Braz J Cardiovasc Surg

1 - Special COVID-19 Society First Underestimates, Then Overestimates and Finally Ignores COVID-19: Quo Vadis, Cardiac Surgery?

Ignazio Condello; Nicola Di Bari

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2 - Special COVID-19 Early Initiation of Extracorporeal Blood Purification Using the AN69ST (oXiris^®) Hemofilter as a Treatment Modality for COVID-19 Patients: a Single-Centre Case Series

Petar Ugurov; Dijana Popevski; Tanja Gramosli; Dashurie Neziri; Dragica Vuckova; Marko Gjorgon; Emil Stoicovski; Sanja Marinkovic; Lidija Veljanovska-Kiridjievska; Katerina Ignevska; Sanja Mehandziska; Elena Ambarkova; Zan Mitrev; Rodney Alexander Rosalia

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3 - Redo Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in the era of Advanced PCI

Ter-Er Kusu-Orkar; Kellan Masharani; Amer Harky; Andrew D Muir

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4 - Exploration of Simplified Intraluminal TEVAR Technique for the Treatment of Aortic Arch Disease

Bailang Chen; Minxin Wei

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5 - Dynamic Changes in Perioperative Cellular Inflammation and Acute Kidney Injury after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Hakan Parlar; Ali Ahmet Arıkan; Attila Önmez

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6 - Impact of Early and Regular Mobilization on Vital Signs and Oxygen Saturation in Patients Undergoing Open-Heart Surgery

Sema Köse; Gülçin Avşar

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7 - Visceral Adiposity Index and Prognostic Nutritional Index in Predicting Atrial Fibrillation after On-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Operations: a Prospective Study

Mesut Engin; Kadir Kaan Özsin; Muhammed Savran; Orhan Guvenc; Senol Yavuz; Ahmet Fatih Ozyazicioglu

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8 - The Aortic Pathologies: How Far We Understand It and Its Implications on Thoracic Aortic Surgery

Amer Harky; Pawel Aleksander Sokal; Khubbaib Hasan; Andreas Papaleontiou

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9 - Hybrid Approach to Complex Stanford Type B Dissection: Unusual Extra-anatomical Bypass (Aorto-Celiac-Mesenteric Bypass) + Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair (TEVAR) + Cholecystectomy

Demirtaş Sinan; Nazım Kankılıç; Celal Yavuz

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10 - Skills to Perform Vessel Eversion in Mouse Cervical Cardiac Transplantation with Cuff Technique

Liang Tan; Xubiao Xie; Yanan Xu; Qianchuan Tian; Qian Zhang; Gongbin Lan; Hongxia Wang; Yong Zhao; Longkai Peng

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11 - WeChat-Assisted Preoperative Health Education Reduces Burden of Care on Parents of Children with Simple Congenital Heart Disease: a Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Qi-Liang Zhang; Ning Xu; Shu-Ting Huang; Qiang Chen; Hua Cao

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12 - Probiotic Saccharomyces boulardii Alleviates Lung Injury by Reduction of Oxidative Stress and Cytokine Response Induced by Supraceliac Aortic Ischemia-Reperfusion Injury in Rats

Selim Durmaz; Tünay Kurtoğlu; Emin Barbarus; Nesibe Kahraman Çetin; Mustafa Yılmaz; Ömer Faruk Rahman; Filiz Abacıgil

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13 - Mean Platelet Volume and Related Parameters May not Contribute to the Diagnosis in Patients with Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Cengiz Beyan; Esin Beyan

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14 - Application of Remote Follow-Up Via the WeChat Platform for Patients who Underwent Congenital Cardiac Surgery During the COVID-19 Epidemic

Qi-Liang Zhang; Shu-Ting Huang; Ning Xu; Zeng-Chun Wang; Hua Cao; Qiang Chen

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15 - Retrosternal Deformations after Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery Using Statistical Shape Analysis

Mehmet Senel Bademci; Gokhan Ocakoglu; Cemal Kocaaslan; Fatih Avni Bayraktar; Kaptaniderya Tayfur; Ebuzer Aydin

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16 - Anemia in Cardiac Surgery — Can Something Bad Get Worse?

