Search Results - "TCHERVENKOV, Christo I"
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Contemporary Patterns of Management of Tetralogy of Fallot: Data From The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-09-2010)“…Background The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database was queried to ascertain current trends in management of tetralogy of Fallot (TOF) and to determine the…”
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A small post-operative rise in serum creatinine predicts acute kidney injury in children undergoing cardiac surgery
Published in Kidney international (01-10-2009)“…To predict development of acute kidney injury and its outcome we retrospectively studied children having cardiac surgery. Acute kidney injury (AKI) was defined…”
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Variation in Outcomes for Benchmark Operations: An Analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-12-2011)“…Background We evaluated outcomes for common operations in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database (STS-CHSDB) to provide…”
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Is a hybrid strategy a lower-risk alternative to stage 1 Norwood operation?
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-01-2017)“…Abstract Background For neonates with critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction (LVOTO), hybrid procedures are an alternative to the Norwood stage 1…”
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Variation in Outcomes for Risk-Stratified Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Operations: An Analysis of the STS Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-08-2012)“…Background We evaluated outcomes for groups of risk-stratified operations in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database to provide…”
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Report of the 2015 Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Practice Survey
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-02-2017)“…Background The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Workforce on Congenital Heart Surgery (CHS) undertook a third subspecialty Practice Survey (2005, 2010, 2015) to…”
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Association of Pulmonary Conduit Type and Size With Durability in Infants and Young Children
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-11-2013)“…Background Treatment of congenital heart disease may include placement of a right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit that requires future surgical…”
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What is Operative Mortality? Defining Death in a Surgical Registry Database: A Report of the STS Congenital Database Taskforce and the Joint EACTS-STS Congenital Database Committee
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-05-2006)“…The most concrete and universal outcome measure used in databases, whether governmental, professional society, research, or third-party payer, is operative…”
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Critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction: The disproportionate impact of biventricular repair in borderline cases
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-12-2007)“…Objective In critical left ventricular outflow tract obstruction, the common perception that biventricular physiology is superior to univentricular physiology…”
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The nomenclature, definition and classification of cardiac structures in the setting of heterotaxy
Published in Cardiology in the young (01-09-2007)“…In 2000, The International Nomenclature Committee for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Disease was established. This committee eventually evolved into the…”
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Accuracy of the Aristotle Basic Complexity Score for Classifying the Mortality and Morbidity Potential of Congenital Heart Surgery Operations
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-12-2007)“…Background The Aristotle Basic Complexity Score (ABC score) was derived by consensus of an international surgeon panel to facilitate assessment of surgical…”
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Biventricular strategies for neonatal critical aortic stenosis: High mortality associated with early reintervention
Published in The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery (01-08-2012)“…Objective To characterize the risk of reintervention after biventricular strategies to treat neonatal critical aortic stenosis, and the effect of…”
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Congenital Heart Surgery Nomenclature and Database Project: pulmonary atresia—ventricular septal defect
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-03-2000)“…Pulmonary atresia (PA) and ventricular septal defect (VSD) is a complex and extremely heterogeneous cardiopulmonary malformation that has not been accurately…”
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Current Status of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery and The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-12-2005)“…After utilizing separate congenital databases in the early 1990s, the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic…”
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What is Operative Morbidity? Defining Complications in a Surgical Registry Database
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Congenital Heart Surgery Databases Around the World: Do We Need a Global Database?
Published in Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual (2010)“…The question posed in the title of this article is: “Congenital Heart Surgery Databases Around the World: Do We Need a Global Database?” The answer to this…”
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Extent, Risk Factors, and Outcome of Fluid Overload After Pediatric Heart Surgery
Published in Critical care medicine (01-12-2014)“…OBJECTIVES:Fluid overload is associated with poor PICU outcomes in different populations. Little is known about fluid overload in children undergoing cardiac…”
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The Challenge of Congenital Heart Disease Worldwide: Epidemiologic and Demographic Facts
Published in Seminars in thoracic and cardiovascular surgery. Pediatric cardiac surgery annual (2010)“…Congenital heart disease (CHD) afflicts a large number of children every year. The incidence of CHD is generally considered to be 8 per 1,000 live births…”
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Cost of Cardiac Surgery in Frail Compared With Nonfrail Older Adults
Published in Canadian journal of cardiology (01-08-2017)“…Frailty is a risk factor for mortality, morbidity, and prolonged length of stay after cardiac surgery, all of which are major drivers of hospitalization costs…”
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Berlin Heart Ventricular Assist Device in a Child With Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome
Published in The Annals of thoracic surgery (01-03-2007)“…We report the implantation of a Berlin Heart ventricular assist device (VAD) in a 4-year-old boy with hypoplastic left heart syndrome previously palliated with…”
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