10, 11 The authors present the case of an 86-year-old woman diagnosed with a left atrial myxoma, who was followed irregularly over a six-year period and did not undergo surgery due to her refusal. A) ...

Background In patients with tricuspid regurgitation (TR), delayed surgical intervention is associated with poor outcomes, ...

Background: Approximately 20,000 permanent pacemakers (PPMs) are implanted annually for bradycardia or atrioventricular (AV) block after cardiac surgery. Little is known about the long-term pacing ...

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The baseline characteristics of the 6,268 cardiac surgery patients are outlined in ... of which the majority (25% of the study cohort) were due to atrial fibrillation with slow ventricular rate.

Matt Jaeky was only 19 the first time his heart went into atrial fibrillation (AFib). He had just come home after working a long, hot day in his summer job cutting grass and changing water meters ...

The Division of Trauma & Acute Care Surgery works closely with the departments of Neurosurgery, Orthopaedics, Otolaryngology, Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery, Plastic Surgery and Urology. Together with ...

Introduction Cardiac myxoma is a rare tumour of the heart occurring in the left atrium (75% of cases). In this short case study, a mass in the right atrium is discussed. The MRI techniques and ...

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Surgery is a procedure in which incision and physical manipulation are used to treat a patient with an injury or a disease. The patient's tissues are cut during this technique to permit the ...