Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Jun 2005
NT-proBNP in cardiac surgery: a new tool for the management of our patients?
Our aim was to determine NT-proBNP levels in patients undergoing cardiac surgery and if those levels are related to any of the baseline clinical characteristics of patients before surgery or any of the outcomes or events after surgery. ⋯ Preoperative NT-proBNP levels depend on preoperative patient status (Euroscore, NYHA class and cardiac rhythm) and they increase significantly after cardiac surgery. This increase is higher when postoperative inotropes are needed. We found no relation between NT-proBNP levels and complications rate. An association have been shown between NT-proBNP levels and the use of inotropes after cardiac surgery.
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Jun 2005
Penetrating cardiac injuries: a 13-year retrospective evaluation from a Brazilian trauma center.
To present our experience with penetrating cardiac injuries. We have retrospectively reviewed the records of 70 victims of penetrating cardiac injuries. A logistic regression has been performed in order to determine the association between death and clinical predictors. ⋯ Non-survivors had lower systolic blood pressure (37.50+/-39.18 mmHg) than survivors (79.04+/-41.04 mmHg; P<0.001) upon arrival at the hospital. Thirteen non-survival (56.5%) and 10 (21.3%) survival victims had systolic blood pressure (SBP)