Leandro Batisti de Faria; Omar Vilca Mejia; Leonardo Augusto Miana; Luiz Augusto Ferreira Lisboa; Valdano Manuel; Marcelo B. Jatene; Fabio B. Jatene

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17 - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in COVID-19 Treatment: a Systematic Literature Review

Tatiana Farias de Oliveira; Carlos Alberto de Oliveira Rocha; Aisla Graciele Galdino dos Santos; Luiz Carlos Francelino Silva Junior; Saulo Henrique Salgueiro de Aquino; Euclides José Oliveira da Cunha; Rafaela Campos Alcântara; Rodrigo da Rosa Mesquita; Gabriel Monteiro Arnozo; Fernanda Mayara Santos Santana; Etvaldo Rodrigues da Silva Filho; Carlos Dornels Freire de Souza

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18 - Morbidity and Mortality in Patients Undergoing Mitral Valve Replacement at a Cardiovascular Surgery Referral Service: A Retrospective Analysis

Júlia Lasserre Moreira; Pedro Henrique Andrade Araújo Salvatore Barletta; José Augusto Báucia

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19 - Microbiological Spectrum of Nosocomial ECMO Infections in a Tertiary Care Center

Ümmühan Nehir Selçuk; Murat Sargin; Murat Baştopçu; Evren Müge Taşdemir Mete; Sevinç Bayer Erdoğan; Şeyda Öcalmaz; Gökçen Orhan; Serap Aykut Aka

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20 - Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Bicuspid Aortic Valve with Aortic Stenosis: a Meta-Analysis and Trial Sequential Analysis

Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan; Sukhdeep Singh; Peter Eriksen; Lok Him Tsui; Amer Harky; for the Cardiovascular Evidence Review Collaboration (CvERC)

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21 - A Rare Associated Anomaly in Tetralogy of Fallot: Scimitar Syndrome in an Infant

Betül Çınar; Sezen Ugan Atik; Alper Guzeltas

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22 - Research Status of SARS-CoV-2 on Cardiovascular System Injury in Children

Yuhai Zhang; Liang Wang; Shixiong Wei

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23 - Cardiac Masses: Pathological and Surgical Features — A Multicenter Study

Arzu Taşdemir; Aydın Tuncay; Hatice Karaman; Ozlem Canoz; Ramazan Aşık; Rifat Özmen; Deniz Elcik

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24 - Relationship Between Waist Circumference, Epicardial Fat Thickness, and Genders

Fatih Aksoy; Serdar Guler

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25 - A Simplest Method to Enhance the Benefits of Internal Thoracic Artery Distal Occlusion

Yoandy López-de la Cruz; Yolepsis Fidel Quintero-Fleites; Manuel Nafeh Abi-Rezk

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26 - Soluble ST2 as a Potential Biomarker in Pericardial Fluid of Coronary Artery Patients

Reşat Dikme; Mahmut Padak; Mesut Işık; İsmail Koyuncu; Ebru Temiz; Mehmet Salih Aydin; Ömer Göç

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27 - Cardioprotective Solutions Exposure For 1 Hour in Hypoxia and Low Temperatures Affects Vascular Reactivity Differently

Priscila Rossi de Batista; Dalton Valentim Vassallo; Maylla Ronacher Simões; Melchior Luiz LIMA

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28 - Blood mRNA Expression Profiles of Autophagy, Apoptosis, and Hypoxia Markers on Blood Cardioplegia and Custodiol Cardioplegia Groups

Deniz Elcik; Aydın Tuncay; Elif Funda Sener; Serpil Taheri; Reyhan Tahtasakal; Mehmetbeyoğlu Ecmel; Isın Gunes; Omer Naci Emirogullari

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29 - Inspiratory Muscle Weakness is Related to Poor Short-Term Outcomes for Heart Transplantation

Isis Begot; Walter J. Gomes; Isadora S. Rocco; Caroline Bublitz; Laion R. A. Gonzaga; Douglas W. Bolzan; Vinicius Batista Santos; Rita Simone Lopes Moreira; João R. Moreira; Rita Simone Lopes Breda; Dirceu Rodrigues de Almeida; Ross Arena; Solange Guizilini

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30 - 3D Rapid Prototyping Heart Model Validation for Teaching and Training — A Pilot Project in a Teaching Institution

