Explaining Racial Disparities in Outcomes After Cardiac Surgery: The Role of Hospital Quality
Racial disparities in mortality rates after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery are well established.
A Common Angiotensin-Converting Enzyme (ACE) Polymorphism and Preoperative ACE Inhibition Modify Risk of Tachyarrhythmias After Congenital Heart Surgery
An understanding of genotype variation may play an important role in the perioperative management of congenital heart surgery.
Cardiac Surgery during Pregnancy: Continuous Fetal Monitoring using Umbilical Artery Doppler Flow Velocity Indices
We report continuous monitoring of fetal heart rate and umbilical artery flow-velocity waveforms
Comparison of Graft Patency Between Off-Pump and On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: An Updated Meta-Analysis
The current study is a meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials that compared the graft patency between OPCAB and ONCAB.
Outcome Characteristics of Multiple-Valve Surgery: Comparison With Single-Valve Procedures.
Despite similarities in preoperative profiles of the patients undergoing single-valve and MUV procedures, mortality for MUV surgery remains considerably higher.
Vasopressin Induces Rectosigmoidal Mucosal Ischemia during Cardiopulmonary Bypass
The aim of this study was to analyze whether CPB with or without additional vasopressin administration affects the rectosigmoidal mucosal microcirculation
Perioperative Levels of Tumor Necrosis Factor-α Correlate With Outcomes in Children and Adults With Tetralogy of Fallot Undergoing Corrective Surgery
We demonstrated a rise in serum TNF-α levels in patients with TOF
Initial Experience with Single-Vessel Cannulation for Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Pediatric Respiratory Failure
Herein, we report our institutional experience using a bicaval dual-lumen catheter for pediatric venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support,