Yingxing Wu

..The study aim was to update the authors' experience with the CarboMedics bileaflet mechanical prosthesis in terms of early and long-term outcomes...

..We sought to compare the long-term clinical outcomes of patients who underwent isolated aortic valve replacement with single-disc and bileaflet mechanical heart valves...

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..Heart valve replacement surgery has significantly prolonged life expectancy and quality of life. For the example of aortic valve replacement, what is its economic value according to this framework?..

..This study was undertaken to test whether risk models developed from on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting are valid for assessing the risk for off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting...

..By using aortic valve replacement as an example, this introductory report paves the way to more definitive studies of these issues in the future...

..Using Clark's C, the follow-up completeness was 80.4% and using our C* it is 84.5%, whereas the true follow-up completeness based on National Death Index information was 85.0%...

..The analysis makes the assumption that the censoring is noninformative; that is, that a censored patient has the same risk of death as those who have complete follow-up. We tested this assumption in a large, long-term follow-up study...

..The Providence Health System (PHS) Cardiovascular Study Group data was used to further validate this COAP model using data from PHS hospitals in 3 western states...

..To compare the probability, and modes, of explantation for Carpentier-Edwards pericardial versus porcine valves...

..CONCLUSION: Early and intermediate-term follow up of the CarboMedics prosthesis indicates that the clinical performance of this valve is satisfactory, and results are comparable with those obtained for other mechanical valves...

..Its freedom from SVD and reoperation makes it our current bioprosthesis of choice for AVR in appropriately selected patients...

..CONCLUSION: This series of patients, who underwent valve replacement with the Starr-Edwards valve, now have a follow up extending beyond 40 years, thereby confirming the excellent durability of this valve...

..CII eliminate the increased risks of these complications previously seen in diabetic patients. CII protocols are the standard-of-care for glycometabolic control in cardiac surgery patients...

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..This study establishes a baseline of long-term CABG survival that could be used for comparison with other methods of surgical, or nonsurgical coronary revascularization...

..Its relative risk may be related to the level of perioperative hyperglycemia. We hypothesized that strict glucose control with a continuous insulin infusion in the perioperative period would reduce hospital mortality...

..Postcardiotomy sternal wound complications remain challenging. The prevailing approach for deep sternal wound infection of debridement and flap coverage without osseous closure makes subsequent reoperation difficult...

..CII protocols should be the standard care for glycometabolic control in all patients undergoing cardiac surgical procedures...

..Three days of CII eliminates the incrementally increased risks of these complications previously seen in diabetic patients...

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..We sought to investigate that claim with an analysis that included all perioperative risk factors for renal failure, including PRBC transfusion data...

..We evaluated video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) and open (OPEN) lobectomy for lung cancer and impact upon 6-month postoperative (postop) functional health status and quality of life...

..Neck modularity improves the ability to re-create the head center to achieve these goals and to hit the "bull's-eye" in total hip arthroplasty...

..We conclude that, compared to LIS/PHP, MIS/AHP significantly shortened LOS by an average of 2.3 days, and significantly reduced hospital costs by an average of $3.9 thousand per patient...

..Then, as a practical example, we compare the p-value result of a study of aprotinin-associated operative mortality with the more illuminative interpretation of the same study data using a Bayesian approach...

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..To attempt to reconcile reports containing contradictory findings with the St. Jude Medical Silzone heart valve...

..We estimated the clinical outcomes in premature neonates who had delayed umbilical cord clamping compared with a similar group who had early umbilical cord clamping...

..Evaluate the operative results of mitral valve repair (MVV) and mitral valve replacement (MVR) performed through standard and smaller incisions...

..This strategy may avoid the risks of reoperation but exposes patients to the risks of long-term anticoagulation therapy. Which risk is greater?..

..We sought to compare the 6-month angiographic patency rates of greater saphenous veins removed during coronary artery bypass grafting with the endoscopic vein harvest or open vein harvest techniques...

..01). CONCLUSIONS: OPCAB surgery using SAS in conjunction with a CEQI initiative improves outcomes for patients compared with on-pump CABG surgery...