Search Results - "DE VIVIE, E. R"
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Alterations of neuropsychological function and cerebral glucose metabolism after cardiac surgery are not related only to intraoperative microembolic events
Published in Stroke (1970) (01-03-1998)“…High-intensity transient signals (HITS) during cardiac surgery are capable of causing encephalopathy and cognitive deficits. This study was undertaken to…”
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Cardiac surgery in patients with end-stage renal disease: 10-year experience
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-01-2000)“…Background. End-stage renal disease is known to be an important risk factor complex for cardiac operations performed with cardiopulmonary bypass. Methods. To…”
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Cardiac myocytes of hearts from patients with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy do not contain Borrelia burgdorferi DNA
Published in The American heart journal (01-08-1999)“…Objective To determine if end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is associated with the presence of Lyme disease causing spirochete Borrelia burgdorferi in the…”
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Structural myocardial changes after coronary artery surgery
Published in European journal of clinical investigation (01-11-2000)“…Postoperative contractile dysfunction or 'myocardial stunning' has been described after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). In the present study we sought…”
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Effects of chronic atrial fibrillation on gap junction distribution in human and rat atria
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-09-2001)“…OBJECTIVES To elucidate the structural basis for the electrophysiologic remodeling induced by chronic atrial fibrillation (AF), we investigated connexin40 and…”
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30 years clinical intra-aortic balloon pumping: facts and figures
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-02-1999)“…Since its first clinical application 30 years ago, intra-aortic balloon pumping (IABP) has become the most widely applied mechanical circulatory assist method…”
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Risk stratification in heart surgery: comparison of six score systems
Published in European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery (01-04-2000)“…Objective: Risk scores have become an important tool in patient assessment, as age, severity of heart disease, and comorbidity in patients undergoing heart…”
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Transvalvular in vivo gradients of the new generation bileaflet heart valve prosthesis St. Jude Medical Regent in aortic position
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-06-2003)“…By changing the design of the St. Jude Medical Regent prosthesis in shifting both sewing cuff and retaining ring into a completely supra-annular position, the…”
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Beta-blockade in 200 coronary bypass grafting procedures
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-06-2002)“…Continuous perfusion of the coronary arteries with high-dose beta-blocker (esmolol)-enriched blood has been shown to represent an alternative for myocardial…”
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Impact of hematocrit value after coronary artery surgery on perioperative myocardial infarction rate
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-10-2002)“…The optimal hematocrit (HCT) value after coronary artery bypass grafting on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has not yet been established. The purpose of our…”
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Primary closure of median sternotomy with interposition of hydroxyapatite blocks. A new approach in pediatric cardiac surgery
Published in European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery (01-01-1991)“…Chest closure after correction of congenital heart disease withsubsequent enlargement of the heart has been a problem encounteredthroughout departments…”
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Surgical repair of right-atrial aneurysm
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-02-2000)“…Atrial fibrillation and embolic events are the most common clinical symptoms of congenital right- or left-atrial aneurysms. We report an a case of righ-atrial…”
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Absence of hemodynamic and ECG changes in a patient with traumatic left ventricular injury and puncture of the left anterior descending branch
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-12-2000)“…Patients with penetrating cardiac injury usually present with cardiac tamponade and shock upon hospital arrival. However, absence of hemodynamic depression…”
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Emergency coronary artery surgery after failed PTCA: myocardial protection with continuous coronary perfusion of beta-blocker-enriched blood
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-12-1998)“…Myocardial protection during cardiac surgery in patients with acute ischemia after failed PTCA remains a challenge. Our recent experimental work demonstrated…”
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Coronary oxygen persufflation combined with HTK cardioplegia prolongs the preservation time in heart transplantation
Published in European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery (01-01-2000)“…Background: One of the most restricting factors remaining in heart transplantation is the limited myocardial ischemia time. A new approach towards the…”
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Single-channel activity and expression of atrial L-type Ca(2+) channels in patients with latent hyperthyroidism
Published in American journal of physiology. Heart and circulatory physiology (01-03-2000)“…Patients with "latent hyperthyroidism" (suppressed thyroid-stimulating hormone and normal circulating thyroid hormones) are at risk to develop atrial…”
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Simultaneous carotid and coronary artery surgery: indications and perioperative outcome
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-10-1999)“…A significant number of patients with coronary artery disease is diagnosed with additional carotid artery disease. This subset of patients has been identified…”
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Predictive value of low dose dobutamine transesophageal echocardiography and fluorine-18 fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography for recovery of regional left ventricular function after successful revascularization
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-07-1996)“…Objectives. This study was designed to assess the predictive value of myocardial viability diagnosed by dobutamine transesophageal echocardiography and…”
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Budd-Chiari syndrome as the primary manifestation of a fibrolamellar hepatocellular carcinoma
Published in Digestion (1992)“…An 18-year-old female patient was admitted with ascites, right upper abdominal tenderness and peripheral edema. Angiography showed complete occlusion of the…”
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Symptoms, diagnosis, and therapy of primary sarcomas of the pulmonary artery
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-04-1990)“…Primary sarcoma of the pulmonary artery is a rare tumor which must be considered in differential diagnosis of pulmonary embolism. The data of the 93 cases…”
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