Background Atrial fibrillation is a common post‐operative complication of cardiac surgery and
is associated with an increased risk of post‐operative stroke, increased length of intensive …

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cows not manifesting signs of the disease. Am J Vet Res 53:477, 1992 33. Sweeney RW, …

We sought to establish the efficacy and safety of prophylactic steroids in adult patients
undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). We performed a meta-analysis of randomized trials …

Molecular approaches to understanding the functional circuitry of the nervous system
promise new insights into the relationship between genes, brain and behaviour. The cellular …

… Whitlock RML, Bass NM: Left ventricular volume estimation by single-plane right anterior
oblique cineangiography. In Proceedings of International Conference on Recent Advances in …

Background There is substantial variability in the perioperative administration of aspirin in
patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, both among patients who are already on an aspirin …

Background The relative benefits and risks of performing coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG)
with a beating-heart technique (off-pump CABG), as compared with cardiopulmonary …

The Canadian Cardiovascular Society (CCS) atrial fibrillation (AF) guidelines program was
developed to aid clinicians in the management of these complex patients, as well as to …

Importance Little is known about the relationship between perioperative high-sensitivity
troponin T (hsTnT) measurements and 30-day mortality and myocardial injury after noncardiac …

Background Surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage has been hypothesized to
prevent ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, but this has not been proved. The …