Arquivos brasileiros de cardiologia
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Mar 1995
[Heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation in pregnant women. Analysis of materno-fetal outcome].
To analyze maternal and fetal outcome in pregnant undergone to cardiac surgery. ⋯ The indication of cardiac surgery in pregnant women is heart failure, refractory to conventional therapy; cardiopulmonary bypass is associated with high fetal mortality.
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Dec 1994
Clinical Trial[Use of tranexamic acid for bleeding control in myocardial revascularization].
To compare two groups of 80 patients undergoing to myocardial revascularization with the use of antifibrinolytic drug tranexamic acid and its efficacy in reduce bleeding and blood transfusion. ⋯ Tranexamic acid was an effective drug in bleeding control and in reducing blood transfusion in the postoperative of patients submitted to myocardial revascularization.
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Arq. Bras. Cardiol. · Oct 1994
Case Reports[Prolonged respiratory support with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in lung transplantation].
A 42 year-old woman with terminal chronic lung disease underwent to left lung transplantation. Extracorporeal membrane oxigenation (ECMO) was required because dysfunction of transplanted organ occurred and was non-responsive to conventional therapy. ⋯ During hospital stay, she developed sepsis and died. In conclusion, ECMO was decisive to the treatment of pulmonary dysfunction, allowing time to the resolution of lung lesion.