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The impact of lesion complexity on predicting mortality of coronary artery disease patients after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest
Coronary artery disease (CAD) is the most frequent cause of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA). Nevertheless, there have been limited studies focusing on the impact of lesion complexity on resuscitated CAD ...
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Open AccessA patient with Marfan’s syndrome who developed an acute aortic dissection at 28 weeks of pregnancy treated with aortic root replacement
The patient was a 31-year-old pregnant woman who gave birth to her first child by vaginal delivery 7 years ago. She was diagnosed with Marfan’s syndrome based on physical findings; however, the condition was n...
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Surgical outcomes of acute type A aortic dissection in dialysis patients
Acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) is relatively uncommon in dialysis patients, and characteristics and repair outcomes are not fully understood.
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Open AccessPartial compression strength of sugi (Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica) wood near the pith perpendicular to the grain
It was reported that sugi (Japanese cedar, Cryptomeria japonica) boards with pith had a greater partial compression strength perpendicular to the grain (σe) than sugi boards without pith. However, the reason for ...
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Successful non-operative management of left atrioesophageal fistula following catheter ablation
Atrioesophageal fistula (AEF) is a potentially lethal complication of catheter radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation. A 49-year-old man with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation who underwent catheter abla...
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Is the threshold for postoperative prosthesis-patient mismatch the same for all prostheses?
The effective orifice area index (EOAI) is used to define the prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM) after aortic valve replacement (AVR). However, few studies have so far evaluated whether the cutoff value for PPM...
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Bending creep of glued laminated timber (glulam) using sugi (Cryptomeria japonica) laminae with extremely low Young’s modulus for the inner layers
The main purpose of this study was to establish whether sugi lumber with an extremely low Young’s modulus, which is plentifully produced in southern Japan, can be practically used as laminae for glued laminate...
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Rudimentary right ventricle to pulmonary artery shunt in the Norwood procedure
We describe here successful palliative repair of tricuspid atresia, hypoplastic right ventricle, transposition of the great arteries, and hypoplastic aortic arch in a neonate. The repair consisted of the Norwo...
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Open AccessClinical experience with the Bicarbon heart valve prosthesis
We have previously reported mid-term results of a study, which ended in January 2000, on the Bicarbon valve. The study concluded that the valve showed excellent clinical results, associated with a low incidenc...
