This study describes the development and validation of a risk score for post-operative mortality in patients undergoing surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR). The study included data on 525 patients who underwent SVR at a single institution since 2001. Most patients (93%) had cocomitant CABG and 27% of patients had concomitant mitral surgery.
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Myocardial Infarction
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
January 19, 2015
This video demonstrates a patch repair on a 62-year-old male patient with situs inversus.
December 3, 2014
This study determined the relationship of pre-hospital use of epinephrine during resuscitation to survival in patients who experienced return of spontaneous circulation after out of hospital cardiac arrest. 73% received epinephrine, and 17% of those patients experienced a good outcome (discharged alive with good neurologic status).
August 7, 2011
By C. L. Athanasuleas, MD and G. D. Buckberg, MD