Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.28 número2

The objective of this study is to demonstrate the results of the use of the Castro Bernardes intraluminal ring in the surgical treatment of the ascending aorta diseases in relation

The use of Cell Saver was eficient in reducing the necessity of intraoperative use of homologous packed red blood cells in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

Importantly, none of our patients experienced postoperative recurrent aortic dissection, aortic aneurysm, or pseudoaneu- rysm, all of which are known complications of supracomissur-

Objective: This study aims to compare hospital mortality rate of surgical debridement followed by primary wound closure versus surgical debridement with closure after preconditioning

Implantation was performed after valvuloplasty with balloon catheter in patients with native valve stenosis and without valvuloplasty in patients with pre-existing bioprosthesis

Objective: To compare the RIFLE (Risk, Injury, Failure, Loss and End-stage Renal Failure) and AKIN (Acute Kidney Injury Network) criteria for diagnosis of acute kidney injury

want to have a pediatric cardiac surgery program. It might be that this is a specialty that has to be done only in centers with enough volume [2]. A minimum of approximately

Há, portanto, um adensamento dos maiores centros habilitados para o tratamento dos portadores de cardiopatias congênitas nas regiões Sul e Sudeste e em menor proporção nas