Over the past century, heart operations that once were unthinkable have become commonplace. Thousands of times a day, ...

“We are happy to see the team at the University of Calgary Hospital recruit and dose the first patient in Canada for our phase II study targeting cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury. Our ...

Pat and James Elliot said their final goodbyes but have thanked staff at Worcestershire Royal Hospital after a new unit saved Mr Elliot's life.

Opens in a new tab or window A nonselective extracorporeal blood purification (EBP) device connected to the cardiopulmonary bypass circuit during surgery reduced the risk of cardiac surgery ...

Dr. Gerry Allen, a cardiothoracic surgeon at AdventHealth Waterman, is now using the da Vinci robotic system to perform ...

Results are from the largest trial assessing acute kidney injury (AKI) after cardiac surgery following extracorporeal blood purification.

Eight patients (3%) had more than one preoperative risk factor. Indications for cardiac surgery are summarized in Table 2. Five of 221 patients (2%) suffered a MAE: one patient had a cardiac ...

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Of those recipients, 50 hospitals were recognized for delivering superior clinical outcomes in cardiac surgery. Awards were based on Medicare mortality data from 2021 to 2023 for both coronary ...

After your surgery is complete, you will need to meet with your healthcare team regularly, undergo cardiac rehabilitation, and make lifestyle changes that improve your heart health and lower your ...

We therefore recommend pacemaker implantation after cardiac surgery for patients who are pacemaker dependent after surgery and whose spontaneous rhythm does not recover by postoperative day 5.

Cardiac output was simultaneously measured using echocardiography and a commercially available transpulmonary thermodilution method (PiCCO™) at 18 h after the end of surgery. Results: At 18 h after ...