Search Results - "Krieger, Karl H"
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Incidence, risk factors, and prognostic impact of re-exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery: A retrospective cohort study
Published in International journal of surgery (London, England) (01-12-2017)“…Postoperative re-exploration for bleeding (RB) is a frequent complication following cardiac surgery. We aim to assess incidence, risk factors, and prognostic…”
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Intravenous leiomyomatosis with intracardiac extension: a single-institution experience
Published in American journal of obstetrics and gynecology (01-12-2009)“…Objective The aim of this study was to outline the surgical management and outcomes for patients diagnosed with intravenous leiomyomatosis with intracardiac…”
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Acceptability and Psychometric Properties of the Minnesota Living With Heart Failure Questionnaire Among Patients Undergoing Heart Valve Surgery: Validation and Comparison With SF-36
Published in Journal of cardiac failure (01-04-2009)“…Abstract Background Health-related quality of life (HQOL) enhancement is a major objective of valvular surgery (VS), but assessments have been limited…”
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Comparison of Open Versus Bedside Percutaneous Dilatational Tracheostomy in the Cardiothoracic Surgical Patient: Outcomes and Financial Analysis
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-06-2005)“…The clinical and financial outcomes of a change in practice from traditional tracheostomy (open) to bedside percutaneous dilatational tracheostomies (PDT) was…”
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Cardiac Surgery in Select Nonagenarians: Should We or Shouldn’t We?
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-03-2008)“…Background Patients aged 90 years and older represent a rapidly growing subset of the population, many of whom are functionally limited by cardiovascular…”
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Usefulness of Preoperative Exercise Tolerance to Predict Late Survival and Symptom Persistence After Surgery for Chronic Nonischemic Mitral Regurgitation
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-06-2013)“…Exercise duration during exercise treadmill testing (ETT) predicts long-term outcome among asymptomatic patients with mitral regurgitation. However, the…”
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Epicardial beating heart cryoablation using a novel argon-based cryoclamp and linear probe
Published in Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-02-2006)“…Epicardial, beating heart cryoablation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation may be limited by heat from intracardiac blood flow. We therefore evaluated the…”
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Outcomes of cardiac surgery in nonagenarians: a 10-year experience
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-04-2003)“…With an increasing awareness of health issues and greater emphasis on preventive medicine, the general population is living longer and healthier lives than…”
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Triiodothyronine therapy lowers the incidence of atrial fibrillation after cardiac operations
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-1996)“…Cardiopulmonary bypass results in a euthyroid sick state, and recent evidence suggests that perioperative triiodothyronine (T3) supplementation may have…”
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Management strategies for type A dissection complicated by peripheral vascular malperfusion
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-04-2004)“…End-organ malperfusion is a dreaded complication of type A aortic dissections. Different strategies have been proposed to manage this complex cohort of…”
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ETIOLOGY AND DOWNSTREAM HEMODYNAMIC IMPACT OF PULMONARY HYPERTENSION IN PATIENTS UNDERGOING TRANSCATHETER AORTIC VALVE REPLACEMENT
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (12-03-2013)“…Background Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is common among pts with pulmonary disease and aortic stenosis undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR)…”
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Nonischemic mitral regurgitation: prognostic value of nonsustained ventricular tachycardia after mitral valve surgery
Published in Cardiology (01-01-2013)“…Nonsustained ventricular tachycardia (VT), frequent in unoperated severe mitral regurgitation (MR), confers mortality risk [sudden death (SD) and cardiac death…”
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WOMEN HAVE GREATER MID-TERM QUALITY OF LIFE BENEFIT THAN MEN AFTER VALVULAR SURGERY
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Surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation using argon-based cryoablation during concomitant cardiac procedures
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (30-08-2005)“…The development of ablative energy sources has simplified the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF) during concomitant cardiac procedures. We report…”
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Reoperations on the Ascending Aorta and Aortic Root in Patients With Previous Cardiac Surgery
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-10-2006)“…First time operations on the ascending aorta are performed with low mortality, few complications, and excellent long-term results. Reoperations for aortic…”
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Improvement of Outcomes after Coronary Artery Bypass II: A Randomized Trial Comparing Intraoperative High Versus Customized Mean Arterial Pressure
Published in Journal of cardiac surgery (01-11-2007)“…Background and Aim of the Study: The objective of this randomized trial was to compare the efficacy of two strategies of hemodynamic management during…”
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PLASMA TRAIL AND OSTEOPROTEGERIN IN AR, AS AND STABLE CAD: RELATION TO CARDIAC GEOMETRY AND SYMPTOM STATUS
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No-Clamp Technique for Valve Repair or Replacement in Patients With a Porcelain Aorta
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-11-2005)“…Patients requiring valvular heart surgery may have circumferential calcification of the ascending aorta. A variety of creative procedures have been described…”
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Impact of minimum hematocrit during cardiopulmonary bypass on mortality in patients undergoing coronary artery surgery
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