Furqan Raheel

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April 27, 2021 | Furqan Raheel

There are several reported cases that have showed that COVID-19 is a highly thrombogenic disease. The release of cytokines during cardiopulmonary bypass plus COVID 19 related thrombogenic factors can trigger life-threatening thromboembolic events as we...

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January 26, 2021 | Furqan Raheel

Patient Selection Constrictive pericarditis results from a stiff pericardium that prevents adequate diastolic filling and can cause diastolic heart failure. The normal thickness of the pericardial is found in up...

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October 27, 2020 | Furqan Raheel

Patient Selection The standard method of treatment for an ascending aorta aneurysm is replacement with the Dacron tube graft. However, some surgeons use alternative techniques in selected cases for dilated...

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October 6, 2020 | Furqan Raheel

Introduction Since Shoemaker first performed midline sternotomy in an elective cardiac operation in 1953, midline sternotomy has become the most common approach for most cardiac surgical operations, as this is...

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August 5, 2020 | Furqan Raheel

The first aortic arch surgery was performed in 1957 as a resection of fusiform aneurysm of aortic arch with replacement by homograft (1). However, during the last 63 years, there...