Sivakumar Krishnasamy; Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar; Ramesh Singh; Sivakumar Sivallingam; Yang Faridah Abdul Aziz; Vickneswaran Mathaneswaran

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31 - Treatment and Chest Reconstruction for Mediastinitis Following Sternotomy for Cardiac Surgery at the Heart Institute of the University of São Paulo Medical School

Vitor Penteado Figueiredo Pagotto; Samuel Terra Gallafrio; Igor Castro Carneiro; Rolf Gemperli; Fabio B. Jatene

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32 - Late Tricuspid Regurgitation after Percutaneous Transcatheter Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect: an Educational Presentation

Kamil Sarkislali; Afksendyios Kalangos

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33 - Syndrome of Ventricular Septal Defect and Aortic Regurgitation — A 22-Year Review of its Management

Sivakumar Krishnasamy; Sivakumar Sivalingam; Jeswant Dillon; Raja Amin Raja Mokhtar; A. Yakub; Ramesh Singh

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34 - Hybrid Repair versus Conventional Open Repair Approaches for Aortic Arch Disease: a Comprehensive Review

Tiago Santos Ribeiro; Hernani de Paiva Gadelha Júnior; Magaly Arrais dos Santos

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35 - Step-by-Step Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement: the RAT Approach

Alina Zubarevich; Konstantin Zhigalov; Bastian Schmack; Arian Arjomani Rad; Robert Vardanyan; Daniel Wendt; Arjang Ruhparwar; Alexander Weymann

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36 - Open Transcatheter Multivalve Replacement in Degenerated Valve Prostheses in High-Risk Patients with Endocarditis

Alina Zubarevich; Konstantin Zhigalov; Arian Arjomandi Rad; Robert Vardanyan; Daniel Wendt; Bastian Schmack; Arjang Ruhparwar; Alexander Weymann

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37 - Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation-Related Nosocomial Infection after Cardiac Surgery in Adult Patients

Jing Wang; Liangshan Wang; Ming Jia; Zhongtao Du; Xiaotong Hou

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38 - Glycated Haemoglobin Levels and Its Effect on Outcomes in Cardiac Surgery

Daniyal Matin Ansari; Tinotenda Harahwa; Eyad Abuelgasim; Amer Harky

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39 - Is Vasoactive-Inotropic Score a Predictor for Mortality and Morbidity in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery?

Pınar Karaca Baysal; Fusun Guzelmeric; Ersin Kahraman; Mustafa Emre Gürcü; Atakan Erkılınç; Tulay Orki

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40 - Delayed Chest Closure for Oversized Lung Allograft in Lung Transplantation: a Retrospective Analysis from Turkey

Ali Yeginsu; Ahmet Erdal Tasci; Mustafa Vayvada; Bulent Aydemir; Nigar Halis; Atakan Erkılınç; Sevinc Citak; Ersin Cardak

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41 - Medical School, Cardiovascular Surgery, and Education: how we do it in Brazil’s scenario?

Tiago Santos Ribeiro; Renato Max Faria; Magaly Arrais dos Santo

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42 - Cardiothoracic Surgery in the Caribbean

Eric E. Vinck; Tjark Ebels; Romain Hittinger; Tim F. Peterson

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43 - Toward Minimally Invasive Extracorporeal Circulation in Oncologic Cardiac Surgery

Ignazio Condello; Giuseppe Santarpino; Marco Moscarelli; Giuseppe Nasso; Giuseppe Speziale

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44 - Perceval Induces Thrombocytopenia: Yes, of Course, but can we Change the Paradigm?

