Left Circumflex Artery Rupture with Left Atrial Tamponade and Functional Mitral Stenosis by Weiting Huang, Khaled Mohamed Emadeldin Moheb Hammad, Victor Tar Toong Chao, Khung Keong Yeo

“…The growth in percutaneous transluminal devices has enabled operators to tackle more complex, native, and post-bypass surgery anatomy. However, complications such as coronary artery dissection, coronary perforation, retrograde aortic dissection, arrhythmias, and acute coronary syndrome still occur with resulting mortality rates of up to 4.2% in complex interventions. …”
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Is There a Metabolic Program in the Skeletal Muscle of Obese Individuals? by Joseph A. Houmard, Walter J. Pories, G. Lynis Dohm

“…Weight loss via gastric bypass surgery can “turn off” and/or correct components of this metabolic program as insulin sensitivity is restored; however, the impairment in FAO in skeletal muscle remains evident. …”
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Bariatric surgery in elderly patients by Alexander V. Smirnov, Vladimir R. Stankevich, Ekaterina S. Danilina, Vladislav I. Sychev, Evgeniya M. Voronets, Vladimir I. Sharobaro, Nikolay A. Solovyev, Yury V. Ivanov, Robert I. Khabazov

“…All the patients underwent only two types of surgery — laparoscopic longitudinal resection and laparoscopic Roux gastric bypass surgery. All the patients of the older age group underwent personalized selection for surgical treatment, screening procedures were arranged in order to detect the senile asthenia syndrome and, retrospectively, to stratify them using the GeriBari prognostic scale. …”
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Treatment and Imaging Modalities of Giant Coronary Aneurysms Resulting from Kawasaki Disease and Presenting as Acute Inferior Wall Myocardial Infarction by Mahmood Abu Akel, Yaron M. Hellman, Shtiwi Sawaed, Erez Sharoni, Amnon Eitan, Moshe Y. Flugelman

“…The patient underwent coronary bypass surgery and is asymptomatic at follow-up.…”
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Bile Leak following Laparoscopic Cholecystectomy due to Perforated Duodenal Ulcer in Patient with Roux-en-Y Gastric Bypass by Amanda M. Marsh, Ayman Almousa, Thomas Genuit, David Forcione, Karin Blumofe

“…Perforated ulcers of the excluded stomach or duodenum are exceedingly rare in patients who have undergone Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. The diagnosis of perforated ulcer after Roux-en-Y gastric bypass remains challenging as there is often absence of free air or contrast extravasation from the biliopancreatic limb. …”
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Experience of the introduction of surgery with artificial circulation in the regional department of vascular surgery by Yu.S. Spirin

“…Organization of the master classes, training courses and coronary bypass surgery procedures on the pig hearts made possible to develop regional cardiac surgery without long-term interruption of the usual process and without influence upon quality of the work. …”
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The Auscultation of a Carbon Dioxide Embolization Event during Endoscopic Vein Harvest by Erik Strauss, Bradley Taylor, Michael Mazzeffi, Kenichi Tanaka, Patrick Odonkor

“…Endoscopic vein harvest in preparation for coronary artery bypass surgery has become a preferred method of procuring saphenous vein. …”
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Fallacies and Possible Remedies of the SYNTAX Score by Yong-Ming He, Li Shen, Jun-Bo Ge

“…The Evaluation of Xience Everolimus-Eluting Stent Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery for Effectiveness of Left-Main Revascularization (EXCEL) and Nordic-Baltic-British left main revascularization (NOBLE) studies are the largest international randomized studies so far, comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) in the treatment of left main coronary artery disease. …”
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Arterial Thrombosis in Patients with Human Immunodeficiency Virus: Two-Case Reports and Review of the Literature by C. Konin, J. B. Anzouan-Kacou, A. Essam N'loo

“…He underwent a femorotibial bypass surgery and anticoagulant treatment. The outcome was good with reappearance of local heat of the limb and tibial pulses. …”
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Comparative Evaluation of Whole Body and Hepatic Insulin Resistance Using Indices from Oral Glucose Tolerance Test in Morbidly Obese Subjects with Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease by Kamran Qureshi, Ronald H. Clements, Fahad Saeed, Gary A. Abrams

“…Methods. 113 morbidly obese, nondiabetic subjects who underwent gastric bypass surgery and intraoperative liver biopsy were included in the study. …”
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Retrograde recanalization of chronic coronary occlusion by S.М. Furkalo

