• Department has specialized Anaesthesia care for Cardiothoracic Surgeries under Cardiopulmonary bypass, valve- replacement and repair, Coronary artery bypass (CABG) Surgery (on pump & beating heart), Complex congenital heart surgeries and thoracic surgeries. (asram.in)
  • Concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) may be required. (medscape.com)
  • Off-pump CABG, which avoids aortic cannulation and cardiopulmonary bypass, is now available in many hospitals. (wakingupcosts.net)
  • The new guidelines emphasize the importance of understanding how newer antithrombotic and antiplatelet therapies affect bleeding risk in acute coronary syndrome patients who undergo CABG. (wakingupcosts.net)
  • The dynamics of those receptors expression on monocyte surface of patients with uncomplicated SIRS course followed coronary artery bypass surgery (CABG) was studied. (hindawi.com)
  • So far, some studies have shown the activation of extrinsic coagulation pathway during CPB in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or valve replacement surgery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • To participate in this study, you must be at least 20 years old and be scheduled for aortic valve surgery, either with or without coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). (nih.gov)
  • Are you planning to have coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery to treat your heart disease? (nih.gov)
  • Coronary stenting guided by fractional flow reserve (FFR) readings, considered to reflect the targeted lesion's functional impact, was no match for coronary bypass surgery (CABG) in patients with multivessel disease (MVD) in a major international randomized trial. (medscape.com)
  • The superiority of either off-pump (OPCAB) or on-pump (ONCAB) coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remains unclear despite a large body of literature evidence comparing the two approaches. (understandinginterventions.org)
  • Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is performed for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD) to improve quality of life and reduce cardiac-related mortality. (medscape.com)
  • Despite these initial positive results, the European Coronary Surgery Study conducted in the 1970s indicated that the significant improvement in 5-year survival rates with CABG was not apparent in the subsequent 5 years. (medscape.com)
  • CABG may be performed as an emergency procedure in the context of an ST-segment elevation MI (STEMI) in cases where it has not been possible to perform percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) or where PCI has failed and there is persistent pain and ischemia threatening a significant area of myocardium despite medical therapy. (medscape.com)
  • Coronary artery disease, or CAD, is the leading cause of death worldwide and people with the disease often require surgery to repair damaged cardiovascular tissue. (debuglies.com)
  • Bypass surgery, another common intervention, requires removing the damaged tissue and replacing it with blood vessels from another part of the body, such as the saphenous vein, which runs the length of the leg and is the longest vein in the body. (debuglies.com)
  • Readers are referred to a cardiovascular surgery text for details of performing cardiopulmonary bypass. (vin.com)
  • STS 2023 DAY 3 - Today is your chance to give input as cardiothoracic surgeons work to establish vital guidelines in pediatric surgery for congenital heart defects. (sts.org)
  • PT, Jeffrey P. Jacobs, MD, a professor of surgery and pediatrics at the University of Florida in Gainesville, and Tara Karamlou, MD, MSc, from Cleveland Clinic in Ohio, will chair the highly collaborative session 'It's All About the Data-Evidence Based Guidelines for Congenital Heart Surgery. (sts.org)
  • This session will showcase the extensive research conducted to date by the Evidence Based Task Force for Congenital Heart Surgery and offer participants opportunities to contribute their own insights. (sts.org)
  • Indications and Timing of Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Repaired Tetralogy of Fallot, chaired by Jennifer Nelson, MD, from Nemours Children's Hospital in Orlando, Florida, and James St. Louis, MD, Section Chief of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery from Children's Hospital of Georgia in Augusta. (sts.org)
  • From there, the STS Workforce on Evidence Based Surgery created three Task Forces addressing some of the most pressing and unanswered surgical issues, including the congenital heart surgery group. (sts.org)
  • In today's Vivien T. Thomas Symposium at STS 2023, attendees will hear how they can help to mitigate disparities in care for patients undergoing congenital surgery-and how these steps can make a difference in care throughout patients' lifetimes. (sts.org)
  • Dr. Karamlou noted the importance of recognizing social determinants of health as new tools-such as the new STS adult congenital surgery risk model, which will be unveiled this morning at STS 2023-are implemented in the clinical setting. (sts.org)
