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Cardiac Guidelines

October 4, 2020
The authors are concerned about the 'deaths at home' having the greatest contribution to the excess of acute cardiovascular deaths in that period of the recent epidemic, AND LOCKDOWN in England and Wales.
May 23, 2020
a readable review that advances the position that  Adolphe Quetelet's formula is now clinically obsolete     
April 14, 2020
Guidance Statement from the Canadian Society of Cardiac Surgeons (CSCS) and its Board of Directors on patient assessment and triage, risk reduction, and real-time sharing of expertise and experiences during the COVID-19 pandemic. 
January 8, 2020
A medium size RCT with encouraging surgical outcomes in the era of TAVI expansion.....
August 23, 2019
Excellent and brief summary of the debate on functional mitral regurgitation on mechanical support.
August 7, 2019
Three pioneers of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery discuss why its principles can and should apply to every patient admitted for surgical treatment.
July 26, 2019
In this article Michael Mack explains his thoughts on the events leading to the death of Neil Armstrong. Neil Armstrong suffered a tamponade after his pacing wires were removed which led to a series of events leading to his eventual death.
July 3, 2019
Filmed at the 2019 AATS Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, Daniel Engelman of Baystate Medical Center in Springfield, Massachusetts, USA, moderates a discussion on enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) for cardiac surgery guidelines for perioperative care.
June 19, 2019
This position paper written by the EACTS, STS, and AATS Valve Labeling Task Force focuses on problems around sizing and labeling of various prosthetic valves.
June 13, 2019
An intresting pilot that was stopped due to underrecruitment. Commendable mortality in high-risk coronary artery bypass grafting.

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