Background. It is reasoned that reducing left ventricular diameter (Laplace’s law) in patients
with dilated cardiomyopathy, will improve ventricular function. Methods. Partial left …

Objective: To determine whether coronary graft patency can be predicted by transit time flow
measurement (TTFM). Methods: From May 1 1997 to December 31 1998, TTFM was …

Although patients with severe ventricular dysfunction have improved long-term survival times
after coronary bypass procedures, operative morbidity and mortality rates remain high. This …

… Angelini GD, Wilde P, Salerno TA, et al. Integrated left anterior small thoracotomy and
angioplasty for multivessel coronary artery revascularization. Lancet 1996;347:757-8. …

Background. Myocardial revascularization in elderly patients is associated with a morbidity
and a mortality substantially higher than those observed in younger patients. The aim of this …

This report presents the results in our first clinical series of patients receiving continuous warm
blood cardioplegia through the coronary sinus. Warm oxygenated blood cardioplegia has …

Objective To explore the transcriptome of epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) as compared to
subcutaneous adipose tissue (SAT) and its modifications in a small number of patients with …

BACKGROUND: Renal cell carcinoma with tumor thrombus extension into the inferior vena
cava (IVC) is rare. Surgical resection provides the only reasonable chance for cure, but the …

Background. Cardiac revascularization on a beating heart avoids the side effects of
cardiopulmonary bypass (eg, neurologic injury, hemodilution, and coagulopathy). We examined …

The technique of warm heart surgery is defined as continuous warm blood cardioplegia and
normothermic cardiopulmonary bypass. Although the systemic effects of traditional …