[PDF] Top 20 Braz. J. Cardiovasc. Surg. vol.31 número2

... We would like to give special thanks the Board of the SBCCV that, at all times, are partners in our great fight, and in particular, the Editorial Board of the BJCVS, the authors, volu[r] ... See full document

... However, an inferior vena cava angiogram revealed that a left hepatic vein originating from the inferior vena cava divided into multiple sinusoidal channels in the liver, joining toge[r] ... See full document

... The aim of this study is report the long-term outcomes of patients with abdominal aortic aneurysms associated with aneurysm of the common iliac artery following endovascular repair us[r] ... See full document

... related AF induced by rapid atrial pacing administered ivabradine for intervention, and ivabradine could increase the effective refractory periods in the left atrium and left superior [r] ... See full document

... Although not using CPB, we performed a triple coronary artery bypass surgery in a patient with dextrocardia and situs inversus totalis , with the surgeon standing on the left side of [r] ... See full document

... Objective: Characterize the profile of effective heart donors from the Human Valve Bank of the Santa Casa de Misericórdia de Curitiba and analyze the association between the profile va[r] ... See full document

... This study confirmed that aortic valve repair and/or aortic root replacement surgery sparing the native valve could be used with good immediate and short-term results in the surgical [r] ... See full document

... To assess the intraoperative awareness, the patients were questioned after the operation about what they remembered from the time of operation. One patient from each group said that they had had a dream, and one patient ... See full document

... Objective: To complement the ISO 5840 standards concerning the duration of left ventricular systole and diastole as a function of changes in heart rates according to in vivo studies [r] ... See full document

... A great part of the mistaken view still present about medieval history being considered a period without scientific advances results from little knowledge on the contributions of the L[r] ... See full document

... The female patients with severe MR and significant symptoms, or left ventricular functional impairment, warrant a valvular operation before a planned pregnancy, favorably with a valve repair procedure. Due to the fact ... See full document

... Once the evaluation of left ventricular assist devices is performed, for instance, based on adaptive estimation of the aortic pressure and suitable response regarding the left ventric[r] ... See full document

... Therefore, the aim of this study was to evaluate the inluence of inspiratory muscle training on functional capacity submaximal and inspiratory muscle strength in patients undergoing ca[r] ... See full document

... Introduction: Endovascular aneurysm repair (EVAR) is the therapy of choice in high risk patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm. The good results described are leading to the broadeni[r] ... See full document

... Of those patients, 13 (81.3%) had associated aortoiliac aneurysms, 1 (6.3%) patient had associated bilateral common iliac aneurysms without aortic aneurysm, and only 2 (12.5%) patient[r] ... See full document

... Objective: We investigated the effects of pedicled and semiskeletonized left internal mammary artery (LIMA) harvesting techniques on postoperative drainage in patients subjected to of[r] ... See full document

... 18. Issa M, Avezum A, Dantas DC, Almeida AF, Souza LC, Sousa AG. Risk factors for pre, intra, and postoperative hospital mortality in patients undergoing aortic surgery. Braz J Cardiovasc ... See full document

... 28. Patel MR, Dehmer GJ, Hirshfeld JW, Smith PK, Spertus JA; American College of Cardiology Foundation Appropriateness Criteria Task Force; Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions; Society of Thoracic ... See full document

... When we analyzed the relation between age and survival curves we realized that, in the OR group (Figure 4) the median survival for patients under 70 years was 8.7 years with a standard[r] ... See full document

... 7. Vorlat A, Conraads VM, Jorens PG, Aerts S, Van Gorp S, Vermeulen T, et al. Donor B-type natriuretic peptide predicts early cardiac performance after heart transplantation. J Heart Lung Transplant. ... See full document