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Aortic annulus is still controversial
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Rupture of ventricular septum, Papillary muscle and free ventricular wall after myocardial infarction in the same patient .Did your patient survive? Usually these patients don't survive.
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The question comes to mind because there are some studies that shows that even if the heart does not improve ejection fraction postoperatively in patients with severe LV dysfunction, there...
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An 18 years old male patient, with history of RV overload preoperatively, undergoes surgical closure of secundum ASD. After anesthesia induction in the OR, he has multiple runs of VT and so had to...
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the indication is cardiac arrest usually or tamponade which is not giving us time enough to shift the patient back to theater. but when exactly should we say lets re-open the patient and stop...
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