[PDF] Top 20 Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.31 número4

... With the advent of Electronic Journals, of which we are part _ although we still continue with the print edition _ very important changes are taking place, such as the possibility to [r] ... See full document

... 12. McCarthy PM, Kruse J, Shalli S, Ilkhanoff L, Goldberger JJ, Kadish AH, et al. Where does atrial fibrillation surgery fail? Implications for increasing effectiveness of ablation. J Thorac ... See full document

... 4. Cox JL, Schuessler RB, Lappas DG, Boineau JP. An 8 1/2-year clinical experience with surgery for atrial ibrillation. Ann Surg. 1996;224(3):267-73. 5. Brodell GK, Cosgrove D, Schiavone W, Underwood DA, Loop FD. ... See full document

... When we compare the aortic valve replacement using sutureless prosthesis with the conventional technique, we realize not only aortic cross-clamp, cardiopulmonary bypass and surgery ti[r] ... See full document

... Instead ischemic hepatitis, some authors prefer to use an unspecific nomenclature suggesting and adopting severe ischemic early (first 48 hours) liver injury (SIELI) after cardiac surg[r] ... See full document

... with severe PAH due to Eisenmenger syndrome treated during pregnancy, delivery and postpartum with sildenafil 150 mg/ day along with L-arginine 3 g/day and facemask nitric oxide 64 ppm, leading to a significant reduction ... See full document

... We preferred the biatrial approach that includes biatriotomy, right atrial transseptal approach and superior transseptal approach for the left atrial myxomas in a large proportion of [r] ... See full document

... Objective: To study the in-hospital outcome of adult patients who had undergone surgical repair for Tetralogy of Fallot.. Methods: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted at th[r] ... See full document

... 3. Sterpetti AV, Cucina A, Lepidi S, Randone B, Stipa F, Aromatario C, et al. Progression and regression of myointimal hyperplasia in experimental vein grafts depends on platelet-derived growth factor and basic ... See full document

... Modulating the p66shc signaling pathway with protocatechuic acid protects the intestine from ischemia-reperfusion injury and alleviates secondary liver damage. Scientific World Journal. 2014; 16;2014:387640. 7. Liu ... See full document

... No signiicant diference was found between the two groups in terms of the total score obtained from BDS, Beck hopelessness scale - future-related emotions, loss of motivation, future-r[r] ... See full document

... 8. Arnoni RT, Arnoni AS, Meneghelo ZM, Barroso CMQ, Almeida AFS, Abdulmassih Neto C, et al. Evolução tardia de pacientes com prótese aórtica pequena (19 e 21 mm). Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc. 1999;14(4):279-84. 9. ... See full document

... 16. Kieser TM, Rose S, Kowalewski R, Belenkie I. Transit-time low predicts outcomes in coronary artery bypass graft patients: a series of 1000 consecutive arterial grafts. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg. ... See full document

... Objective: To compare pulmonary function, functional capacity and clinical outcomes amongst three groups of patients with left ventricular dysfunction following off-pump coronary arte[r] ... See full document

... In the Editorial Issue 31-1 of the BJCVS, I pointed out that we were facing a great challenge in 2016, due to the many changes and adjustments implemented during this period. I was concerned about the flow of ... See full document

... THE is a function of pump flow rate and arterial pressure; thus, the higher pressure drop seen with the Dideco oxygenator could explain why we see much higher pre-oxygenator THE value[r] ... See full document

... 3. Demirbag R, Sade LE, Aydın M, Bozkurt A, Acartürk E. The Turkish registry of heart valve disease. Turk Kardiyol Dern Ars. 2013;41(1):1-10. 4. Gomes OM, Gomes ES, Santana Filho GP, Pontes JCDV, Benfatti RA. New ... See full document

... 3. Qiu F, Talor J, Zahn J, Pauliks L, Kunselman AR, Palanzo D, et al. Translational research in pediatric extracorporeal life support systems and cardiopulmonary bypass procedures: 2011 update. World ... See full document

... Henriques KMC, et al. Prevalência das principais complicações pós- operatórias em cirurgias cardíacas. Rev Bras Cardiol. 2011;24(3):139-46. 11. Kondrup J, Rasmussen HH, Hamberg O, Stanga Z; Ad Hoc ESPEN Working ... See full document

... 23. Nabagiez JP, Bowman KC, Sharif MA, Abreu JA, Singh A, von Waagner W, et al. Twenty-four hour staged carotid endarterectomy followed by of-pump coronary bypass grafting for patients with concomitant carotid and ... See full document