[PDF] Top 20 Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.15 número3

... Desde seus anos acadêmicos em La Plata, atraíra- o a cirurgia torácica, liderada na Argentina pelos irmãos Finochietto, e que passara a incluir a cirurgia cardiovascular.. Decidiu, então[r] ... See full document

... Of particular interest is the fact that the strength of cardiac muscle contraction depends on the concentration of calcium ions in the extracellular luids, which is usually not true of striated muscle. This is likely ... See full document

... Vários editores, ao redor do mundo, têm opinião semelhante e realizam movimentos para mudar essa situação, como, por exemplo, a San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DOR[r] ... 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

... The results of our study compare favorably to this report in terms of dissatisfaction at work, lack of social recognition and isolation (TICS), but are contrary in terms of coping str[r] ... 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

... The geographical origin of receptors in Brazil was very diverse, covering 18 states and the Federal District. Never- theless, the uptake of organs occurred almost entirely in the state of São Paulo, with 93% of the ... 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

... Conclusion: In the idiopathic dilated cardiomyopathy, the transversal dilatation of left ventricular internal perimeter oc- curs proportionally between the segments corresponding to th[r] ... 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

... 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

... 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

... Objective: This study aims to investigate whether pre-oper- ative Homeostasis Model Assessment Insulin Resistance (HO- MA-IR) value is a predictor in non-diabetic coronary artery bypass[r] ... 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