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Chapter
Anesthetic Management of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
Left untreated or medically managed, symptomatic severe aortic valvular disease is associated with high mortality. Whereas surgical management has tremendously reduced the mortality from aortic valve disease, ...
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Anesthetic Challenges in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery
Cardiac surgery is a highly invasive and complex field of medicine. With increasing patient need and newer technology, minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) has evolved to include surgical approaches utili...
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Article
Open AccessA Pilot Study Comparing Aortic Valve Area Estimates Derived from Fick Cardiac Output with Estimates Based on Cheetah-NICOM Cardiac Output
Cardiac output during cardiac catheterization is often estimated using the modified Fick method (COFick). In this proof-of-concept, prospective non-randomized study carried out in a single academic healthcare cen...
