Effectiveness of Implantation of Cardioverter-Defibrillators Therapy in Patients with Non-Ischemic Heart Failure: an Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

Zhenhua Xing, Liang Tang, Chenyang Chen, Jiabing Huang, Zhaowei Zhu, Xinqun Hu.

The Emblematic Year of 2011, Trials and the 50 Years of Heart Transplantation: Three Relevant Issues

Domingo M. Braile, Paulo Roberto B. Évora.

Brazilian Congress of Cardiovascular Surgery

Renato A. K. Kalil.

Comparative Study of Electrical Stimulation of the Heart with VDD and DDD Pacemakers as to the Evolution to Atrial Fibrillation

Nelson Leonardo Kerdahi Leite de Campos, Rubens Ramos de Andrade, Marcello Laneza Fellicio, Antônio Sergio Martins, André Monti Garzesi, Leonardo Rufino Garcia, Tassya Bueno Takeda.

Hybrid Treatment with Complete Transposition of Supra-Aortic Trunks versus Conventional Surgery for the Treatment of Aortic Arch Aneurysm

Leonardo de Oliveira Souza, Rodrigo de Castro Bernardes, Túlio Pinho Navarro, Ricardo Jayme Procópio, Fernando Antônio Roquete Reis Filho, Luiz Claudio Moreira Lima, Ernesto Lentz da Silveira.

Hybrid Approach of Aortic Diseases: Zone 1 Delivery and Volumetric Analysis on the Descending Aorta

José Augusto Duncan, Ricardo Ribeiro Dias, Fabrício José Dinato, Fábio Fernandes, Félix José Álvares Ramirez, Charles Mady, Fabio Biscegli Jatene.

Predictive Factors of Long-Term Stay in the ICU after Cardiac Surgery: Logistic CASUS Score, Serum Bilirubin Dosage and Extracorporeal Circulation Time

Marcio Fernandes Pimentel, Marcelo José Ferreira Soares, Jamil Alli Murad Junior, Marcos Aurelio Barboza de Oliveira, Fernanda Luiza Faria, Vinicius Zani Faveri, Yuzo Iano, Rodrigo Capobianco Guido.

Cardiac Surgery in Jehovah's Witness Patients: Experience of a Brazilian Tertiary Hospital

Felipe Homem Valle, Fernando Pivatto Júnior, Bruna Sessim Gomes, Tanara Martins de Freitas, Vanessa Giaretta, Miguel Gus.

Application of Unilateral Pectoralis Major Muscle Flap in the Treatment of Sternal Wound Dehiscence

Grazielle de Souza Horácio, Pedro Soler Coltro, Antonio Albacete Neto, Juliano Baron Almeida, Vinícius Zolezi da Silva, Ivan de Rezende Almeida, Alfredo José Rodrigues, Jayme Adriano Farina Junior.

Impact of Myocardial Revascularization Method on Smoking Cessation: Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting versus Percutaneous Coronary Intervention

Ricardo das Neves, Greicy Kelly Avila, Fernando de Barros Oliveira, João Augusto Ferraz de Sampaio.

Incidence and Treatment of Chylothorax in Children Undergoing Corrective Surgery for Congenital Heart Diseases

Nicolle Martin Christofe, Cristiane Felix Ximenes Pessotti, Laércio Paiva, Ieda Biscegli Jatene.

Blood Transfusion and Increased Perioperative Risk in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts

Pedro S. Farsky, Igor C. Campos, Valessa Tanganelli, Hugo P. Maues, Marcio C. M. Coelho, Fernanda A. Martins, Giovana Munhoz, Julyana G. T. Egito, Hayala C. C. Souza, Cássio M. C. Giannini.

Safety and Feasibility Study of a Novel Stent-Graft for Thoracic Endovascular Aortic Repair: a Canine Model Experiment

Fan Yang, Jiehua Qiu, Zeliang Fu, Yuchen Qiu, Junrong Luo, Qingyang Xiao, Huabin Cao.

CABG Surgery Remains the best Option for Patients with Left Main Coronary Disease in Comparison with PCI-DES: Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials

Michel Pompeu Barros Oliveira Sá, Artur Freire Soares, Rodrigo Gusmão Albuquerque Miranda, Mayara Lopes Araújo, Alexandre Motta Menezes, Frederico Pires Vasconcelos Silva, Ricardo Carvalho Lima.

History of Heart Transplantation: a Hard and Glorious Journey

Noedir A. G. Stolf.

Off-pump versus On-pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Frail Patients: Study Protocol for the FRAGILE Multicenter Randomized Controlled Trial

Rodrigo Mussi Milani, Alexandre Ciappina Hueb, Rosangela Monteiro, Ricardo Carvalho Lima, Luiz Augusto Ferreira Lisboa, Luís Alberto Oliveira Dallan, John Puskas, Fabio Biscegli Jatene, Omar Asdrúbal Vilca Mejía, Michel Pompeu Barros Oliveira Sá, Maurilio Onofre Deininger, Luís Roberto Palma Dallan, Rodrigo Coelho Segalote, Marco Antonio Praça de Oliveira, Fernando Antibas Atik, Magaly Arrais dos Santos, Pedro Gabriel M.

Implantation of Short-Term and Long-Term Right Ventricular Assist Devices

Christiano Castello Branco Caldeira, Regimar Carla Machado, Debora Castello Branco Caldeira.

Resection of Left Atrial Myxoma in a Patient with Retrosternal Gastric Tube: a Case Report

Pablo Maria Alberto Pomerantzef, Elinthon Tavares Veronese, Fabrício José Dinato, Fabio Biscegli Jatene.

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