Search Results - "Raissi, Sharo"
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Screening for intracranial aneurysms in patients with bicuspid aortic valve
Published in Neurology (04-05-2010)“…Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is a common congenital heart defect affecting half to 2% of the population. A generalized connective tissue disorder also involving…”
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In the current era, complete revascularization improves survival after coronary artery bypass surgery
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-06-2005)“…Complete revascularization has been the standard for coronary bypass grafting. However, surgical intervention has evolved with increasing use of arterial…”
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Spontaneous intracranial hypotension in patients with bicuspid aortic valve
Published in The Journal of heart valve disease (01-11-2012)“…Spontaneous intracranial hypotension, an important but frequently misdiagnosed cause of headache, is often associated with the presence of an underlying…”
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Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation: Revascularization Alone Versus Revascularization and Mitral Valve Repair
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-06-2005)“…In this study we compared the surgical management of ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) by revascularization alone and by revascularization combined with…”
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Pre-existing Pulmonary Hypertension in Patients With End-stage Heart Failure: Impact on Clinical Outcome and Hemodynamic Follow-up After Orthotopic Heart Transplantation
Published in The Journal of heart and lung transplantation (01-04-2007)“…Background The purpose of this investigation was to determine the influence of pre-existing pulmonary hypertension (PHT) on outcome and to assess the pulmonary…”
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Use of Cardiac Allografts With Mild and Moderate Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Can Be Safely Used in Heart Transplantation to Expand the Donor Pool
Published in Journal of the American College of Cardiology (25-03-2008)“…Use of Cardiac Allografts With Mild and Moderate Left Ventricular Hypertrophy Can Be Safely Used in Heart Transplantation to Expand the Donor Pool Sorel…”
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Twenty-year comparison of tissue and mechanical valve replacement
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-08-2001)“…Objective: We sought to compare outcomes with tissue and St Jude Medical mechanical valves over a 20-year period. Methods: Valve-related events and overall…”
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Cavo-Atrial Tumor Resection Under Total Circulatory Arrest Without a Sternotomy
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-2006)“…Surgical management of intracardiac tumors arising in the inferior vena cava often requires total circulatory arrest for safe and adequate resection. Total…”
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Off-pump coronary surgery: Effect on early mortality and stroke
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-08-2002)“…Background: Avoiding cardiopulmonary bypass in coronary artery bypass grafting is thought to reduce early mortality and morbidity. Methods: We used our…”
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Biventricular Support in Patients with Profound Cardiogenic Shock: A Single Center Experience
Published in ASAIO journal (1992) (01-07-2003)“…Options for managing heart failure patients with cardiogenic shock refractory to inotropic and intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) therapy are limited…”
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Transesophageal echocardiographic identification of an abdominal aortic pseudoaneurysm complemented by a transpulmonary echo contrast agent
Published in The American journal of cardiology (15-07-1999)“…Pseudoaneurysm of the abdominal aorta, a rare complication after traumatic injuries, represents a diagnostic challenge for which sophisticated imaging…”
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Total circulatory arrest for the replacement of the descending and thoracoabdominal aorta
Published in Archives of surgery (Chicago. 1960) (01-04-2005)“…Hypothermic total circulatory arrest (TCA) in the resection and replacement of the thoracoabdominal and descending thoracic aorta is safe, will significantly…”
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Coronary revascularization alone or with mitral valve repair: outcomes in patients with moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation
Published in Texas Heart Institute journal (2009)“…We sought to evaluate retrospectively the outcomes of patients at our hospital who had moderate ischemic mitral regurgitation and who underwent coronary artery…”
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Radial artery harvesting for coronary bypass operations: Neurologic complications and their potential mechanisms
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-05-2001)“…Objectives: We sought to determine the incidence of self-reported neurologic hand complications after radial artery harvest for coronary artery bypass…”
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Cold ischemic injury and donor-recipient MHC disparity significantly increase post-transplant cardiac graft coronary arteriosclerosis
Published in Journal of the American College of Surgeons (01-09-2004)“…Introduction: The effects of cold ischemic preservation and degree of donor-recipient histoincompatibility on graft coronary arteriosclerosis(GCA)were examined…”
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Effect of capacitor size and pathway resistance on defibrillation threshold for implantable defibrillators
Published in Circulation (New York, N.Y.) (01-10-1994)“…The time constant of truncated exponential pulses used with implantable defibrillators is determined by the output capacitor size and defibrillation pathway…”
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Clinical experience with one hundred consecutive patients undergoing orthotopic heart transplantation with bicaval and pulmonary venous anastomoses
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-12-1996)“…Objective: Our objective was to assess survival, need for pacemaker insertion, and rejection frequency with a new surgical technique of orthotopic heart…”
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Transesophageal echocardiographic evaluation of perioperative systolic murmur in aortic pathology
Published in Reviews in cardiovascular medicine (2003)“…Development of a new systolic murmur in patients following a Bental procedure with a prosthetic or homograft aortic valve usually indicates an aortic…”
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