  • Whether attendees are adult cardiac surgeons, congenital cardiac surgeons, or thoracic surgeons, it's critical to understand that adult congenital surgery is one of the most rapidly growing fields in the specialty, and that patients who have congenital conditions have unique risk factors. (sts.org)
  • In our Institute, one of 14 patients who underwent modified Fontan procedure due to various complex congenital anomalies between October 1985 and May 1990 was noted to have unroofed coronary sinus associated with left persistent superior vena cava (LPSVC) at surgery. (archivestsc.com)
  • The risks vary from one type of heart surgery to another and may be higher if the heart is stopped and blood is pumped by a cardiopulmonary bypass machine rather than by the heart during the procedure. (sandor.co.in)
  • A common angiotensin-converting enzyme polymorphism and preoperative angiotensin-converting enzyme inhibition modify risk of tachyarrhythmias after congenital heart surgery. (cdc.gov)
  • Fifty infants less than 5 kg undergoing surgery for congenital heart disease were enrolled in this prospective study. (heartandcoeur.com)
  • World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. (elsevierpure.com)
  • In this study, we compared the molecular markers involved in coagulation activation during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) between patients who underwent aortic replacement surgery and those who underwent valve surgery. (biomedcentral.com)
  • Cardiovascular surgery is frequently accompanied by a bleeding tendency, probably resulting from the impairment of platelet activation and coagulation caused by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). (biomedcentral.com)
  • Clinical office hours are offered in the specialized fields of advanced congestive heart failure, congenital cardiology, cardiovascular surgery, thoracic surgery, and many others. (nychealthandhospitals.org)
  • This study aims to look at changes in inflammation and gene activity while surgery patients are on a heart-lung bypass machine. (nih.gov)
  • Is your child undergoing heart surgery for congenital heart disease? (nih.gov)
  • Researchers will study small pieces of the heart that are removed as a normal part of surgery or repair for children with congenital heart disease. (nih.gov)
  • To participate in this study, your child must be undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass surgery and be 18 years old or younger. (nih.gov)
  • Indeed, FFR-guided percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) using one of the latest drug-eluting stents (DES) seemed to perform poorly in the trial, compared with surgery, apparently upping the risk for clinical events by 50% over 1 year. (medscape.com)
  • Dr. Chen served as the Chief of Congenital Cardiac Surgery, Co-Director of the Heart Center, Professor of Surgery at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and holder of the Sam and Althea Stroum Endowed Chair in Pediatric Cardiovascular Surgery. (chop.edu)
  • The center has separate cardiac surgery operating rooms, which are equipped with the most advanced anesthesia machines, Stockert cardiopulmonary bypass machines, extracorporeal membrane oxygenation machines, echocardiography machines, coronary flow meters, Medtronic radiofrequency ablation machines and other instruments and equipments, and is about to purchase Da Vinci surgical robot to carry out robot-assisted heart surgeries. (samsph.com)
  • 2. Surgical treatment of coronary heart disease: In recent years coronary artery bypass surgery shows a rising trend, which becomes another feature of Cardiac Surgery Center, the annual number of bypass ranks among the best in the province. (samsph.com)
  • This procedure can sometimes substitute for a much more traumatic one - bypass surgery. (onip.ca)
  • According to the researchers, the 'Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation versus conventional cardiopulmonary bypass in patients undergoing cardiac surgery (MiECS)' trial will be one of the largest multicentre RCTs on extracorporeal circulation. (e-dendrite.com)
  • In this congenital heart defect, the venous circulation drains into the right ventricle but from this chamber, blood is directed towards the systemic circulation through the aorta. (wikipedia.org)
  • This is also expressed by the term ventriculoarterial discordance, that is the ventricles are connected to the wrong great artery (the right ventricle to the aorta, thus pumping blood from the systemic venous back into the systemic arterial circulation). (wikipedia.org)
  • The coronary arteries are also explanted from the anatomical aorta, which lies on the venous side and reattached to the systemic great vessel. (wikipedia.org)
  • The ascending aorta was then opened anteriorly to the left coronary sinus. (ctsnet.org)
  • A left coronary artery to aorta anastomosis was performed and the rest of aortotomy was closed. (ctsnet.org)
