Chemokines in cardiac allografts promote graft rejection in mice
1. Cardiac allografts without the CCL2 chemokine demonstrated increased graft survival time when compared with wild type (WT) allografts in ...
Tag: Cardiac surgery
Remote ischemic preconditioning reduced myocardial injury in CABG patients
Image: PD 1. Remote ischemic preconditioning in CABG patients decreased myocardial injury in the first 72 hours after surgery. 2. ...
For ischemic mitral regurgitation, less surgery yields comparable results
Image: PD 1. Patients who underwent coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) for moderate functional ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) had similar ...
Surgical learning curve: factors in minimally invasive mitral valve surgery
Image: PD 1. Between 75 and 125 minimally invasive mitral valve surgeries needed to be performed by surgeons to overcome ...
Cardiac surgery risk stratification scores correlate poorly with costs
Image: PD 1. The six most commonly used preoperative scoring systems had weak linear correlations with hospital costs. 2. Hospital ...