Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Endocarditis

Dec 25, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Surgical Treatment of Aortic Valve Endocarditis

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The most common heart valve affected by infective endocarditis (IE) is the aortic valve. Fortunately, significant progress has been made in our understanding and management of…

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Immunobiology of Heart and Lung Transplantation

Dec 25, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Immunobiology of Heart and Lung Transplantation

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen For over 40 years, cardiac and lung transplantation have achieved remarkable one-year patient survivals beyond 90% and conditional half-lives of 13 and 7.9 years, respectively.1 While…

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Heart Transplantation

Dec 25, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Heart Transplantation

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The number of patients with heart failure is growing. End-stage heart failure is associated with significant morbidity, need for recurrent hospitalizations, decrease in quality of life,…

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Pericardial Disease

Dec 25, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Pericardial Disease

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The pericardium envelops the heart and portions of the great vessels as a protective capsule. When incised longitudinally and transversely along the diaphragm it can be…

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Ascending and Arch Aortic Aneurysms

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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The Greek physician Galen first described superficial false aneurysms arising from venesection in the antecubital fossa and in gladiators injured during battle in the second century…

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Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease

Dec 25, 2018 by in CARDIOLOGY Comments Off on Surgery for Adult Congenital Heart Disease

INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Adults with congenital heart disease now outnumber children with this malady. They constitute a growing population of survivors, with increasingly complex treatment requirements for their heart…

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Surgery for Atrial Fibrillation

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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Atrial fibrillation (AF) remains the most common arrhythmia in the world.1 It is associated with significant morbidity and mortality secondary to its detrimental sequelae: (1) palpitations…

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Tissue Engineering for Cardiac Valve Surgery

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INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Tissue engineering is a developing science, comprising elements of engineering and biology, whose aim is to build replacement tissues de novo, from individual cellular and structural…

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