[PDF] Top 20 Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.14 número3

... Outro paciente havia sido programado para a operação na tarde deste mesmo dia, no Episcopal Hospital, onde ele realizou sua primeira comissurotomia mitral com sucesso, em uma paciente de[r] ... See full document

... in the artery supplying segments with the greatest perfusion defect. At 5 years, stem cell therapy was associated with increased LVEF (from 24.3±6.5% to 30.0±5.1%; P=0.02), increased 6-minute walk distance (from 344±90 m ... See full document

... The following articles are available for testing for Con- tinuing Medical Education (CME) in this issue: “ Acute kid- ney injury based on KDIGO (Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes[r] ... See full document

... the Kidney Disease Improving Global Outcomes criteria was a powerful predictor of 30-day mortality in patients with elevated preoperative serum creatinine who underwent cardiac surgery[r] ... See full document

... Results: Participants mean age was 40±14.1 years and 13 were male; eight were senior physicians and 14 were residents. Mean values for the Trier Inventory for Chronic Stress were within the normal range. ... See full document

... All patients were submitted to traditional surgery by median sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass with moder- ate hypothermia (28°C), aortic cannulation, and single or double venous cannulation, in cases of mitral valve ... See full document

... There was no incidence of graft vascular disease and lymphoproliferative disease at year one, but they affected, respectively, 7.4% and 11% of patients within 10 years.. Conclusion: T[r] ... See full document

... Besides the routine evaluation of the data observed in these cases, we monitored pump rotational speed, blood low, cardiopulmonary bypass duration, urine free hemoglobin for blood cel[r] ... See full document

... in patients submitted to aneurysmectomies and cardiomyo- plasties, took into consideration the total increase in the ventricular chamber, applying Laplace’s theory, and consisted of a muscle slice removal from the LV ... See full document

... At Instituto de Cardiologia do Distrito Federal [3] , in a previous analysis of recipient waiting list from 2006 and 2011, the mortality prior to transplant was remarkably elevated (3[r] ... See full document

... Thus, the objective of this study is to analyze data from the psychological evaluation protocols of patients with heart fail- ure waiting for heart transplantation at Hospital de Base ([r] ... See full document

... 13. Baptista VC, Palhares LC, Oliveira PPM, Silveira Filho LM, Vilarinho KAS, Severino ESBO, Lavagnoli CFR, Petrucci O. Six-minute walk test as a tool for assessing the quality of life in patients undergoig coronary ... See full document

... This randomized, prospective clinical study included 81 of 557 patients who were admitted to Cardiovascular Sur- gery Outpatient Clinic at Kartal Kosuyolu Training and Re- search Hospital between August 2012 and January ... See full document

... Objective: In this study, we aimed to compare clinical out- comes of superior transseptal approach with the conventional left atriotomy in patients undergoing mitral valve surgery.. Me[r] ... See full document

... Task Force, Ferraris VA, Ferraris SP, Saha SP, Hessel EA 2nd, Haan CK, Royston BD, et al; Society of Cardiovascular Anesthesiologists Special Task Force on Blood Transfusion. Perioperative blood transfusion and blood ... See full document

... Objective: To evaluate immediate and long-term results of cardiac transplantation at two different levels of urgency. Methods: From November 2003 to December 2012, 228 pa- tients unde[r] ... See full document

... These candidates may include critical aortic valve stenosis with evolving hypoplastic left heart syndrome, pulmonary atresia with an intact ventricular septum and evolving hypoplastic[r] ... See full document

... the small number of patients studied, concluded that the endo- vascular treatment of type B aortic dissection, in the chronic phase, did not decrease the diameter of the descending aort[r] ... See full document

... Adverse effect of ventricular pacing on heart failure and atrial ibrillation among patients with normal baseline QRS duration in a clinical trial of pacemaker therapy for sinus node dy[r] ... See full document

... The prognosis of the postperfusion lung syndrome can be poorer in comparison to acute respiratory distress syndrome due to the secondary multiple organ failure and triple acid-base im[r] ... See full document