... are listed at the end of this volume Surgical Options for the TreatmentofHeartFailure edited by ROY G MASTERS, MD FRCSC Division of Cardiac Surgery; University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Ottawa, ... preventive measures and earlier surgical interventions This book outlines the major surgical options for the treatmentofheartfailure and brings together a very broad base of opinions with contributions ... overall knowledge of the management of the heartfailure patient and provides a useful and worthwhile read for every cardiac surgeon of the day Wilbert J Keon University of Ottawa Heart Institute...
... mechanisms in failing hearts HeartFailure Reviews 1997;2:55-65 Moser DK Palhophysiolog>' ofheartfailure update: the role of neurohumoral activation in the progression ofheartfailure Am As.soc ... fraction and the prognosis ofheartfailure Sarcolemma (SL) in failing hearts The status of the Ca"^ channels may depend on the type ol' heartfailure Reports of increased density of Ca'* channels from ... Epidemiological aspects ofheartfailure Cardiol Clin 1989;7:1-9 Guidelines for the evaluation and management ofheartfailure Report of the American College of Cardiology/American Heart Association...
... of congestive heartfailure has improved dramatically as well, especially in the recognition of the importance oftreatment with aftcrload reduction This treatment was not available to many of ... the natural history of their regurgitant lesions than previously, largely as a result of identification of appropriate noninvasive indicators of impending decompensation of the left ventricle, ... complete excision of the subvalvular apparatus.''" " * •fhe issues of depression of ejection fraction from elimination of the low-pressure decompression into the left atrium and of interference...
... NF Surgicaltreatmentof aneurysms of the inferior wall J I'horac Cardiovasc Surg 1979;78:74-8 Bnischke AVG, Proudfit WL Sones FM Jr Progress study of 590 consecutive non .surgical ca.ses of coronar> ... symptoms ofheartfailure ^' ^ Medical therapy has had a dramatic impact on the symptoms ofheart failure, with less but still significant impact on survival, challenging previous assumptions of when ... and surgical alternatives to transplantation have also developed Heart transplantation now represents only one facet of the therapies which should be offered by cenfres dedicated to the heart failure...
... other end of the spectrum ofheart failure, there is now increasing evidence that early intervention can reduce the development ofheartfailure ^*'" Even after the symptoms ofheartfailure have ... transplantation for treatmentof advanced heart failure: effective use of vasodilators and diuretics J Heart Lung Transplant 1991:10:468 21 Stevenson LW, Perloff JK The limited reliability of physical ... ofheart failure. '^ In 120 transplant candidates without any of these risk factors, the incidence of embolic events during a mean follow-up of 300 days without anticoagulation was 4%.'^ The official...
... assist devices in terms of techniques of insertion, peri-operative management, complications and outcomes Roy Masters (editor) Surgical Options for the Treatment ofHeart Failure l^-l 35 ® 1999 ... Despite advances in medical and surgical therapies for congestive heart failure, mortality and morbidity remain high.' The cost of caring for congestive heartfailure patienLs and their repeated ... patients selected for support in the setting of acute heartfailure Patients in chronic severe congestive heartfailure however have some degree of end-organ dysfiinction resulting from chronic...
... with other surgical approaches to heart failure, the safe and effective pertbnnance of DCMP requires a dedicated team of medical professionals accustomed to the delicate needs ofheartfailure patients ... better understanding of ttie pathophysiology ofheart failure, the concepts of the ' girdling' and 'myocardial sparing' have provided a potential explanation on how the reversal of the remodeling ... patients with congestive heart failure: a second frontier Circulation 1985;72:681 NHLBI Report of the task force on research in heartfailure Bethesda, MD: US Department of Health and Human Services,...
... variety of disease processes including both chroruc ischemia and the cardiomyopathies) ultimately resulting in death Cost ofHeartFailure In terms of human suffering and death, the cost ofheartfailure ... subject of in-depth research To date, there is no single, effective, widely practiced therapy for heartfailure patients While Roy Masters (editor) Surgical Options for the TreatmentofHeartFailure ... the U.S.A., heartfailure is the primary diagnosis of over 900,000 hospitalizations per year with an annual new diagnosis of over 400,000 individuals.*'' The estimated cost ofheartfailure in...
