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    U-shaped association between elapsed time after surgery and the intensity of chronic postsurgical pain following cardiac surgery via thoracotomy: an observational cohort study

    Chronic postsurgical pain (CPSP) is defined as chronic pain that develops or increases in intensity after a surgical procedure and persists beyond the healing process, defined as at least 3 months postoperativ...

    Kimito Minami, Masahiro Kazawa in General Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (2022)

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    Sizing of mitral annuloplasty rings using real-time three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography and the difference between patients with and without recurrent mitral regurgitation: retrospective cohort study

    Previous studies showed that the mitral inter-commissural (IC) distance differed by a few millimeters between the systolic and diastolic cardiac cycles. However, sizing of the mitral annuloplasty ring with a r...

    Tasuku Fujii, Kenji Yoshitani, Eiki Kanemaru in Journal of Echocardiography (2020)

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    Intraoperative Management and Anesthesia

    General anesthesia using continuous infusion of remifentanil and propofol (or inhalational anesthetic drug) is the most popular anesthetic technique during off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery due t...

    Yoshihiko Ohnishi in Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass (2016)

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    Optimal placement of CVP catheter in paediatric cardiac patients

    For correct monitoring of central venous pressure (CVP) the tip of the CVP catheter should be placed in the superior vena cava (SVC). Since there is no useful guide for the optimal depth of insertion of CVP ca...

    Yukio Hayashi, Kouichi Maruyama, Osamu Takaki in Canadian Journal of Anaesthesia (1995)