Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery 
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This is an RSS file. You can use it to subscribe to this data in your favourite RSS reader or to display this data on your own website or blog.Selenium, Vitamin C and N-Acetylcysteine do
not Reduce the Risk of Acute Kidney Injury after
Off-Pump CABG: a Randomized Clinical Trial
(Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery)
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - May 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Aortic Valve Replacement with a Conventional
Stented Bioprosthesis < i > versus < /i > Sutureless
Bioprosthesis: a Study of 763 Patients
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Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - May 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Effect of Ischemic Postconditioning and
Atorvastatin in the Prevention of Remote Lung
Reperfusion Injury
(Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery)
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - May 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
The 16 < sup > th < /sup > Congress of the Latin Society of
Cardiology and Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery,
held in Brazil: an inside out analysis
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Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - May 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
The “Rebirth” of the Right Anterolateral
Thoracotomy Approach in Cardiac Surgery
(Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery)
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - May 19, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Symptomatic Aortic Paravalvular Leak: Percutaneous Treatment with
Amplatzer Vascular Plug III Device as an Alternative to Surgery
A significant prosthetic paravalvular leak is an uncommon
and severe postsurgical complication correlated to the occurrence
of congestive heart failure and hemolytic anemia. Percutaneous
treatment has become an attractive and effective proposal to
relieve symptoms and reduce complications in patients whose
high rate of morbidity/mortality precludes a new surgery.
This is the case of an 81-year-old patient with a history of
biological aortic valve replacement seeking medical help due to
heart failure and hemolytic anemia, with a prosthetic paravalvular
regurgitation jet and high surgical mortality according to
Euro...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
A Rare Cause of Abdominal Pain in Childhood: Cardiac
Angiosarcoma
Cardiac angiosarcomas are extremely rare in childhood, they
are rapidly progressive tumours that often present themselves
as diagnostic dilemmas, resulting in delayed diagnosis. Also,
extracardiac manifestations, including abdominal pain, are
extremely rare in patients with intracardiac tumors. We herein
present the case of a 15-year-old girl who presented with
abdominal pain. Echocardiography and thoracic computed
tomography showed right atrial mass. The patient underwent
surgery, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. Eight months after
treatment, abdominal recurrence was detected. The abdominal
mass was resected, and...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
The Role of Heart Team Approach in Penetrating Cardiac Trauma: Case
Report and Review of the Literature
Penetrating cardiac trauma has been increasing in clinical
experience and is joined to important morbidity and mortality. A
case of a 38-year-old female with history of postpartum depression
was reported, admitted to our department for cardiac tamponade
due to penetrating self-inflicted multiple stab wound of the chest
complicated by rupture of anterior left ventricular wall and traumatic
ventricular septal defect. Following the unstable hemodynamic
instability, a combined therapeutic strategy was chosen: surgery
and transcatheter implantation to correct free wall ventricle damage
and traumatic ventricular septal ...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Closure of Patent Foramen Ovale
Objective: We aimed to determine whether patent foramen ovale closure reduces the risk
of stroke, also assessing some safety outcomes.Introduction: The clinical benefit of closing a patent foramen ovale after a cryptogenic
stroke has been an open question for several decades, so that it is
necessary to review the current state of published medical data in this
regard.Methods: MEDLINE, EMBASE, CENTRAL/CCTR, SciELO, LI-LACS, Google Scholar and reference
lists of relevant articles were searched for randomized controlled trials
that reported any of the following outcomes: stroke, death...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Chronic Chagas Cardiomyopathy Patients and Resynchronization Therapy:
a Survival Analysis
Introduction: Chagas disease represents an important health problem with socioeconomic
impacts in many Latin-American countries. It is estimated that 20% to 30% of
the people infected by Trypanosoma cruzi will develop
chronic Chagas cardiomyopathy (CCC), which is generally accompanied by heart
failure (HF). Cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) may be indicated for
patients with HF and electromechanical dysfunctions.Objective: The primary endpoint of this study was to analyze the response to CRT in
patients with CCC, while the secondary endpoint was to estimate the survival
...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Evaluation of the Effects of Atorvastatin and Ischemic
Postconditioning Preventing on the Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury: Experimental
Study in Rats
Introduction: Reperfusion injury leads to systemic morphological and functional
pathological alterations. Some techniques are already estabilished to
attenuate the damage induced by reperfusion. Ischemic preconditioning is one
of the standard procedures. In the last 20 years, several experimental
trials demonstrated that the ischemic postconditioning presents similar
effectiveness. Recently experimental trials demonstrated that statins could
be used as pharmacological preconditioning.Methods: 41 Wistar rats (Rattus norvegicus albinus) were distributed
in 5 groups: Ischemia a...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Hemolysis and Inflammatory Response to Extracorporeal Circulation
during On-Pump CABG: Comparison between Roller and Centrifugal Pump
Systems
Objective: To compare the perioperative incidence rates of hemolysis and inflammatory
response in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting with the two
main types of cardiopulmonary bypass, centrifugal and roller pumps, and
establish correlations among hemolytic and inflammatory changes.Methods: This was a prospective, randomized trial of 60 patients assigned to either
roller pump (G1, n=30) or centrifugal pump (G2, n=30) bypass. Markers of
hemolysis (serum haptoglobin, lactate dehydrogenase [LDH]) and inflammation
(interleukin [IL]1 ß, IL-6, and TNF-α) were measured a...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
Postoperative Bleeding Following Preoperative Clopidogrel
Administration in Patients with Haemoglobin Level Above 110 g/L Undergoing
Urgent CABG
Introduction: Patients with acute coronary syndrome usually receive dual antiplatelet
therapy (DAPT) (usually clopidogrel + aspirin) prior to coronary
catheterization, and approximately 10% of these patients require coronary
artery bypass grafting (CABG). DAPT has favorable effects on prevention of
thrombus formation, but it can have deleterious effects on surgical
hemostasis. Anaemia, if present, gives additional risk to such patients. The
aim of this study was to examine if DAPT affects postoperative bleeding in
patients with haemoglobin levels above 110 g/L, who underwent...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
The Frequency of Infective Endocarditis in < i > Candida < /i > Bloodstream Infections: a Retrospective
Study in a Child Hospital
In this study, the incidence of infective endocarditis in
Candida bloodstream infections in a tertiary hospital
during the periods of 2007 and 2016 was reviewed.Methods: Patients with positive blood or catheter cultures in terms of Candida
spp. during the study period of January 2007 and January 2016
were analyzed in terms of Candida infective endocarditis.
Infective endocarditis was defined according to the modified Duke criteria.
Th ... (Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery)
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
CABG and Preoperative use of Beta-Blockers in Patients with Stable
Angina are Associated with Better Cardiovascular Survival
Objective: In contrast to unstable angina, optimal therapy in patients with stable
angina is debated. Our aim was to evaluate the outcomes of patients with
stable angina scheduled for isolated coronary artery bypass grafts and the
effect of preoperative use of beta-blockers. Overall and cardiovascular
survivals were our primary outcome. Operative mortality and postoperative
complications along with subgroup analysis of diabetic patients were our
secondary outcomes.Methods: Retrospective evaluation of patients with stable angina scheduled for
isolated coronary artery bypass g...
Source: Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - March 20, 2018 Category: Cardiology Source Type: research
