[PDF] Top 20 Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.25 número1

... Gostaria de destacar, também, o Editorial do Editor Associado Ulisses Croti (página VIII), narrando a integração do Serviço de Cirurgia Cardíaca da Faculdade Estadual de Medicina de Rio [r] ... See full document

... Herdy et al. [24] in a controlled clinical trial evaluated the cardiopulmonary rehabilitation composed of muscle and ventilatory exercises, as well as preoperative education for at least 5 days and postoperatively until ... See full document

... After median thoracotomy and heart exposure, it was administered a dosage of heparin 5 mg/kg, performed cannulation of the aorta and both cavas with diameters appropriate to the body surface of each patient and CPB ... See full document

... Despite the anti-tobacco use campaigns, more than 1 in 10 cardiac patients died in the world in 2000 due to causes related to tobacco use, showing that it is an important cause of cardiovascular mortality [1]. Patients ... See full document

... As expected [21], circulating pro-inflammatory cytokines, undetectable in healthy children, were high in preoperative samples of this investigation and the same goes for the IL6/IL-10 relationship. As we excluded the ... See full document

... Female child, aged two years, weighing 10.8 kg underwent two previous Blalock-Taussig shunt surgeries. Preoperative color Doppler echocardiography revealed a LVOT gradient of 40 mmHg. CPB time was 195 minutes and the ... See full document

... Vessels removed were treated with proteinase K at 56°C for 30 minutes followed by 10 minutes of proteinase K inactivated at 95ºC, and with 5 minutes centrifugation in a microcentrifuge to remove cellular debris. PCR was ... See full document

... 3. Balanescu S, Sangiorgi G, Castelvecchio S, Medda M, Inglese L. Coronary artery fistulas: clinical consequences and methods of closure. A literarure review. Ital Heart J. 2001;2(9):669-76. 4. Mavroudis C, Backer ... See full document

... In this report, the endovascular treatment for closure of persistent ductus arteriosus in adults proved to be a simple and safe alternative, becoming perhaps a procedure of choice in the[r] ... See full document

... 5. Lobo Filho JG, Leitão MCA, Lobo Filho HG, Soares JPH, Magalhães GA, Leão Filho CSC, et al. Cirurgia de revascularização coronariana esquerda sem CEC e sem manuseio da aorta em pacientes acima de 75 anos: análise das ... See full document

... Since her childhood, the patient was diagnosed with double outlet right ventricle (DORV) with anterior aorta, severe pulmonary valve stenosis (PVS), hypoplasia of the pulmonary trunk and[r] ... See full document

... 6. Milani R, Brofman PR, Guimarães M, Barboza L, Tchaick RM, Meister Filho H, et al. Dupla artéria torácica esqueletizada versus convencional na revascularização do miocárdio sem CEC em diabéticos. Rev Bras Cir ... See full document

... Paulo Pêgo-Fernandes, professor of FMUSP (INCOR), Editor of the São Paulo Medical Journal, and member of the Editorial Board of the Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery (BJCVS), w[r] ... See full document

... The ROOBY study was performed at Veterans Hospitals of the United States of America, against several other previously published studies [2,3], which showed benefit of off-pump CABG surge[r] ... See full document

... A few works compared MUF in adults, Pérez-Vela et al., in 2008, compared the modified ultrafiltration with the conventional technique or the use of both in patients submitted to any type[r] ... See full document

... The study population included 9 (60%) male patients with age ranging from 25 to 59 years (mean age 47.73 ± 9.85 yrs). Among the potential rheumatic ethiologies the following were most significant: mitral ... See full document

... 9. Epstein M. Calcium antagonists and the kidney: future therapeutic perspectives. Am J Kidney Dis. 1993;21(6 Suppl 3):16-25. than 30% of its basal value in the 48 hours of postoperative was also higher in ... See full document

... 6. Milani R, Brofman PR, Guimarães M, Barboza L, Tchaick RM, Meister Filho H, et al. Dupla artéria torácica esqueletizada versus convencional na revascularização do miocárdio sem CEC em diabéticos. Rev Bras Cir ... See full document

... José Antônio Baddini Martinez José Antonio Livramento José Eduardo Ferreira Manso José Luiz Gomes do Amaral Linamara Rizzo Battistella Luís dos Ramos Machado Luiz Felipe P. Moreira Luiz Henrique Gebrim Marcelo Madeira ... See full document

... Cardiac surgery has been available for many years in several developing countries, thanks to the creativity and hard work of individuals who were able to produce good work in spite of th[r] ... See full document