Background To compare early outcomes of mitral valve repair versus replacement in elderly patients with degenerative mitral valve disease. Methods A retrospective review of prospectively collected clinical data of patients over 75 years of age, who underwent mitral valve surgery for degenerative disease, between 2010 and 2013, was…
Continue readingObjectives An increasing number of octogenarians are referred to undergo mitral valve surgery for degenerative disease, and percutaneous approaches are being increasingly used in this subgroup of patients. We sought to determine the survival and its predictors after Mitral Valve Surgery in Octogenarians (MiSO) in…
Continue readingDeath in low-risk cardiac surgical patients provides a simple and accessible method by which modifiable causes of death can be identified. In the first FIASCO study published in 2009, local potentially modifiable causes of preventable death in low-risk patients with a logistic…
Continue readingThe purpose of this study was to compare early and late results of redo-CABG with (redo-ONCAB) and without (redo-OPCAB) cardiopulmonary bypass. Methods: From April 2001 to September 2006 redo-CABG was performed in 110 patients (redo-ONCAB = 50 and redo-OPCAB = 60). Applying the propensity score, 43 OPCAB…
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