Filmed at the EACTS 2014 Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, Marko Turina and Sahin Senay discuss two robotic cardiac procedures.
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Cardiac
February 25, 2015
February 24, 2015
This study evaluated potential safety concerns of using NSAIDS in combination with antithrombotic agents 30 days or more after MI. The population studied was comprised of nearly 62,000 Danish patients. Use of NSAIDs at any time doubled the risk of a bleeding episode and increased the risk of a major cardiovascular event by 40%. The NSAIDs risks we
February 24, 2015
This is an excellent summary of the pros and cons of LAA occlusion for stroke prevention in non valvular AF.
February 24, 2015
Resently confronted with the problem of plasma leakage out of the gas exhaust port of the oxygenator, necessesatatting changing of the oxygenator several times in 48 hours. We noted that the the plasma in the discarded oxygenator that had seperated was milky white in color and we checked for hyperlipidemia which was affirmed.
February 23, 2015
This video demonstrates the adaptation of a Dacron band into an aortic valve annuloplasty ring.
February 22, 2015
This manuscript reports on data from the UK registry from 2007 to 2012 including 3980 TAVI procedures and a 6 year follow up. The authors carry out a good analysis of trends, risk factors for mortality and results. They found little change in the characteristics of patients treated in the UK by TAVI from 2007 to 2012.
February 21, 2015
The meta-analysis by Kowalewski et al found that implantable gentamicin collagen sponges significantly reduced the incidence of sternal wound infections by nearly 40%.
February 21, 2015
Beautiful video. The background music is also beautiful, but I think something with more of a beat would have been appropriate.
February 19, 2015
Federico Benetti shares two pieces of cardiac surgery history: videos of the first MIDCAB and the first ambulatory coronary surgery performed.
February 17, 2015
Filmed at the 2014 EACTS Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, this video features Marko Turina and James Tatoulis discussing total arterial coronary revascularization.