Revista brasileira de cirurgia cardiovascular : órgão oficial da Sociedade Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular
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Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc · Oct 2007
Is the RACHS-1 (risk adjustment in congenital heart surgery) a useful tool in our scenario?
The aim of this study was to evaluate the applicability of the RACHS-1 (Risk Adjustment in Congenital Heart Surgery) as a predictor of surgical mortality in a pediatric population of a public hospital of the Northeast of Brazil. ⋯ Although the RACHS-1 is easily applicable, it can not be applicable in our scenario because it takes into account only the surgical procedure as a categorized variable, not considering others factors presented in our scenario that could interfere in the final surgical result.
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Rev Bras Cir Cardiovasc · Oct 2007
Hemodynamic disorders related to beating heart surgery using cardiac stabilizers: experimental study.
To study in swine the hemodynamic changes secondary to the use of stabilizers for off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgeries by means of both a suction device "Octopus" and a compression device (Speroni). ⋯ Both stabilizers have caused hemodynamic changes. The compression device (Speroni) is more associated with changes than the suction device (Octopus).