1. Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Physician Assistant, Division of Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart Institute of the Medical School Clinical Hospital, University of São Paulo (INCOR-HCFMUSP), Sao Paulo , SP, Brazil. 2. Department of Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery of the Brazilian Society of Cardiovascular Surgery, Director of Pe...

1. Resident surgeon – MEC; Cardiovascular surgeon 2. PhD in surgery; cardiovascular surgeon, Coordinator of medical residence in cardiovascular surgery of Hospital das Clínicas da UFMG. 3. Full member of BSCVS, ex-professor of UFMG, Head of the Cardiovascular Surgery Services of Hospital Felício Rocho and Hospital das Clínicas of UFMG. 4. PhD in medicine, Professor of UFMG, Head of the Cardiolo...

Methods In emergency situation, preoperative patient work-up for cardio-vascular surgery is quite different from the elective setting. Since 03/2000 till 01/2012 we have analyzed a consecutive series of 12 172 cases out of which 2214 underwent emergency procedures (18.19%). The most frequent problems requiring urgent intervention were thoracic aortic aneurysms (448 cases; 20.24%); coronary arte...

Hybrid stage I palliation combines cardiothoracic surgery and interventional transcatheter procedures for treatment of hypoplastic left heart syndrome. The approach is an alternative to the Norwood procedure, the traditional first stage of surgical palliation. Hybrid stage I palliation involves placing bilateral branch pulmonary artery bands and a patent ductus arteriosus stent through a median...

719 Cardiac Surgery is a tremendously important therapeutic modality in advanced cardiac care. To this day, the long-term vital and functional outcomes of common cardiac surgical operations—whether congenital, coronary, valvular, heart failure, or aortic procedures—remain largely unmatched by nonsurgical approaches. Furthermore, cardiac surgical translational investigators repeatedly contribute...

Background: The efficacy of gelatin-thrombin matrix sealants (Floseal®) for hemostasis has been well described in the field cardiovascular surgery, but data supporting its safety and liver surgery remains lacking.

Corresponding author: Assoc. Prof. Cenk Eray Yildiz Department of Cardiovascular Surgery Institute of Cardiology Istanbul University Haseki Cad. No: 29/31, 34304 Fatih Istanbul, Turkey Phone: +90 212 459 2000, +90 532 383 8804 Fax: +90 212 459 2069 E-mail: [email protected] 1 Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Institute of Cardiology, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey 2 Department of ...