  • [3] In 1956 DeBakey and Cooley replaced the ascending aorta with use of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and homograft for conduit. (sts.org)
  • [4] Dr. Wheat resected the entire ascending aorta and aortic root except for the aortic tissue surrounding the coronary arteries in 1964, and is also credited with pioneering the conservative management of type B aortic dissection. (sts.org)
  • Reconstruction of the aorta and pulmonary artery during heart-liver transplantation in an adult congenital patient. (stanford.edu)
  • To date, 3 dogs with subaortic stenosis has undergone cardiopulmonary bypass and open-heart correction of this defect at Texas A&M University. (vin.com)
  • This patient's pathology was double inlet left ventricle, transposition of great arteries, pulmonary stenosis and left persistent superior vena cava. (archivestsc.com)
  • Only patient 5 (bicuspid aortic valve and mild aortic stenosis) was previously known to have congenital heart disease. (bmj.com)
  • Chohan A, Abraham CJ, Ward K, Ponniah K, Salkini A , Burkhart HM , Mir A . Isolated ostial left main coronary artery stenosis causing ischemic cardiomyopathy in a child with bicuspid aortic valve: Role of echocardiography in diagnosis and follow-up. (ouhsc.edu)
  • Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy is a congenital or acquired disorder characterized by marked ventricular hypertrophy with diastolic dysfunction (eg, due to valvular aortic stenosis, coarctation. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Researchers may be closer to improving the lives of people with coronary artery disease and children born with pediatric congenital cardiovascular defects through the development of a new vascular graft created by Johns Hopkins engineers that takes less than one week to make and has regenerative properties. (debuglies.com)
  • Coronary Interventions in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease. (thechipnetwork.org)
  • Long-Term Follow-Up of Pediatric Patients with Severe Postoperative Pulmonary Hypertension After Correction of Congenital Heart Defects. (thechipnetwork.org)
  • His clinical research has primarily been directed toward surgical issues in complex congenital heart care and cardiac transplantation (focusing on advances with operative techniques, outcomes research and transplantation for congenital heart disease), with a particular emphasis on the development of mechanical ventricular assist devices for children, as well as stem-cell based valved conduits for pediatric application. (chop.edu)
  • With my combined research training in genomics and clinical training in pediatric cardiology I endeavor to close this gap with investigation into the genetic basis of congenital heart malformations and developing new models of disease. (stanford.edu)
  • Babliak O, Babliak D, Volodymyr D, Marchenko A. Minimally Invasive Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery from the Pulmonary Artery (ALCAPA) and Mitral Valve Repair. (ctsnet.org)
  • This procedure, a form of atrial switch, was developed and first performed by Senning in 1957 as a treatment for d-TGA (dextro-Transposition of the great arteries) before improvements in cardiopulmonary bypass made more curative surgical techniques feasible. (wikipedia.org)
  • Patients who have undergone such surgical correction of the congenital transposition are exposed to long term risks of cardiovascular events. (wikipedia.org)
  • Congenital cardiovascular defects, or CCD, occurs in 1% of live births worldwide, and children born with the condition often undergo repeated surgical reconstruction as they grow. (debuglies.com)
  • To improve surgical practices and reduce the number of surgeries a person with CAD and CCD may need, a vascular graft that encourages new tissue formation with better mechanical properties that mimic natural arteries is needed. (debuglies.com)
  • The Anaesthesia Department also provides services to medical intensive care units, surgical intensive care units and coronary care units. (asram.in)
  • A surgical operation was performed to close the drainage orifice of the fistulas through pulmonary arteriotomy under cardiopulmonary bypass in two patients while one patient underwent a ligation of a large abnormal vessel to the aneurysm followed by a resection of the aneurysm without cardiopulmonary bypass. (docksci.com)
  • The surgical management of coronary artery fistulas is also discussed herein. (docksci.com)
  • The most promising results thus far are found in techniques investigating the use of cardiopulmonary bypass and open surgical correction. (vin.com)
  • Patients with idiopathic cardiomyopathy, diastolic dysfunction, heart failure from valvular disease, rare cardiomyopathies (hypertrophic, restrictive) and inherited disorders, pulmonary hypertension, adult congenital heart disease, and other severe conditions require aggressive medical and surgical options. (uhhospitals.org)
  • A bypass graft called a Gott shunt can be used to redirect the blood flow around the area during surgical repair. (keehealthcare.com)
