIC EPISODES AFTER SURGICAL HEART VALVE REPLACEMENT

Objective: This study aimed to analyze the impact of body mass index on outcomes of 101 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting, valve replacement, or combined

Methods: Retrospective analysis of medical records of 37 patients undergoing aortic valve replacement by sternotomy or minimally invasive approach, with emphasis on the comparison

While most surgeons would prefer to use a bioprosthetic valve for replacement of the tricuspid valve, many reports of the surgical treatment of carcinoid heart disease describe

The performed surgical procedures were as follows: mechanical valve replacement in 10 patients, bioprosthetic mitral valve replacement in 5 patients, mechanical mitral valve

The clinical results we obtained after long-term experience with the Omnicarbon valve establish this prosthesis as a preferred mechanical valve. The incidence of

operation of a hemophilic patient with mitral and aortic valve disease of rheumatic etiology undergoing aortic valve replacement and mitral comissurotomy; in this case a VIIIf

Coniguration of the ascending aorta in patients with bicuspid and tricuspid aortic valve disease undergoing aortic valve replacement with or without reduction aortoplasty. Hahn

Self- management of oral anticoagulation therapy improves long-term survival in patients with mechanical heart valve replacement. Ann