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Autor:
Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy, Al Solina, Peter M. Scholz, Anthony Lemaire, Leonard Y. Lee, George Batsides, Alan J. Spotnitz, Nicholas Brownstone
Publikováno v:
Surgical Infections. 16:24-28
Clostridium difficile (CD) is a common cause of healthcare-associated infectious colitis that complicates about 1% of all hospital stays in the U.S. The impact of CD on outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and valvular surgery (VS) i
Autor:
George Batsides, Anthony Lemaire, Siavash Saadat, Alan J. Spotnitz, Aziz Ghaly, Viktor Y. Dombrovskiy, Leonard Y. Lee
Publikováno v:
Surgical infections. 18(3)
Patients with infective endocarditis (IE) are at high risk for post-operative morbidity and death, which might be associated with drug abuse. The purpose of this study is to evaluate the impact of drug dependence on outcomes in patients who have IE a
Autor:
Ann Marie Lozano, Peter M. Scholz, George Batsides, Andrew Goodman, Alan J. Spotnitz, Anthony Lemaire, Thomas Prendergast, Leonard Y. Lee, Mark B. Anderson
Publikováno v:
The Annals of Thoracic Surgery. 97:133-138
Background. Acute cardiogenic shock is associated with high mortality rates. Mechanical circulatory devices have been increasingly used in this setting for hemodynamic support. The Impella device (Abiomed Inc, Danvers, MA) is a microaxial left ventri
Autor:
Robert J. Hilkert, Tyrone J. Krause, Alan J. Spotnitz, Stephen F. Lowry, Vishnu Rumalla, Steve E. Calvano, Edward Lin
Publikováno v:
Annals of Surgery. 236:254-260
Congestive heart failure (CHF) is one of the leading causes of hospitalization of older adults in the United States. At present, this disease accounts for healthcare expenditures of $10 billion per year, and the incidence of CHF continues to rise wit
Publikováno v:
Cardiovascular Surgery. 10:146-153
Purpose: Our objective was to determine the association of pre-operative and post-operative coagulation testing abnormalities with the cause of post-operative bleeding requiring re-exploration following cardiac surgery. Methods: Retrospective chart r
Autor:
George Batsides, Leonard Y. Lee, Victoria G. Behrend, Alan J. Spotnitz, Aziz Ghaly, Al Solina, Anthony Lemaire
Publikováno v:
Journal of Cardiovascular Diseases & Diagnosis.
more prevalent in the population of patients with Type B dissections at 76.7% vs. those with Type A dissections at 69.3% there was no significant difference between the high proportion in these two groups (p=0.08) [8]. This contribution to aortic dis
Publikováno v:
Journal of Clinical Case Reports.
The mortality rate from cardiogenic shock after acute myocardialinfarction (MI) is high without reperfusion (70%-80%) [1]. Early revascularization is the basis of treatment of acute MI complicated by cardiogenic shock. Mechanical circulatory devices
Publikováno v:
Cardiovascular Surgery. 9:27-32
There is controversy regarding the flow reserve and capacity of arterial conduits to meet the needs of the myocardium. This study compared flow in 22 free arterial bypasses to 15 saphenous vein grafts in procedures involving twenty patients. To asses
Autor:
Alan J. Spotnitz, Louis T. DiFazio, Gregory E. Scott, David W. Amory, Bertil K.J. Wagner, Claudine M. Majcher
Publikováno v:
Annals of Pharmacotherapy. 29:349-353
Objective: To determine the effects of cardiopulmonary bypass and famotidine on gastric acid secretion in adults undergoing cardiac surgery. Design: Prospective, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Setting: University teaching hospita
Autor:
Gregory E. Scott, Claudine M. Majcher, David W. Amory, Bertil K.J. Wagner, Louis T. Di Fazio, Alan J. Spotnitz
Publikováno v:
Drug Investigation. 8:271-277
In order to study the pharmacokinetics of famotidine in cardiac surgery patients, we administered famotidine 20mg by intravenous injection at the beginning of surgery and 12 hours after surgery in 8 patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery with c