conclusions our study demonstrated the efficacy of rfviia in controlling postoperative bleeding in redo cardiac valve surgeries regarding subsequent blood loss and transfusion requirement; however, outcome results remains to be defined. results study groups showed no difference regarding baseline variables. three patients in rfviia group (16.67%) and 13 in placebo group (72.23%) received blood ...

BACKGROUND Cardiac perforation is a recognized complication of catheter ablation procedures, most commonly encountered during ablation of atrial fibrillation. The study aims to investigate the incidence, management, and hospital outcomes of cardiac perforation complicating catheter ablation for ventricular arrhythmias. METHODS AND RESULTS Consecutive patients undergoing catheter ablation for ...

Introduction Robotic-assisted surgery is increasingly being used in various surgical specialities to decrease blood loss, surgical stress and to improve cosmesis. Over past two decades it has become popular in cardiac surgery as well. Various cardiac surgical procedures like valve surgery, coronary artery surgery and congenital repair procedures can be done with robotic help. Anaesthetic manage...

This study briefly reviews the heart abnormalities in diverse intracranial pathologies, including strokes, spontaneous and traumatic subarachnoid hemorrhage and intracranial hemorrhage, and presents the results of a one-year prospective study of heart abnormalities in patients with moderate to severe head injuries and subarachnoid hemorrhage. Different abnormalities such as: QT -interval, T...

Background: Vaginal aplasia is a rare congenital anomaly with different surgical techniques suggested for vaginal reconstruction.McIndoe vaginoplasty is an easy one of these surgical methods with a low morbidity rate, but its long-term results need to be further investigated. Therefore, the female genital anatomy and sexual function was examined afte...

PREAMBLE Our mission was to develop evidence-based guidelines for the prevention and treatment of perioperative/postoperative atrial fibrillation and flutter (POAF) for thoracic surgical procedures. Sixteen experts were invited by the American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) leadership: 7 cardiologists and electrophysiology specialists, 3 intensivists/ anesthesiologists, 1 clinical phar...

Our cardiac surgical program performs 1,200 cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedures annually with approximately 100120 [50% of patients who present with atrial fibrillation (AF)] of these patients undergoing an AF surgical ablation (SA) procedure concomitant to their cardiac surgical operation. Furthermore, we also perform stand-alone surgical ablation for AF as an isolated procedure for patien...

Cardiovascular surgical procedures/history/trends. The cardiovascular surgery was and has been intensely scrutinized and evaluated. Cardiac surgeons have, in turn, consistently directed the efforts in collecting, analyzing and applying the surgical results in order to improve quality and reassess conducts and procedures1. In this context, the Brazilian cardiac surgery is one of the most respect...

The incidence of ischemic heart disease (IHD) is increasing worldwide. number patients with IHD or without interventions coming for non-cardiac surgical procedures are increasing. These have an increased risk myocardial ischemia, infarction (MI), conduction disturbances, morbidity, and mortality during the peri-operative period.