Cardiac tumors, benign or malignant, are rare and most are benign. The most common
benign tumor is the cardiac myxoma. Malignant cardiac tumors are usually sarcomas. The …

Most surgeons will encounter only a handful of primary cardiac tumors outside of myxomas.
Approximately 3 quarters of primary cardiac tumors are benign and 1 quarter is malignant. In …

Hypothermia is widely acknowledged to be the fundamental component of myocardial
protection during cardiac operations. Although it prolongs the period of ischemic arrest by …

Objectives : The purpose of this study was to assess the effects of off-pump coronary bypass
surgery (OPCAB) on mortality and morbidity. Background : Despite its potential for reducing …

Valvular heart disease is a worldwide problem. While most valvular disease is of inflammatory
etiology in developing countries, in the developed world, most valvular heart disease …

OBJECTIVE: To determine the effect of the Ischemic Heart Disease Shared Decision‐Making
Program (IHD SDP) an interactive videodisc designed to assist patients in the decision‐…

Objective: Fetal cardiomyocyte transplantation improved heart function after cardiac injury.
However, cellular allografts were rejected despite cyclosporine (INN: ciclosporin) therapy. We …

Background The HeartWare ventricular assist device (HVAD) is a new generation centrifugal
flow VAD recently introduced in Canada. The objective of this study was to compare the …

Objective: To determine if implementation of ultra-fast-track anesthetic (UFTA) technique
facilitates operating room extubation in patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass …

Background Impaired left ventricular (LV) myocardial deformation is associated with adverse
outcome in patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS). The aim of this retrospective study was …