cardiac surgery

Seizures linked to surgery drugs can be prevented by anesthetics
11/26/2012 - 12:59

Two drugs commonly given during cardiac surgery can lead to convulsive seizures, but anesthetics can help cut the risk, according to new research from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto.

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Vanderbilt study finds obesity linked to kidney injury after heart surgery
07/05/2012 - 10:18

Obesity increases the risk of acute kidney injury (AKI) following cardiac surgery, according to a Vanderbilt study published in the Journal of the American Society of Nephrology. Considered common after cardiac surgery, AKI represents a fivefold increase in mortality risk within 30 days after the procedure and is associated with longer hospital stays and a range of complications.

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Pre-Operative Statins Can Help Patients Who Undergo Heart Surgery
04/18/2012 - 07:55

Pre-operative statin therapy can reduce the chance of post-operative atrial fibrillation and shortens the stay on the intensive care unit (ICU) and in the hospital in patients who undergo cardiac surgery, according to a new systematic review by Cochrane researchers. However, statin pre-treatment had no influence on the risk of dying, stroke, heart attack or kidney failure around the time of the operation.

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Garlic oil component May Form Treatment to Protect Heart
11/16/2011 - 13:32

A potent-smelling component of garlic oil may help release protective compounds to the heart after heart attack, during cardiac surgery, or as a treatment for heart failure.

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Patients Fare Just as Well if Their Nonemergency Angioplasty is Performed at Hospitals without Cardiac Surgery Capability
11/15/2011 - 14:42

Hospitals that do not have cardiac surgery capability can perform nonemergency angioplasty and stent implantation as safely as hospitals that do offer cardiac surgery. That is the finding of  the nation’s first large, randomized study to assess whether patients do just as well having nonemergency angioplasty performed at smaller, community hospitals that do not offer cardiac surgery.

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Breast Cancer Surgery Preserves Artery for Future Heart Surgery
10/11/2011 - 10:48

Doctors at Johns Hopkins have shown that during an increasingly popular type of breast-reconstruction surgery, they can safely preserve the internal mammary artery, in case it is needed for future cardiac surgery.

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