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Clinical outcomes of continuous flow left ventricular assist device therapy as bridge to transplant strategy in muscular dystrophy: a single-center study
In muscular dystrophies (MD) patients with end-stage heart failure (HF), continuous flow left ventricular assist device (cf-LVAD) therapy is still controversial due to a progressive nature of MD-associated mus...
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Perigraft seroma after total aortic arch replacement using Triplex graft
A 42-year-old gentleman underwent total aortic arch replacement with Triplex graft (Terumo corporation, Tokyo, Japan) for acute type A dissection. Sixteen months later, a computed tomography revealed a rapidly...
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Lanthanum carbonate, a phosphate binder, inhibits calcification of implanted aortic allografts in a rat model
Calcification is one of the major postoperative problems after aortic allograft implantation. We hypothesized that phosphate binders, lanthanum carbonate and calcium carbonate inhibit calcification of implante...
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Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting with an aortic nonclam** technique may reduce the incidence of cerebral complications
Cerebrovascular accidents after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) remain a complication despite the advancements in techniques. Aortic partial clam** should be avoided to prevent this cerebral complicat...