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(AP) -- A common method used in heart bypass surgery spares patients pain and problems upfront but seems to raise their risk of dying or suffering a heart attack over the next three years, a worrisome new study finds. The results could have a big impact - about 450,000 bypass operations...
the risk of heart attack is already very low so it raises the risk from very low to very low," he said. "On the flip side, an 80-year-old who has high blood pressure, who's had bypass surgery, for that patient, the risk could be substantial." ...
Issue DateMarch 2013 DOIhttps://doi.org/10.1038/ijo.2012.62 Keywords infection outcome the risk of influenza nosocomial pneumonia Subjects Influenza virus Obesity Surgery International Journal of Obesity (Int J Obes)ISSN1476-5497(online)ISSN0307-0565(print)...
When compared with women without endometriosis, women with laparoscopically confirmed endometriosis had a higher risk of myocardial infarction (relative risk, 1.52; 95% confidence interval, 1.17-1.98), angiographically confirmed angina (1.91; 1.59-2.29), coronary artery bypass graft surgery/coronary ...
Coronary artery bypass surgery performed whilst the heart is still beating may carry an increased likelihood of death, according to a systematic review by Cochrane researchers. The researchers suggest beating heart surgery should not be recommended excep
(which measures how well a severity measure discriminates between patients who lived and those who died) for acute myocardial infarction, 0.86; the measure called All Patient Refined Diagnosis Related Groups had the highest for coronary artery bypass graft surgery, 0.83; and the measure, Medis...
Surgery-related strokes are an important cause of morbidity following resection of high-grade glioma (HGG). We explored the incidence, risk factors and clinical consequences of intra-operative ischemic strokes in surgeries for resection of HGG. We r
Heart surgery programs innovation using surgical risk stratification at the Sao Paulo State Public Healthcare System: SP-SCORE-SUS STUDY Cardiovascular diseases represent the greatest burden of morbidity and mortality for the health system and cardiac surgery has an important impact on their... OAV Me...
Preoperative plasma aldosterone and the risk of atrial fibrillation after coronary artery bypass surgery Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is associated with poor outcomes after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery. We aimed to assess the additional value of preoperative plasma aldosterone le...