Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.22 número3

The treatment of the bovine pericardium segments with 0.8% solution of L-glutamic acid with a pH of 3.5 fixed with glutaraldehyde was effective inpreventing the calcification

Aiming at to reduce the manipulation of aorta during myocardial revascularization surgeries, the pharmaceutical industry developed a mechanical suture to perform saphenous vein

The present study aims at to perform a retrospective study of the patients who had underwent surgical treatment at Hospital Universitário Oswaldo Cruz (HUOC) UPE and at

6 – “Box-plot” showing the number of positive cells for Chlamydia Pneumoniae in the layers of tunicae media and adventitia, and in the whole vessel, in abdominal aorta in

The results of the present study are in accordance with those of recent studies tending to a consensus confirming the preventive effect of atrial pacing contributes to AF prevention

Among the occasional candidates to this technical option, patients with ITA or saphenous vein patent grafts to the anterior interventricular branch and right coronary artery, and

5 – Myocardial revascularization with two coronary bypass grafting (right coronary artery and diagonal artery) and right internal thoracic artery to the anterior

In this report the authors describe a case of a giant pericardial cyst with symptoms of mediastinal compression for which the surgical excision guaranteed a 12-month follow-up