Journal ArticleJ Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth · November 2025
Assessing the severity of right ventricular (RV) dysfunction using echocardiography (echo) remains subjective, in part because current guidelines do not recommend how to synthesize various echo parameters to form a global assessment of RV dysfunction. To a ...
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Journal ArticleDiagnostics (Basel) · October 2, 2025
Patients presenting with abdominal pain and/or distension require rapid diagnostics to narrow the differential diagnosis from a long list of obstructive gastrointestinal (GI) pathologies that may appear clinically similar but warrant distinct management. W ...
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Journal ArticleJ Vis Exp · July 22, 2025
A major risk factor for morbidity and mortality in critical illness is the presence of right ventricular dysfunction (RVD). However, characterizing and grading the severity of RVD remains highly subjective, with significant inter-operator and intra-operato ...
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Journal ArticleThe Annals of thoracic surgery · March 2023
BackgroundThe integrated 6-year thoracic surgery (I-6) residency model was developed in part to promote early interest in cardiothoracic surgery in diverse trainees. To determine gaps in and opportunities for recruitment of women and minority grou ...
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Journal ArticleEuropean Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery · October 1, 2019
AbstractOBJECTIVES:Adequate nutrition is challenging after oesophagectomy. A jejunostomy is commonly placed during oesophagectomy for nutritional support. However, some patients ...
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