Ignazio Condello; Giuseppe Santarpino

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45 - Impact of Single versus Double Clamp Technique on Blood Lactate Levels and Postoperative Complications in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Rifat Özmen; Muhammet Bozguney; Ali İhsan Tekin; Tamer Eroglu; Aydın Tuncay

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46 - Outcomes Following Supracoronary Ascending Aortic Replacement with Aortic Valve Resuspension versus Modified Bentall’s Operation for Acute Type A Aortic Dissection

Sameer Mohammed; Jayakumar Karunakaran; Vivek V. Pillai

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47 - Evaluation of Surgical Outcomes of Type A Intramural Hematoma

Tugra Gencpinar; Reha Topak; Ozkan Alatas; Aytac Gulcu; Serdar Bayrak; Cenk Erdal

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48 - Patients Submitted to Myocardial Revascularization with the Use of Bilateral Internal Thoracic Arteries: Diabetics vs. Non-Diabetics

Achilles Abelaira Filho; Luis Ernesto Avanci; Thiago Faria Almeida1; Rodolfo Witchtendahl; João Carlos Ferreira Leal

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49 - Risk-Prediction Model for Transfusion of Erythrocyte Concentrate During Extracorporeal Circulation in Coronary Surgery

Patrícia Pinheiro Paiva; Filipe Miguel Leite; Pedro E. Antunes; Manuel J. Antunes

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50 - Pericardial-Peritoneal Window as an Alternative Treatment for Large and Recurrent Pericardial Effusion Post-Pericardiotomy

Luís Roberto Palma Dallan; Luís Alberto Oliveira Dallan; Omar Vilca Mejia; Luís Augusto Palma Dallan; Luiz Augusto Ferreira Lisboa; Fabio B. Jatene

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51 - Application of WeChat Platform in Midterm Clinical Follow-Up of Children Who Underwent Transthoracic Device Closure of VSD

Wen-Peng Xie; Jian-Feng Liu; Yu-Qing Lei; Zeng-Chun Wang; Qiang Chen; Hua Cao

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52 - Midterm Prognosis of Sexagenary Patients after Transcatheter Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defects: a Single-Chinese Center Experience

Kai-Peng Sun; Ning Xu; Shu-Ting Huang; Hua Cao; Qiang Chen

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53 - Cardiovascular Physiotherapy on Respiratory Sinus Arrhythmia of Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Bianca Lopes Silva; Roberto Ribeiro da Silva; Hugo Valverde Reis; Ana Carolina Accosio Rodriguez; Priscila Souza e Souza; Isabela de Andrade; Leonardo Fonseca; Solange Guizillini; Michel Silva Reis

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54 - No- and Low-Flow Time During Periprocedural Complication in Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

Ignazio Condello; Giuseppe Santarpino; Giuseppe Speziale

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55 - The Impact of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) on Serum Apelin Levels in Patients with Aortic Valvular Stenosis

Mehmet Kucukosmanoglu; Seyda Sahin; Orsan Deniz Urgun; Arafat Yildirim; Salih Kılıc; Omer Sen; Ibrahim Halil Kurt

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56 - Evaluations of Antioxidant Enzyme Activities, Total Sialic Acid and Trace Element Levels in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Patients

Damla Yildiz; Suat Ekin; Sahin Sahinalp

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57 - Predictive Factors of Prolonged Ventilation Following Cardiac Surgery with Cardiopulmonary Bypass

Rezan Aksoy; Ayse Zehra Karakoc; Deniz Cevirme; Ahmet Elibol; Fatih Yigit; Üzeyir Yilmaz; Murat Bulent Rabus

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58 - A Quite Rare Association: Levo-Malposition of the Great Arteries with Left Juxtaposition of the Atrial Appendages in “Double Outlet Right Ventricle"

Betül Çınar; Erkut Ozturk; Okan Yildiz; Sertac Haydin; Alper Guzeltas

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59 - Glasgow Prognostic Score as a Marker of Mortality after TAVI

Ozge Ozcan Abacioglu; Nermin Yildiz Koyunsever; Salih Kılıc; Arafat Yildirim; Ibrahim Halil Kurt

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60 - Risk Score Elaboration for Stroke in Cardiac Surgery

Ellen Hettwer Magedanz; João Carlos Vieira da Costa Guaragna; Luciano Cabral Albuquerque; Mario Bernardes Wagner; Fernanda Lourega Chieza; Natalia Lamas Bueno; Luiz Carlos Bodanese

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61 - Video-Assisted Thoracoscopy For Penetrating Cardiac Box Injury in Stable Patients

Eric E. Vinck; Eduardo Posada Ángel; Rodolfo V. Barrios; Stella I. Martínez; Carlos A. Arias; Juan C. Garzón; Tjark Ebels; Sergio A. Alzate; Alexander Fernández

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