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Single Wire Versus Double Wire Loops for Median Sternotomy Closure: Experimental Biomechanical Study Using a Human Cadaveric Model (pdf)

Healing of median sternotomy requires reliable sternal fixation. Although both single and double wire kits are commercially available, no experimental study has compared the two closures in a human cadaveric model. We used a recently described human experimental cadaveric ...
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Permanent Chronic Atrial Fibrillation: Is Pulmonary Vein Isolation Alone Enough? (pdf)

The efficacy of mere pulmonary vein isolation epicardially for the treatment of permanent chronic atrial fibrillation, in comparison with the left atrial endocardial maze procedure was evaluated. Methods. Retrospective data collection and analysis ...
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Evaluation of Outcome Scoring Systems for Patients on Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation (pdf)

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) has been used in critical conditions such as life-threatening respiratory failure or postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock. This investigation compares ...
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Aortic Valve Replacement With Mitral Valve Repair Compared With Combined Aortic and Mitral Valve Replacement (pdf)

Double valve replacement is associated with reduced long-term survival. This study investigates aortic valve replacement with mitral valve repair as an alternative to double valve replacement ...
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Aortic root enlargement: What are the operative risks? (pdf)

Despite concern that small aortic valve prostheses can lead to prosthesis—patient mismatch with diminished left ventricular mass regression and poor longterm outcome after aortic valve ...
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Mitral annulus calcification: determinants of repair feasibility, early and late surgical outcome (pdf)

The aim of this study was to determine the factors influencing the feasibility of valve repair and the surgical outcome in patients with mitral annulus calcification. Methods: In 124 patients with mitral annulus calcification undergoing ...
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Emergency repair of traumatic aortic rupture: Endovascular versus conventional open repair (pdf)

Our objective was to compare early results of endovascular stenting for traumatic aortic rupture with conventional open repair ...
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