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Advances in Surgery for Congenital Tracheal Stenosis

If the length of stenotic segment is short, segmental resection and end-to-end anastomosis can be performed, with high success rates.3-6 However,...

Benefits of Nanotechnology in Cardiovascular Surgery - A Review of Potential Applications

Nanostructures display unique mechanical, electrical, chemical, and optical properties. Understanding and controlling such properties is challenging,...

Beta-blockers and Non-cardiac Surgery - What is the Current State of the Evidence?

The utility of beta blockers in the peri-operative period has been of interest to clinicians and investigators for almost three decades. Numerous...

Biochemical Markers in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery

Cardiac surgery is associated with a significant risk of morbidity and mortality. In the UK, over 30,000 patients per year undergo cardiac surgery,...

Bone Marrow Stem Cell Treatment for Myocardial Regeneration

In the setting of acute MI, several studies have shown a functional benefit of intracoronary infusion of bone marrow cells compared with the standard...

Can Stem Cell Transplantation Mend a Broken Heart?

The concept underlying cell therapy is that cells removed from a different part of the body can be transplanted into diseased tissue to restore...

Cardiovascular Surgery with Eyes Wide Open

In this case, the Latin saying ‘nemo prophoeta in patria’ (no-one is a prophet in his/her own country) might be appropriate. In the...

Cellular Signal Transduction Pathways for Anesthetic-induced Cardioprotection

Certain pharmacological agents can mimic IPC. Experimental and clinical data indicate that volatile anesthetics may precondition the myocardium...

Coronary Artery Bypass - Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery on the Beating Heart in Risk Patients

Consequently, there has been a growing interest in safer alternatives to CCAB, including off-pump beating heart bypass surgery (OPCAB, see Figure 1)....

Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery on the Beating Heart in Risk Patients

Patients with Severely Reduced Left Ventricular FunctionPatients with pre-operatively reduced left ventricular (LV) function are at higher risk of...

Developments in Cardiovascular Medicine and Surgery

Cardiovascular MedicineThough still in their early stages, several emerging therapies offer exceptional promise for revolutionizing the practice of...

Developments in Total Arterial Myocardial Revascularisation

However, it soon became apparent that vein grafts in the majority of patients have limited longevity.2,3 The internal mammary artery (IMA) soon...

Ischemic Congestive Heart Failure, a Realistic Approach, Magnetic Resonance Assessment and Surgical Enhancement of the Scarred Wall

The LV Wall After InfarctThe infarcted area is first necrotic, then fibrotic and finally calcified. However, since standardisation of the treatment...

Management of Stable Angina - Drugs , Stents and Devices for Coronary Bypass Surgery

The endothelium overlying the lesions is dysfunctional and is responsible for paradoxical constriction of the stenotic site during exercise,...

Microwave Ablation - A New Use for an Old Technology

Besides being a costly arrhythmia, AF is also extremely troubling to patients and their physicians. Most people experience symptoms ranging from a...

News Round Up from AHA Scientific Sessions 2008 - November 10th

Implantable Defibrillators, Pacemakers Affected By MP3 Headphones10 Nov 2008Headphones for MP3 players placed within an inch of pacemakers and...

Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy

Many practicing physicians believe that pulmonary hypertension due to thromboembolic disease is an uncommon condition. However, its incidence is...

Reducing the Risk of Stroke in Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery

Not all central nervous system (CNS) events associated with CABG surgery are strokes. One can argue at some length about what is and is not a...

Stem Cell Selection - Ischaemic Heart Disease - Alternative Treatment Options

Despite the success of current medical and surgical management of ischaemic heart disease, a growing number of patients have diffuse obstructive...