Cardiac Surgeons at the Start of Their Practice Have Similar Volume/Outcome Association Compared With Established Surgeons by Tulio Caldonazo, Camilla S. Rossi, Mohamed Rahouma, Giovanni Soletti, Gianmarco Cancelli, Lamia Harik, Sigrid Sandner, Michele Dell'Aquila, Kevin R. An, Bjorn Redfors, Leonard Girardi, Mario Gaudino

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An Anomalous Configuration of Coronary Artery: A Cadaveric Study by Rajani Singh

“…Anatomical variations in relation to coronary artery and its branches will help cardiac surgeons for refining imaging techniques and coronary artery bypass grafting. …”
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'n Narratiewe teologiese verkenning van negatiewe koronêre vatomleidingsoperasieuitkomste: 'n chirurgiese hermeneutiek by M. J. Swart, G. J. van Zyl, J. A. van den Berg

“… Negative outcomes of coronary bypass operations not only have an important impact on the patient and family, but also have an influence on the cardiac surgeon on many levels. Within a specific surgical context and from a tradition of faith, interwoven narratives present the possibility of an interdisciplinary conversation between medical science and theology. …”
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The Auscultation of a Carbon Dioxide Embolization Event during Endoscopic Vein Harvest by Erik Strauss, Bradley Taylor, Michael Mazzeffi, Kenichi Tanaka, Patrick Odonkor

“…We report a case of CO2 embolization during EVH for a 77-year-old patient who underwent CABG that was identified early by the cardiac surgeon through the indirect auscultation of a mill-wheel murmur after the pericardium was opened. …”
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A CADAVERIC STUDY OF THE BRANCHING PATTERN OF RIGHT CORONARY ARTERY IN PAKISTANI POPULATION by Qazi Waheedullah, Farah Deeba, Sadia Shaukat, Samina Zahir, Shazia Iftikhar, Zainab Rehman

“…The knowledge about these variations is unequivocally important for a cardiac surgeon and physician. However, the prevalence of such variations varies among different populations. …”
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Successful pericardiotomy with drainage of the pericardial cavity in case of multimorbid patient by N.M. Seredyuk, A.V. Sudus, I.M. Budzan, S.M. Hrychynyuk, V.В. Tomyn, N.V. Rohiv, M.V. Bielinskyi, A.Ya. Vasylyshyn

“…This algorithm should be known not only to cardiac surgeons, but also to interventional and therapeutic cardiologists.…”
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CONGENITAL HEART DEFECT IN A PREGNANT WOMAN (CLINICAL CASE) by Елена Валентиновна Гришкевич, Алена Васильевна Иванникова, Елена Николаевна Орлова, Елена Владимировна Рудаева, Светлана Ивановна Елгина, Кира Борисовна Мозес, Елена Германовна Рудаева

“…To optimize care for pregnant women with congenital heart defects and achieve positive results, it is necessary to interact with doctors of different specialties: obstetricians-gynecologists, therapists, cardiologists, cardiac surgeons and specialists in congenital heart defects.…”
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A Multidisciplinary Approach to Anesthetic Management of a Parturient with Severe Aortic Stenosis by Kalpana Tyagaraj, David A. Gutman, Lynn Belliveau, Adnan Sadiq, Alok Bhutada, Dennis E. Feierman

“…A multidisciplinary discussion involving cardiologists, cardiac surgeons, obstetric surgeons, neonatal intensivists, perfusion staff, anesthesiologists, and nursing staff was held to formulate a plan for the perioperative management of this parturient. …”
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Intravenous Leiomyoma with Extension to the Heart: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by Fuat Demirkiran, Veysel Sal, Umit Kaya, Cem Alhan, Nedim Tokgozoglu

“…The operation was performed with a combined team of gynecologists and cardiac surgeons and a one-stage operation was accomplished. …”
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