Intravenous amino acids decrease acute kidney injury following cardiac surgery
1. In this randomized controlled trial, in patients undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, continuous intravenous (IV) administration of amino acids was found ...
Tag: Cardiac surgery
Sex related differences associated with atrial fibrillation post cardiac surgery
1.In a cohort of adults who underwent cardiac surgery, men were more likely to develop postoperative atrial fibrillation (poAF) than ...
#VisualAbstract: Electroencephalography-Guided Anesthesia Does Not Reduce Delirium in Older Adults After Cardiac Surgery
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Self-expanding valve has lower rates of dysfunction than balloon-expandable valve for small aortic annulus
1. In this randomized controlled trial, a self-expanding supra-annular valve was superior to a balloon-expandable valve for bioprosthetic-valve dysfunction among ...
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation non-inferior to surgical replacement in low-to-intermediate risk patients
1. In this randomized controlled trial, it was found that those who received transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVI) did not ...
Novel transcatheter heart valve may be effective for management of high-risk aortic regurgitation
1. The 30-day composite primary safety endpoint of > 40.5% was achieved for Trilogy TAVI. 2. 8% of patients who ...
Levothyroxine does not improve heart transplantation rates in brain-dead donors
1. In this randomized crossover trial, intravenous levothyroxine, given to hemodynamically unstable brain-dead potential heart donors, did not improve the ...
Repeat transcatheter aortic valve replacement after initial attempt is generally safe in patients with balloon-expandable valves
1. Redo-TAVR had low procedural complication rates and was comparable to native-TAVR in terms of risk of death and stroke ...
Postoperative enhanced recovery protocols improve outcomes post-cardiac surgery.
1. Postoperative enhanced recovery after surgery (ERAS) protocols for cardiac surgeries were found to improve outcomes such as decreasing the ...
#VisualAbstract: Transcatheter repair of mitral regurgitation secondary to cardiomyopathy is safe and effective
1. In this randomized controlled trial, patients who received transcatheter repair of mitral regurgitation secondary to cardiomyopathy had good safety ...