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Open Versus Tunneling Radial Artery Harvest for Coronary Artery Grafting
(2010)
P>We present a less traumatic surgical technique for harvesting the radial artery as a coronary artery bypass graft that does not require any special equipment or skills. We prospectively randomized 40 patients undergoing ...
Successful management of Brucella mellitensis endocarditis with combined medical and surgical approach
(2001)
Objectives: Brucella endocarditis is an underdiagnosed complication of human brucellosis, associated with high morbidity and mortality. We report the successful management of a number of casts of Brucella mellitensis ...
Cardiac Surgery in Dialysis-Dependent Patients: Impact of Gender on Early Outcome in Single-Center Experience with 204 Consecutive Cases
(2013)
Background This study evaluates the impact of gender in dialysis-dependent patients undergoing cardiac surgery. Methods We retrospectively identified 204 dialysis-dependent patients (68.6% male, aged 66.6 +/- 9.9 years) ...
"Directed" Cardioplegia: A New Approach in Myocardial Protection in Left Main Coronary Artery Disease
(2008)
Directed cardioplegia" is a novel approach in myocardial protection in which a certain volume of cardioplegic solution is diverted into a severely diseased coronary artery after surgical occlusion of the other main branches ...
Association of plaque echostructure and cardiovascular risk factors with symptomatic carotid artery disease
(2010)
Aim. Severity of stenosis remains the main factor for assessing risk of stroke in patients with internal carotid artery (ICA) disease. This study was conducted to investigate the association of plaque echostructure and ...