Search Results - "Meisner, Hans"
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Prevalence and Clinical Outcome of Hepatitis C Infection in Children Who Underwent Cardiac Surgery before the Implementation of Blood-Donor Screening
Published in The New England journal of medicine (16-09-1999)“…The hepatitis C virus (HCV) is the most common cause of hepatitis after blood transfusion. Severe liver damage from hepatitis C has become one of the leading…”
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Long-term survival and functional follow-up in patients after the arterial switch operation
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-11-1999)“…Background. For many years, the arterial switch operation (ASO) has been the therapy of choice for patients with transposition of the great arteries (TGA)…”
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Intracardiac thrombus formation after the Fontan operation
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-04-2000)“…Objectives: Intracardiac thrombus formation is suspected to be a specific sequela after the Fontan operation and is difficult to determine by means of routine…”
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Evidence for inflammatory responses of the lungs during coronary artery bypass grafting with cardiopulmonary bypass
Published in Chest (01-01-2001)“…The occurrence of a systemic inflammatory reaction during cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) has been well established, and the heart itself has…”
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Performance of allografts and xenografts for right ventricular outflow tract reconstruction
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-2001)“…Background. We compared the long-term durability of allografts and xenografts implanted for reconstruction of the right ventricular outflow tract. Methods. A…”
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Drew-Anderson technique attenuates systemic inflammatory response syndrome and improves respiratory function after coronary artery bypass grafting
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-01-2000)“…Background. Cardiopulmonary bypass causes inflammatory reactions leading to organ dysfunction postoperatively. This study was undertaken to determine whether…”
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Milestones in surgery: 60 years of open heart surgery
Published in The Thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon (01-12-2014)“…Long periods of experimental research signify the struggle for the goal to substitute the functions of heart and lungs by a machine. In 1931, John Heysham…”
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In memory of Prof. Dr. med. Fritz Sebening
Published in European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery (01-10-2015)Get full text
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Long-Term Results After Repair of Complete Atrioventricular Septal Defects: Analysis of Risk Factors
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-03-1998)“…Background. We analyzed data from 320 patients to evaluate the impact of different preoperative, operative, and postoperative factors on the outcome after…”
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Allograft implantation in pediatric cardiac surgery: Surgical experience from 1982 to 1994
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-08-1995)“…Between July 1982 and April 1994, a total of 290 patients (median age 6.5 years, range 1 month to 32.1 years, 69 patients younger than 1 year) underwent repair…”
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Presence of a ventricular septal defect and the mustard operation are risk factors for late mortality after the atrial switch operation : Thirty years of follow-up in 417 patients at a single center
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (31-10-2006)“…Survival and functional status of patients with transposition of the great arteries treated by atrial switch are reported to be reasonably good within the…”
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High-dose aprotinin reduces activation of hemostasis, allogeneic blood requirement, and duration of postoperative ventilation in pediatric cardiac surgery
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-02-2003)“…Though multiple studies have affirmed the effectiveness of aprotinin in reducing blood loss in adult cardiac surgery, the possible benefit in pediatric cardiac…”
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Victory by stages: the "tour de force" to early correction in congenital heart surgery
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Preoperative Positron Emission Tomographic Viability Assessment and Perioperative and Postoperative Risk in Patients With Advanced Ischemic Heart Disease
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (01-12-1997)“…Objectives. This study sought to investigate whether determination of tissue viability by means of positron emission tomography (PET) before coronary artery…”
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Acute cardiac inflammatory responses to postischemic reperfusion during cardiopulmonary bypass
Published in Cardiovascular research (01-03-1999)“…The investigation centers on whether there is a reperfusion-induced specific cardiac inflammatory reaction after bypass surgery. Cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB)…”
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Delineation of Intra-Atrial Reentrant Tachycardia Circuits After Mustard Operation for Transposition of the Great Arteries Using Biatrial Electroanatomic Mapping and Entrainment Mapping
Published in Journal of cardiovascular electrophysiology (01-12-2003)“…Introduction: Intra‐atrial reentrant tachycardia (IART) circuits after Mustard operation remain incompletely understood due to the complex atrial anatomy after…”
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Reconstruction of the RVOT with valved biological conduits: 25 years experience with allografts and xenografts
Published in European journal of cardio-thoracic surgery (01-06-2000)“…Objective: The reconstruction of the RVOT in congenital heart disease often requires the implantation of a valved conduit. Although allografts are considered…”
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Surgical treatment of patent ductus arteriosus: A new historical perspective
Published in The American journal of cardiology (01-11-2004)“…The conventional surgical history of ligation of a patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) dates from August 26, 1938, when Robert E. Gross of Boston, Massachusetts,…”
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Time course and extent of improvement of dysfunctioning myocardium in patients with coronary artery disease and severely depressed left ventricular function after revascularization: correlation with positron emission tomographic findings
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (15-11-2000)“…OBJECTIVES This study was performed to evaluate the prevalence, time course of recovery and extent of improvement of segments with a positron emission…”
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Absent Long-Term Benefit of Patch Versus Linear Reconstruction in Left Ventricular Aneurysm Surgery
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-08-2005)“…Endoventricular patch reconstruction of the left ventricle is considered the gold standard in surgery for left ventricular aneurysms, because of improved…”
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