  • This single-center study aimed to assess the clinical features and surgical approaches and outcomes of complete transposition of the great arteries (TGA). (e-cep.org)
  • Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is a congenital heart anomaly with 0.45 cases per 1,000 live births, and the arterial switch operation (ASO) has become the treatment of choice for surgical correction of complete TGA. (e-cep.org)
  • Editorial: The Developments of Hybrid Surgical Strategies for Congenital Heart Disease. (understandinginterventions.org)
  • Over the last thirty years, our fundamental understanding of the genetics and pathogenesis of congenital heart disease has lagged the tremendous advances in the surgical and clinical care of infants with this group of disorders. (stanford.edu)
  • This video presents the case of a minimally invasive mitral valve (MV) and anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) repair in a twenty-one-month-old female patient. (ctsnet.org)
  • Dr. Starnes has an ongoing interest in congenital heart disease and minimally invasive repair and replacement of the valves of the heart. (aats.org)
  • The Heart Health Program provides non-invasive and minimally invasive diagnostic tests and procedures to address a variety of conditions related to the heart, such as congestive heart failure, hardening of the arteries, and hereditary conditions. (nychealthandhospitals.org)
  • Researchers led by the Clinical Research Unit at the Special Unit for Biomedical Research and Education (SUBRE), Aristotle University of Thessaloniki School of Medicine, Greece, have initiated a randomised control trial (RCT) that will compare minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) with conventional cardiopulmonary bypass (cCPB). (e-dendrite.com)
  • The most common cardiovascular disease is atherosclerosis (hardening of the arteries). (onip.ca)
  • Background Neurocognitive impairment is a common complication of congenital heart disease (CHD) as well as acquired cardiovascular disease. (stanford.edu)
  • Performance scores were compared before and after exclusion of preexisting stroke or coronary artery disease as measures of cerebro- and cardiovascular disease. (stanford.edu)
  • The Senning procedure is an atrial switch heart operation performed to treat transposition of the great arteries. (wikipedia.org)
  • In this technique, the great arteries are excised and reimplanted to the corresponding ventricles. (wikipedia.org)
  • Burkhart HM , Mir A, Nakamura Y . Commentary: Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: Is anatomic repair the preferred approach? (ouhsc.edu)
  • Exome-Based Case-Control Analysis Highlights the Pathogenic Role of Ciliary Genes in Transposition of the Great Arteries. (stanford.edu)
  • Rationale: Transposition of the great arteries (TGA) is one of the most severe types of congenital heart diseases (CHD). (stanford.edu)
  • At autopsy, patients with VSR usually show complete coronary artery occlusion with little or no collateral flow. (medscape.com)
  • Aortic arch aneurysms require the reattachment of the arch vessels, the innominate artery, the left common carotid artery, and the left subclavian artery. (keehealthcare.com)
  • I am certain that the tremendous effort devoted to these studies will generate important knowledge that will ultimately improve the lives of many babies and children with congenital heart disease. (sts.org)
  • This series of X-ray films (taken after the injection of an radiopaque substance) defines the size and shape of various veins and arteries. (onip.ca)
  • This congenital heart defect caused babies to "turn blue" due to the lack of oxygen flowing through the blood. (wikipedia.org)
  • After completing the elongation of the left coronary artery, the wall defect in the PA was reconstructed using a pericardial patch. (ctsnet.org)
  • It could also be a congenital defect. (heartandcoeur.com)
  • Ebstein Anomaly Ebstein anomaly is a rare congenital cardiac defect that consists of variable apical displacement from the annulus and dysplasia of the septal and inferior leaflets of the tricuspid valve. (msdmanuals.com)
  • Home Health Care Vascular graft can improves the lives of people with coronary artery disease. (debuglies.com)
  • This grim prognosis results from an acute volume overload exacted on both ventricles in a heart already compromised by a large MI and occasionally by extensive coronary artery disease (CAD) in sites other than that already infarcted. (medscape.com)
  • Feasibility and effectiveness of prone position ventilation technique for postoperative acute lung injury in infants with congenital heart disease: study protocol for a prospective randomized study. (thechipnetwork.org)
  • German Registry for Cardiac Operations and Interventions in Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Report 2020-Comprehensive Data from 6 Years of Experience. (thechipnetwork.org)
