[PDF] Top 20 Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.22 número4

... E é bom frisar que a indexação não é o ponto final de nossa jornada, mas sim o início de uma nova fase, com os cuidados sendo redobrados para nos mantermos no nível editorial exigido, ta[r] ... See full document

... In 2007, the European Association for Cardio-thoracic Surgery published the evaluation result of 637,976 surgeries performed between 2004 and 2005, at 260 participating hospitals in 22 countries. This huge study ... See full document

... Despite controversies regarding the optimal treatment in the initial approach of Stanford type-B dissections, the clinical treatment for uncomplicated patients still remains [10,17], alt[r] ... See full document

... We want to congratulate the authors of the article: “The influence of physical activity practice in the outcomes of coronary artery bypass graft surgery” (Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 2007; ... See full document

... Electrocardiogram evidenced: sinus rhythm rate of 94 bmp; ÂP +60º, ÂQRS -60ºC; PR interval, 0.45 sec; QTc, 0.50 sec; QRS, 0.08 sec; left atrial and right ventricular overload; anterior d[r] ... See full document

... Once the interatrial septum was resected, the pulmonary vein blood flow was redirected to the left atrium through a large bovine pericardial patch (Figure 3) in order to provide[r] ... See full document

... In these case report, the results of late dead space fraction (fDlate), end-tidal alveolar dead space fraction (AVDSf), arterial-alveolar gradient CO 2 [P(a-et)CO 2 ], and slope phase 3[r] ... See full document

... 4. Giroux SK, Cartier R. Atypical presentation of an anomalous origin of the right coronary artery with severe compression between the great vessels. Ann Thorac Surg. 2002;73(5):1636-8. 5. Di Lello F, Mnuk JF, ... See full document

... [5] described an extra-anatomic ascending aorta-to-descending thoracic aorta bypass grafting anastomosis through median sternotomy with descending aorta exposure through posterior perica[r] ... See full document

... 1. Borst HG, Heinemann MK, Stone CD. Surgical treatment of aortic dissection. New York:Churchill Livingstone;1996. p.357. 2. Ergin MA, Phillips RA, Galla JD, Lansman SL, Mendelson DS, Quintana CS, et al. Significance of ... See full document

... The video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve surgery is already widely accepted and performed in some surgical services with outcomes that are similar to the conventional technique[r] ... See full document

... Usually, myocardial revascularizations are performed with the aid of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and light- to-moderate hypothermia. However, the most recognized complication following cardiac surgery is acute renal ... See full document

... The Bypass Angioplasty Revascularization Investigation (BARI), a randomized clinical trial, was designed to evaluate the survival in multivessel coronary artery disease patients over 65 years of age undergoing CABG or ... See full document

... We have concluded that in this previous experimental study, we have managed to reproduce a pulmonary valve approach using a right heart bypass and to test a new bicaval cannula with ball[r] ... See full document

... Despite several studies showing that the implantation of valvular homografts triggers cellular and humoral immune response from the receptor, the correlation between the response intensity with tissue degeneration is not ... See full document

... 11. Edmunds LH Jr, Clark RE, Cohn LH, Grunkemeier GL, Miller DC, Weisel RD. Guidelines for reporting morbidity and mortality after cardiac valvular operations. Ad Hoc Liaison Committee for Standardizing Definitions of ... See full document

... The aim of the present study is to evaluate whether RACHS-1 can be used as postoperative mortality predictor in congenital heart defects at a public university in the Northeast of Brazil[r] ... See full document

... Acontece que, entre eles, havia um grande amigo, o Dr. Kenneth Mattox, que, inconformado, trabalhou incessantemente pela reconciliação, que, finalmente, aconteceu no dia 27 de outubro de 2007, em Sessão Solene, no ... See full document

... recente publicação de artigo com estatísticas do Banco de Dados do Sistema Único de Saúde (DATASUS) mostrou que os resultados de cirurgia cardiovascular em pacientes operados em hospitai[r] ... See full document

... 6. Lobo Filho JG, Leitão MCA, Forte AJV, Lobo Filho HG, Silva AA, Bastos ES, Murad H. Flow Analysis of Left Internal Thoracic Artery in Myocardial Revacularization Surgery Using Y Graft. Tex Heart Inst J. ... See full document