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Sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension treatment after cardiac surgery
(2005-03-01)
Objective: To report on the use of sildenafil for pulmonary hypertension treatment of a newborn patient after cardiac surgery. Description: A female, full term newborn infant with diagnosis of double outlet right ventricle, ...
Off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery in selected patients is superior to the conventional approach for patients with severely depressed left ventricular function
(Faculdade de Medicina / USP, 2011-01-01)
OBJECTIVES: Patients with coronary artery disease and left ventricular dysfunction have high mortality when kept in clinical treatment. Coronary artery bypass grafting can improve survival and the quality of life. Recently, ...
Azul de metileno no tratamento da síndrome vasoplégica em cirurgia cardíaca. quinze anos de perguntas, respostas, dúvidas e certezas
(2009-07-01)
Objective: There is strong evidence that methylene blue (MB), an inhibitor of guanylate cyclase, is an excellent therapeutic option for vasoplegic syndrome (VS) treatment in heart surgery. The aim of this article is to ...
Nutritional assessment and surgical risk makers in children submitted to cardiac surgery
(Associação Paulista de Medicina - APM, 1995-02-01)
In order to assess the nutritional status of children with heart diseases and to evaluate nutritional parameters for predicting postoperative complications, 50 children undergoing to cardiac surgery and classified in high ...
Late outcome of right ventricular outflow tract repair using bicuspid pulmonary prosthesis in tetralogy of Fallot surgery repair: case report
(Soc Brasil Cirurgia Cardiovasc, 2009-10-01)
We present a case of a 19 year-old female patient, with tetralogy of Fallot and hypoplastic pulmonary ring. Diagnosis was performed by echocardiography and cardiac catheterization. The surgical repair was performed at the ...
MORTALITY IN ANESTHESIA: A SYSTEMATIC REVIEW
(Universidade de São Paulo (USP), Hospital das Clínicas, 2009-01-01)
This systematic review of the Brazilian and worldwide literature aims to evaluate the incidence and causes of perioperative and anesthesia-related mortality. Studies were identified by searching the Medline and Scielo ...
Plication of the free wall of the left ventricle in dogs with doxorubicin-induced cardiomyopathy
(2005-02-01)
Objective - To evaluate plication of the free wall of the left ventricle, which reduces the left ventricular area and volume, as a method to improve the left ventricular systolic function without cardiopulmonary bypass. ...
Myosin heavy chain expression and atrophy in rat skeletal muscle during transition from cardiac hypertrophy to heart failure
(Blackwell Publishing, 2003-08-01)
The purpose of this investigation was to determine whether changes in myosin heavy chain (MHC) expression and atrophy in rat skeletal muscle are observed during transition from cardiac hypertrophy to chronic heart failure ...
Complicações da cateterização arterial em crianças
(Associação Médica Brasileira, 2000-03-01)
The radial artery catheterization with the purpose of children's monitoring has been more and more used in Pediatric Intensive Care Units, and many times, is use is indispensable, like in cardiac surgery post-operative ...
Vasoplegic syndrome after off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery
(Elsevier B.V., 2003-02-01)
Objective: the vasoplegic syndrome (VS) has been implicated in life-threatening complications after open heart surgery, where the whole-body inflammatory reaction is attributed to the cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Off-pump ...