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View article: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Cutting Through the Edges
Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Cutting Through the Edges Open
Medical management of atrial fibrillation can be complex, challenging and requiring time to prove its effectiveness; furthermore, the response can be refractory and inconsistent if the underlying pathology is not permanently addressed. Sur…
View article: Should Doctors Know Their Patients’ Attachment Style? A Psychological Perspective and its Impact on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
Should Doctors Know Their Patients’ Attachment Style? A Psychological Perspective and its Impact on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Open
Objective: To increase our understanding of the psychological attachment styles in order to develop a preventative strategy that could potentially improve patients’ perioperative outcomes. Methods: A comprehensive literature search was per…
View article: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Cutting Through the Edges
Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Cutting Through the Edges Open
Medical management of atrial fibrillation can be complex, challenging and requiring time to prove its effectiveness; furthermore, the response can be refractory and inconsistent if the underlying pathology is not permanently addressed. Sur…
View article: Should Doctors Know Their Patients’ Attachment Style? A Psychological Perspective and its Impact on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
Should Doctors Know Their Patients’ Attachment Style? A Psychological Perspective and its Impact on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Open
Since psychological distress affects long-term prognosis of cardiac surgery patients, it should be addressed during follow-up of cardiac arrest survivors due to cardiac cause.
View article: Should we screen patients undergoing thoracic surgery for aortic stenosis pre-operatively?
Should we screen patients undergoing thoracic surgery for aortic stenosis pre-operatively? Open
Aortic stenosis (AS) is the most prevalent valvular heart disease in the elderly. Depending on the severity of the disease, an intervention is required through either surgical or percutaneous approach. Presence of AS adds significant morbi…
View article: Innominate vs. Axillary Artery Cannulation in Aortic Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis
Innominate vs. Axillary Artery Cannulation in Aortic Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta- Analysis Open
There is no superiority of axillary over innominate artery cannulation in thoracic aortic surgery in terms of perioperative outcomes; however, as the studies were limited, larger scale comparative studies are required to provide a solid ev…
View article: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Cutting Through the Edges
Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Cutting Through the Edges Open
Medical management of atrial fibrillation can be complex, challenging and requiring time to prove its effectiveness; furthermore, the response can be refractory and inconsistent if the underlying pathology is not permanently addressed. Sur…
View article: Should Doctors Know Their Patients’ Attachment Style? A Psychological Perspective and its Impact on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes
Should Doctors Know Their Patients’ Attachment Style? A Psychological Perspective and its Impact on Cardiac Surgery Outcomes Open
Objective: To increase our understanding of the psychological attachment styles in order to develop a preventative strategy that could potentially improve patients’ perioperative outcomes. Methods: A comprehensive literature search was per…
View article: Innominate vs. Axillary Artery Cannulation in Aortic Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Innominate vs. Axillary Artery Cannulation in Aortic Surgery: a Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Open
Objective: To investigate whether axillary artery cannulation has supremacy over innominate artery cannulation in thoracic aortic surgery. Methods: A comprehensive search was undertaken among the four major databases (PubMed, Excerpta Medi…