Browsing by Publisher "Asia Publishing Exchange Pte Ltd"
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Acute gastrointestinal complications after open heart surgery
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Publisher and Date:(Asia Publishing Exchange Pte Ltd, 2000)Retrospective analysis revealed that 24 of 4401 adult patients (0.5%) developed severe gastrointestinal complications after open heart surgery during a 3-year period from January 1995. There were 4 women (17%) and 20 men (83%). Mean age was 61.7 ± 2.02 years. Gastrointestinal bleeding (33.3%) mesenteric ischemia (20.8%) pancreatitis (20.8%) hepatic dysfunction (16.7%) and cholecystitis (16.7%) were the most common complications. Mortality was 41.7% (10 patients). During the same period mortality ...
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Effects of intravenous triiodothyronine during coronary artery bypass surgery
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Publisher and Date:(Asia Publishing Exchange Pte Ltd, 2002)A prospective randomized and double-blind study was performed to evaluate whether perioperative triiodothyronine administration has any effect on cardiovascular performance after coronary artery bypass surgery. Sixty patients were assigned to 2 groups of 30 each. When crossclamping ended group A received an intravenous bolus of triiodothyronine followed by infusion for 6 hours. Group B received a placebo. Serum triiodothyronine levels and hemodynamic parameters were serially measured. Mean ...
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The use of autologous pericardium for complicated mitral valve annulus
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Publisher and Date:(Asia Publishing Exchange Pte Ltd, 2004)The study aims to discuss annular repair using the autologous pericardial patch in cases with severe mitral ring calcification and endocarditis during mitral valve replacement. In the study annular reconstruction was applied during mitral valve replacement to 8 patients who had extensive annular calcification or annular destruction due to endocarditis. After annular resection a two-centimeter wide autologous pericardial patch was sutured continuously to the left ventricular wall close to the ...