  • Association between homograft tissue exposure and allosensitization prior to heart transplant in patients with congenital heart disease. (thechipnetwork.org)
  • Effect of mitochondrial aldehyde dehydrogenase-2 genotype on cardioprotection in patients with congenital heart disease. (cdc.gov)
  • Happy workers 'have healthier hearts' DeHavilland - UK Male workers who are treated fairly by their bosses have a lower risk of coronary heart disease (CHD), according to a new study. (heartandcoeur.com)
  • Congenital Heart Disease: The silent killer Express Healthcare Management - Mumbai,India Every year more than two lakh neonates are diagnosed with congenital heart diseases (CHD) in India. (heartandcoeur.com)
  • In older children, strokes are most often associated with meningitis, infections, congenital heart disease, vessel damage or sickle-cell anemia. (heartandcoeur.com)
  • When he was just two weeks old, doctors discovered that Dylan had congenital heart disease. (heartandcoeur.com)
  • Smoking also promotes coronary heart disease and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), which themselves can promote arrhythmia's. (holisticly.com)
  • Do you have coronary heart disease or are you healthy and would like to participate in research? (nih.gov)
  • This study is comparing how well two types of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanners can detect different types of heart diseases, such as coronary heart disease, heart failure, congenital heart disease, and heart valve disease. (nih.gov)
  • The trial enrolled only patients with three-vessel coronary disease with no left-main coronary artery involvement, who were declared by their institution's multidisciplinary heart team to be appropriate for either form of revascularization. (medscape.com)
  • Ghorbel MT, Jia H, Swim MM, Iacobazzi D, Albertario A, Zebele C, Holopherne-Doran D, Hollander A, Madeddu P, Caputo M. Reconstruction of the pulmonary artery by a novel biodegradable conduit engineered with perinatal stem cell-derived vascular smooth muscle cells enables physiological vascular growth in a large animal model of congenital heart disease. (rush.edu)
  • Tomasulo CE, Chen JM, Smith CL, Maeda K, Rome JJ, Dori Y. Lymphatic disorders and management in patients with congenital heart disease. (chop.edu)
  • The center carries out routine surgeries of valvular heart disease, coronary heart disease, major vascular disease, congenital heart disease, cardiac arrhythmia, cardiac tumors and other diseases. (samsph.com)
  • An elevated level of Lp(a) in plasma has been proposed to be a risk factor for premature development of coronary artery disease. (khas.edu.tr)
  • Burge KY , Gunasekaran A, Makoni MM , Mir AM , Burkhart HM , Chaaban H . Clinical Characteristics and Potential Pathogenesis of Cardiac Necrotizing Enterocolitis in Neonates with Congenital Heart Disease: A Narrative Review. (ouhsc.edu)
  • My goal is translate an improved molecular genetic and developmental understanding of congenital heart disease from the laboratory into clinically actionable models, diagnostics, and ultimately therapeutic interventions. (stanford.edu)
  • Adults With Mild-to-Moderate Congenital Heart Disease Demonstrate Measurable Neurocognitive Deficits. (stanford.edu)
  • After excluding preexisting stroke or coronary artery disease, individuals with ACHD continued to show poorer performance in all 6 domains (P=NS). (stanford.edu)
  • The coronary artery to the pulmonary artery fistulas was managed for three fistulas, one originating from the left anterior descending artery (Patient N o . l ) , one from the left anterior descending artery and circumflex artery (Patient No.3) (Fig. 2), and one from the proximal right coronary artery and left anterior descending artery (Patient No.2). (docksci.com)
  • The septal blood supply comes from branches of the left anterior descending coronary artery, the posterior descending branch of the right coronary artery, or the circumflex artery when it is dominant. (medscape.com)
  • Cardiopulmonary bypass is a procedure whereby an extracorporeal system provides flow of oxygenated blood to the patient while blood is diverted away from the heart and lungs. (vin.com)
  • German Quality Assurance / Competence Network for Congenital Heart Defects Investigators.Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. (thechipnetwork.org)
  • Babin-Ebell J, Misoph M, Müllges W, Neukam K, Reese J, Elert O. Intraoperative embolus formation during cardiopulmonary bypass affects the release of S 100 B. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 1999;47:166-169. (2medicalcare.com)
  • Several advances (i.e., development of membrane oxygenators, improved methods of myocardial protection, increased availability of monitoring technologies, and improved veterinary critical care) have made cardiopulmonary bypass increasingly feasible in dogs. (vin.com)
  • Under his leadership, USC surgeons have conducted more than 16,000 open heart surgeries to repair and replace valves or create coronary artery bypasses, and more than 10,400 surgeries for diseases of the lungs, esophagus, and chest wall. (aats.org)
