Chen, Shao-Wei Lin, Yu-Sheng Wu, Victor Chien-Chia Lin, Ming-Shyan Chou, An-Hsun Chu, Pao-Hsien Chen, Tien-Hsing
Published in
The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
The objective of the study was to evaluate the effects of β-blocker therapy on long-term outcomes in patients after surgical repair of type A aortic dissection. A total of 4275 patients with acute type A aortic dissection who underwent surgical repair between 2004 and 2013, were identified using the Taiwan National Health Insurance Research Databas...
Vivacqua, Alessandro Robinson, John Abbas, Amr E Altshuler, Jeffrey M Shannon, Francis L Podolsky, Robert H Sakwa, Marc P
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The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
The present prospective noninferiority randomized trial was designed to demonstrate the safety and efficacy of a single dose of Custodiol histidine-tryptophan-ketoglutarate compared with repetitive cold-blood cardioplegia. From October 2012 to May 2014, 110 patients were randomly assigned to 1 of 2 groups: Group 1 (55 patients) received repetitive ...
