Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery

Jul 10, 2016 by in CARDIAC SURGERY Comments Off on Echocardiography in Cardiac Surgery

, Zivile Valuckiene and Petros Nihoyannopoulos (1) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK   Introduction Echocardiography is a widely used non-invasive imaging modality which provides…

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Mitral Valve Surgery

Jul 10, 2016 by in CARDIAC SURGERY Comments Off on Mitral Valve Surgery

and K. M. John Chan (1) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK   Introduction In Western developed countries, mitral valve surgery usually involves degenerative or Barlow’s…

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Basic Setup in Cardiac Surgery

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and K. M. John Chan (1) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK   Introduction Conventional cardiac surgery is usually carried out through a median sternotomy. This…

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Tricuspid Valve Surgery

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and K. M. John Chan (1) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK   Introduction Surgery on the tricuspid valve generally involves functional tricuspid regurgitation secondary to…

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Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Jul 10, 2016 by in CARDIAC SURGERY Comments Off on Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

and K. M. John Chan (1) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK   Introduction When performing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), several decisions need to be…

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Cardiac Tumours

Jul 10, 2016 by in CARDIAC SURGERY Comments Off on Cardiac Tumours

and K. M. John Chan (1) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK   Introduction Atrial myxomas are the most common cardiac tumours in adults. They are…

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Ascending Aorta and Aortic Root Surgery

Jul 10, 2016 by in CARDIAC SURGERY Comments Off on Ascending Aorta and Aortic Root Surgery

, Kok Meng John Chan and John R. Pepper (1) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK   Introduction Surgery on the ascending aorta and aortic root is indicated…

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Aortic Valve Surgery

Jul 10, 2016 by in CARDIAC SURGERY Comments Off on Aortic Valve Surgery

and K. M. John Chan (1) Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery Hammersmith Hospital, Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust, London, UK   Introduction The most common indication for aortic valve replacement in the Western world…

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