  • Since 1980s, coronary bypass surgeries have been performed earliest in Sichuan province. (samsph.com)
  • Mechanical or bio-prosthetic valve implantation, Aortic root replacement with coronary implantation (Bentall's procedure), valve repairs, ring annuloplasty, open and close valvotomies. (bmhrc.ac.in)
  • Interventions Homograft aortic root replacement with coronary reimplantation was performed urgently (median one day after diagnosis). (bmj.com)
  • Pulmonary artery anastomoses between the distal PA and proximal PA that was reconstructed with the autopericardium was done again with the beating heart and sinus rhythm was restored. (ctsnet.org)
  • 30 patients (pts) undergoing isolated AVR received a MH which was oriented so that the greater opening of the valve faced the non coronary aortic sinus. (khas.edu.tr)
  • The operative plan consisted of a right axillary minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal space, central cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) cannulation, aortic cross-clamp and cardioplegia administration, MV repair through the left atrium, and left coronary artery translocation. (ctsnet.org)
  • The left coronary artery ostium was resected with the wide, 10 x 20 mm area of the pulmonary artery wall, which was used to elongate the coronary vessel. (ctsnet.org)
  • Surgeons then performed tubular elongation of the left coronary artery at the expense of the pulmonary artery wall. (ctsnet.org)
  • This maneuver rotated the heart and positioned the left coronary artery in the middle of operation field. (ctsnet.org)
  • Analysis of variance was performed to evaluate differences between different conduit configurations, with post hoc Tukey's correction for pairwise testing.SG demonstrated lower rapid leaflet opening velocity compared with VG (P=0.001) and SMOD (P=0.045) in the left coronary cusp (LCC), lower rapid leaflet closing velocity compared with VG (P=0.04) in the right coronary cusp (RCC), and lower relative opening force compared with ACP (P=0.04) in the RCC. (stanford.edu)
  • Left coronary artery mean flow was higher in SG compared with SMOD (P=0.02) and ACP (P=0.05). (stanford.edu)
  • Anomalous Origin of the Left Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery: A Retrospective Multicenter Study. (thechipnetwork.org)
  • Cardiopulmonary bypass can be used to treat dogs with congenital or acquired cardiac defects. (vin.com)
  • He is actively involved in research on stem-cell therapy for congenital heart defects and in clinical trials investigation of new valve technology, including percutaneous heart valve replacement. (aats.org)
  • Congenital defects in connective tissue are also a risk factor. (keehealthcare.com)
  • As of April 1992 he played a leading role in setting up an interdisciplinary unit for the perioperative care of patients with congenital heart defects. (tum.de)
  • This general label encompasses many different abnormal conditions, including congenital heart defects (many of which can be repaired surgically), diseases of the the pericardium (the tissue surrounding the heart muscle), and diseases affecting the heart muscle itself (the myocardium). (onip.ca)
  • Elastin is a critical protein in arteries that helps tissue retain its shape after stretching. (debuglies.com)
  • Congenital cardiac tumor is defined as a congenital malformation consisting of growth of abnormal tissue within the heart. (sts.org)
  • Alarmines activate the congenital immune system inducing inflammation and promoting tissue recovery [ 5 , 6 ]. (hindawi.com)
  • Babin-Ebell J, Misoph M, Müllges W, Neukam K, Elert O. Reduced release of tissue factor by application of a centrifugal pump during cardiopulmonary baypass. (2medicalcare.com)
  • Accessory pathway reentrant tachycardia involves tracts of conducting tissue that partially or totally bypass normal AV connections (bypass tracts). (msdmanuals.com)
  • Introduction Congenital coronary artery fistulas are relatively rare, such as in the case of an abnormal origin of the coronary artery or a fistula to the low pressure cardiac chambers. (docksci.com)
  • Cardiac catheterization in two patients indicated about an 8 per cent left to right shunt ratio at pulmonary artery (Patient No.l,2), while the o t h e r patient (No.3) showed an unclear shunt. (docksci.com)
  • Left-heart bypass provides the same benefit as a Gott shunt, with the addition of a mechanical pump for more controlled blood flow to the abdomen and lower extremities. (keehealthcare.com)
  • Patients who will experience little benefit from coronary revascularization are also excluded. (medscape.com)
  • Patient selection and complexity of the congenital malformation are determinants of mortality risk. (wikipedia.org)
  • A pesar de los avances en el tratamiento farmacológico de la hipertensión pulmonar, en particular de la hipertensión arterial pulmonar (HAP), sigue siendo una enfermedad mortal. (revespcardiol.org)