Nutrition
Association of body mass index and all-cause mortality in patients after cardiac surgery: A dose-response meta-analysis.
Liu X, Xie L, Zhu W, Zhou Y
Ample studies have reported the effect of body mass index (BMI) on the prognosis of patients undergoing cardiac surgery, but the results remain incons ...
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Source: PubMed
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2019 Oct 10
Predictors of new persistent opioid use after coronary artery bypass grafting.
Clement KC, Canner JK, Lawton JS, Whitman GJR, Grant MC, Sussman MS
Deaths from prescription opioid overdose have quadrupled in the past 15 years, and no studies have evaluated appropriate opioid prescribing after card ...
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Source: PubMed
Rev Port Cir Cardiotorac Vasc
Takayasu's Arteritis and Cardiac Surgery: an Anaesthetic Challenge.
Neves P, Lareiro N, Lima F
Takayasu's arteritis (TA) is a rare inflammatory vascular disease, which causes a chronic progressive pan-endarteritis involving the aorta and its mai ...
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Source: PubMed
Crit Care Nurse
Cardiac Surgery: Beyond Conventional Sternotomy With Cardiopulmonary Bypass.
Wahl S
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery options, which originated with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and aortic valve procedures, continue to ev ...
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Source: PubMed
J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. 2019 Dec 20
Priorities in coronary artery bypass grafting: Is midterm survival more dependent on completeness of revascularization or multiple arterial grafts?
Rosenblum JM, Binongo J, Wei J, Liu Y, Leshnower BG, Chen EP, Miller JS, Macheers SK, Lattouf OM, Guyton RA, Thourani VH, Halkos ME, Keeling WB
Both completeness of revascularization and multiple arterial grafts (multiple arterial coronary artery bypass grafting) have been associated with incr ...
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Source: PubMed
