COMPLETE CORRECTION OF THE TETRALOGY OF FALLOT BY OPEN-HEART SURGERY

AbstractSurgical vegetectomy may be indicated in patients with unresolving sepsis, heart failure, recurrent embolism, or the presence of large vegetations >10 mm in size. Percutaneous vegetectomy using a snare may be a reasonable option instead of open-heart surgery in selected patients. We describe the case of a patient with operated tetralogy of Fallot and infective endocarditis who underwent vegetectomy via a percutaneous approach.

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Posttraumatic Growth following Open-heart Surgery: The Role of Religious Coping and the Underlying Mechanism

PsycEXTRA Dataset ◽

10.1037/e576422013-001 ◽

2013 ◽

Author(s):

Amy Ai

Keyword(s):

Posttraumatic Growth ◽

Religious Coping ◽

Heart Surgery ◽

Open Heart Surgery ◽

Underlying Mechanism ◽

Open Heart

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The Hemostatic Mechanism after Open-Heart Surgery

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1646707 ◽

1978 ◽

Vol 39 (02) ◽

pp. 474-487 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

E R Cole ◽

F Bachmann ◽

C A Curry ◽

D Roby

Keyword(s):

Extracorporeal Circulation ◽

Heart Surgery ◽

Polyacrylamide Gel Electrophoresis ◽

Open Heart Surgery ◽

Coagulation System ◽

Open Heart ◽

Time Activity ◽

Post Surgery ◽

Plasma Fractions ◽

The Mean

SummaryA prospective study in 13 patients undergoing open-heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation revealed a marked decrease of the mean one-stage prothrombin time activity from 88% to 54% (p <0.005) but lesser decreases of factors I, II, V, VII and X. This apparent discrepancy was due to the appearance of an inhibitor of the extrinsic coagulation system, termed PEC (Protein after Extracorporeal Circulation). The mean plasma PEC level rose from 0.05 U/ml pre-surgery to 0.65 U/ml post-surgery (p <0.0005), and was accompanied by the appearance of additional proteins as evidenced by disc polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis of plasma fractions (p <0.0005). The observed increases of PEC, appearance of abnormal protein bands and concomitant increases of LDH and SGOT suggest that the release of an inhibitor of the coagulation system (similar or identical to PIVKA) may be due to hypoxic liver damage during extracorporeal circulation.

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Blood Coagulation Studies and Extracorporeal Circulation in Man

Thrombosis and Haemostasis ◽

10.1055/s-0038-1655073 ◽

1967 ◽

Vol 18 (03/04) ◽

pp. 634-646 ◽

Cited By ~ 6

Author(s):

N Thurnherr

Keyword(s):

Blood Coagulation ◽

Extracorporeal Circulation ◽

Blood Clotting ◽

Heart Surgery ◽

Open Heart Surgery ◽

Fibrinolytic System ◽

Open Heart ◽

Clotting Factors ◽

Blood Clotting Factors

SummaryBlood clotting investigations have been executed in 25 patients who have undergone open heart surgery with extracorporeal circulation. A description of alterations in the activity of blood clotting factors, the fibrinolytic system, prothrombin consumption and platelets during several phases of the operation is given.

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