“…Thus, potential candidates for retrograde recanalization of CТO are рatients after failed attempt of recanalization with clear indications and motivated to implement PCI; with refractory angina and CТO of native coronary arteries after CABG; single-vessel coronary artery disease (right coronary artery, RCA or left anterior disease, LAD) with preserved left ventricular function and preserved kidney; patients with multivessel disease and related comorbidity making coronary artery bypass surgery impossible. Since 2007, 102 retrograde recanalizations of CТO were performed with total efficiency 64.3 %. …”
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Robotically-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Thierry A. Folliguet, Alain Dibie, François Philippe, Fabrice Larrazet, Michel S. Slama, François Laborde

“…This report describes our experience using the da Vinci system for coronary artery bypass surgery. Methods. Patients requiring single-or-double vessel revascularization were eligible. …”
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An Algorithm to Analyze Cost Heterogeneity using Counterfactual Scenarios in Endovascular versus Open Repair of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm: Predicting Costs for Subsequent Patients by Christopher A. Jones, Peter W. Callas, Robert W. Everett, Richard A. Galbraith, Richie Spitsberg, Jeffrey J. Petrozzino, Michael J. DeSarno, Andrew C. Stanley

“…**Results:** Significant predictors of UQC for OPEN repair procedures were: history of treated chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD), previous bypass surgery, transfer from hospital and age >70 (area under receiver operating curve [ROC] = 0.726). …”
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Multidrug Resistance Protein-4 Influences Aspirin Toxicity in Human Cell Line by Isabella Massimi, Ambra Ciuffetta, Flavia Temperilli, Francesca Ferrandino, Alessandra Zicari, Fabio M. Pulcinelli, Maria Pia Felli

“…We found that multidrug resistance protein-4 (MRP4) overexpression has a role in reducing aspirin action in patients after bypass surgery and, very recently, we found that aspirin enhances platelet MRP4 levels through peroxisome proliferator activated receptor-α (PPARα). …”
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Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease in Patients Investigated for Elevated Liver Enzymes by Krikor Kichian, Ross Mclean, Leah M Gramlich, Robert J Bailey, Vincent G Bain

“…A variety of retrospective series have linked NAFLD to obesity, diabetes, hyperlipidemia, total parenteral nutrition, jejunoileal bypass surgery and certain medications. A subset of patients with NAFLD that had an initial presentation of elevated liver enzymes was studied. …”
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Early and late outcomes of emergency coronary bypass grafting in non-ST-segment elevation acute myocardial infarction by Nguyen Thai Minh, Nguyen Sinh Hien, Bui The Dung, Doan Quoc Hung

“…Emergency coronary bypass surgery in patients with non-ST segment elevation myocardial infarction had poor early but good midterm outcomes. …”
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The Predictive Role of Parathyroid Hormone for Nonalcoholic Fatty Liver Disease following Bariatric Surgery by Tannaz Jamialahmadi, Mohsen Nematy, Mohammed Abdalla, Ali Jangjoo, Ladan Goshayeshi, Matthew Kroh, Seyed Adel Moallem, Mitra Abbasifard, Thozhukat Sathyapalan, Amirhossein Sahebkar

“…Ninety subjects with morbid obesity referred for Roux en-Y gastric bypass surgery were recruited. After IRB approval, demographic profiles, anthropometric factors, liver biopsy, and laboratory tests were obtained. …”
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Evaluation of the Short-Term Effect of Bariatric Surgery on the Level of HbA1c by Hadi Salehnia, Abbas Ali Dehghan, Sara Rashki Ghalehnoo

“…Results: A total of 713 patients were assessed (27 in the sleeve gastrectomy group and 286 in gastric bypass surgery). The mean level of HbA1C was 8.59±1.85 % at the baseline, and it decreased to 8.41±1.85 % after 3 months (P-value: 0.06). …”
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Evaluation of Eating Habits and Quality of Life in Postbariatric Surgery Patients and Their Family Members: A Case-Control Study by Carla Ibrahim, Joane Matta, Kàtia Lurbe i Puerto, Yonna Sacre

“…The case group includes a couple of patients who have undergone sleeve or bypass surgery 6 months ago and above, along with the main family caregivers. …”
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Laparoscopic Banded One Anastomosis Gastric Bypass: A Single-Center Series by Michela Campanelli, Emanuela Bianciardi, Domenico Benavoli, Giulia Bagaglini, Giorgio Lisi, Paolo Gentileschi

“…In that period, no patient required ring removal or conversion to Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery. Food intolerance/vomiting was present in 1 patient (1.1%), bile reflux was present in 1 patient (1.1%), and no stomal ulcers were observed. …”
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