On the horizon: minimally invasive cardiac surgery

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Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is on the horizon. Already 1500+ patients in the world have undergone minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB) surgery; correction of congenital defects; and valvular repair and replacement, to the mitral and aortic areas especially. Cardiac surgery is changing as advances are made in endoscopic and other instrumentation procedures such as video instrumentation, port access, and computer-assisted technology. MIDCAB surgery is bypass graft surgery through small ports of incision made in the chest wall between ribs without using cardiopulmonary bypass.

Author: Vitello-Cicciu, Joan, Fitzgerald, Carmel, Whalen, Deborah
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0889-4655
Year: 1998
Surgery, Heart, Heart surgery

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The brain-heart connection: cardiac effects of acute ischemic stroke

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Changes in electrocardiographic monitoring (ECG) will occur in patients with cerebrovascular disease, but also in those with acute ischemic stroke. Patients having experienced ischemic stroke may develop dysrhythmias and risk further neurologic deterioration. No standards govern how long patients should be monitored, but health care practitioners should consider the risk factors associated with hemodynamic compromise.

Author: Kocan, Mary Jo
Publisher: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, WK Health
Publication Name: Journal of Cardiovascular Nursing
Subject: Health care industry
ISSN: 0889-4655
Year: 1998
Psychological aspects, Stroke (Disease), Stroke

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