... for treatmentof end-stage heartfailure the chronic shortage of donor organs and the need for chronic immunosuppression with its attendant complications severely limits the application of transplantation ... Epidemiology aspects ofheartfailure Cardiol Clin 1989;7:1-9 Massie BM, Packer M Congestive heart failure: Current controversies and fiiture prospects .
... Genova, Italy 2Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, University of Navarra, Clinica Universitaria, Avenida Pio XII, Pamplona, Spain Department of Anesthesiology University of Navarra, Clinica Universitaria, ... endovascular repair of ruptured descending thoracic aorta? J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2007, 134:1040-1041 doi:10.1186/1749-8090-6-134 Cite this article as: Dell’Aquila et al.: Surgicaltreatmentof aortobronchial ... manage [3] Page of These late complications often require different and difficult approaches that have been partially faced by surgeons using the frozen elephant-trunk via the technique of median sternotomy...
... that brings great improvement to the treatmentof depressed scars AUTHORS' CONTRIBUTIONS FI: participated in the surgicaltreatment and in the follow-up of this patient MT: drafted the manuscript ... literature FMA: participated in the surgicaltreatment and in the follow-up of this patient MM: participated in the design of this case study and in the follow-up of this patient ADI: revised the ... mind, in the presence of adherent scars, after having infiltrated the whole area with a solution of Lidocaine 0.5% and Epinephrine 1:200,000 very close to one of the two edges of the scar, a small...
... Collateralization of Striatofugal Neurons and Co-localization of Dopamine Receptors One of the important series of data that challenged the concept of segregated direct and indirect striatofugal pathways ... 960–976 Surgical Treatmentof PD 41 SurgicalTreatmentof Parkinson’s Disease Past, Present, and Future William C Koller, Alireza Minagar, Kelly E Lyons, and Rajesh Pahwa PAST Neurosurgical ... gathered a group of experienced and recognized authorities in the field who have provided authoritative reviews that define the current state of the art ofsurgicaltreatmentof Parkinson’s disease...
... and analyzed all data SH and YM, KS did the assistant of the operation NM diagnosed h the pathology of this case TS is the professor of the surgical science and had a guide All authors read and ... Surgicaltreatmentof intracystic carcinoma of the breast Masahiro Kitada1, Satoshi Hayashi1, Yoshinari Matsuda1, Kazuhiro ... SE, Babiera G Treatment and outcome of patient with intracystic papillary carcinoma of the breast Am J Surg 2002; 184: 364-368 11 Mulligan AM, O'Malley FP Metastatic potential of encapsulated...
... long term follow up is needed The treatmentof liver metastases from RCT is not well defined due to scarcity of cases Most of the experience regarding the treatmentof metastatic neuroendocrine disease ... response rate, but stabilization of the disease has been observed in 40 to 60% of cases [16] Page of (page number not for citation purposes) World Journal ofSurgical Oncology 2008, 6:41 http://www.wjso.com/content/6/1/41 ... Grossman AB: The role of chemotherapy in the nonsurgical management of malignant neuroendocrine tumours Clin Endocrinol (Oxf) 2001, 55:575-587 Oberg K: Diagnosis and treatmentof carcinoid tumors...
... repair of PE (MIRPE), also known as Nuss procedure, has changed the perception and understanding about surgicaltreatment This method of repair offers a less traumatic procedure preservation of the ... and total resection of superficial plexiform neurofibromas of face and neck: four case reports J Craniomaxillofac Surg 2005, 33(1):55-60 10 Ravitch MM: The Operative Treatmentof Pectus Excavatum ... level of third thoracic vertebra, CT scan shows a well-define mass in the anterior chest wall without clear signs of infiltration of surrounding structures Page of Figure At the level of sixth...
... Department, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece, 2Department of Interventional Radiology, University of Patras, School of Medicine, Patras, Greece and 3Department of Anaesthesiology ... skin necrosis, or the graft is infected [11,18,19] In such cases, surgicaltreatment consists of excision of the sac and replacement of the graft using a new synthetic graft or an umbilical vein ... successful in only 65-70% of cases, due to high rates of recurrence and infection [16] In contrast, surgical management with replacement of the graft and radical excision of the sac has a cure rate...