Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.5 número3

Between May 2000 and January 2003, 18 consecutive patients with heart disease and indications for total cavopulmonary connections were operated on using the extracardiac

The aim of this work is to evaluate the prognostic implications of CKMB and cTn I, in samples collected from the coronary sinus in the intra-operative period, in the evolution

Conclusions: the use of bovine pericardial prostheses in patients with aortic valve disease provides an excellent survival rate over 12 years of follow-up.. Patients with 70 years

The aim of this study is to analyze whether the addition of magnesium in the cardioplegic solution will affect the serous levels of troponin I and CKMB mass in children submitted

Recurrent cerebrovascular events in patients with patent foramen ovale, atrial septal aneurysm, or both and cryptogenic stroke or transient ischemic attack.. French Study Group

Using Streamline Upwind/ Petrov-Galerkin approximations, blood flow and distribution were evaluated in different diameters of subclavian arteries and polytetrafluoroethylene

In the last few years, there has been a great advance in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) without CPB (Off-pump) mainly owing to the combination of advances in the

Aiming at reducing the time of anoxia, mainly in cases in which the ischemia time might be long, after the anastomoses of the pulmonary veins, the aorta can be anastomosed before