Surgical treatment for angina pectoris was first proposed in 1899. Decades of experimental
surgery for coronary artery disease finally led to the introduction of coronary artery bypass …

Background—Leukocytes in transfused blood are associated with several posttransfusion
immunomodulatory effects. Although leukocytes play an important role in reperfusion injury, …

Inconsistencies still exist with regard to the exact mode of development of proximal coronary
arteries and coronary orifices. In this regard 15 quail embryos were investigated using a …

Patients (n = 109) operated on for coarctation of the aorta were analyzed for occurrence of
associated cardiac and noncardiac anomalies. Attention was also paid to the prevalence of …

Between 1953 and 1985, 109 consecutive patients (17% with isolated coarctation) younger
than 3 years of age underwent resection of aortic coarctation. These patients had …

In order to obtain mechanical specifications for the design of an artificial leaflet valve prosthesis,
a geometrically non-linear numerical model is developed of a closed Hancock leaflet …

Objective: Tissue degeneration reduces the durability of aortic and pulmonary homograft
heart valves. Homograft valves can evoke cellular and humoral immune responses that might …

The Medtronic Freestyle aortic root bioprosthesis has been implanted in patients since August
1992. This study reviews clinical and echocardiographic results at midterm (5 years) after …

BACKGROUND.: Cardiopulmonary bypass in children results in considerable water retention,
especially in neonates and small infants. Dilution of plasma proteins increases water loss …

Objective: Case histories of all patients (n = 29) operated on for supravalvular aortic stenosis
from 1962 to the present were reviewed to study different techniques and outcomes. The …