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COVID-19 and cardiothoracic surgery : a risk-adjusted approach in the context of a global pandemic
(South African Heart Association, 2020)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In the face of the novel coronavirus pandemic, the impact of COVID-19 infection has disrupted cardiothoracic surgical services globally. A risk-adjusted approach to restructuring the delivery of cardiothoracic ... -
A case report of an aorto-pulmonary-venacaval fistula after penetrating cardiac injury
(Oxford University Press, 2020-12-15)Background: Penetrating cardiac injury (PCI) is an accepted burden in high violent crime areas. Traumatic intracardiac fistulae are however not that commonly detected on initial presentation, with most of these injuries ... -
Lungresection and the cardiopulmonary reserve
(Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 1996)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Concomitant pulmonary dysfunction such as airway obstruction, lung fibrosis and/ or pulmonary hypertension limits a patient's cardiopulmonary reserve. It is clear from the literature that the presence of ... -
Ventrikulere aneurismektomie en infarktektomie
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1975-03)Four patients underwent ventricular aneurysmectomy for congestive cardiac failure. In addition, 1 patient with an aneurysm and 3 patients with acute myocardial infarcts, ranging from 16 to 28 days postinfarction, underwent ... -
Aneurysm of a peripheral pulmonary artery : case report and brief review of the literature
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1975-08)A patient is presented in whom a solitary aneurysm of a peripheral pulmonary artery was treated by left lower lobectomy. This is the eighth reported successful resection of such an aneurysm. A brief review of the literature ... -
Penetrating wounds of the heart and great vessels : experience with 24 cases including 3 with intracardiac defects
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1975-03)Twenty four cases of penetrating cardiac injuries due to stab wounds, which were seen over a 3 yr period, are reviewed. Ten patients were treated by aspiration alone because tamponade was mild, or because they were seen ... -
Lysosomal disruption during the development of endotoxic shock in the baboon
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1975-06)Lysosomal disruption with release of lysosomal enzymes has been described in shock. This study was designed to demonstrate the release of lysosomal enzymes in the liver and lung in addition to determining circulating serum ... -
Post-infarction ventricular septal defect and aneurysm formation : a case presentation with successful surgical correction and review of the literature
(HMPG, 1981-02)A fairly young man suddenly developed a large ventricular septal defect (VSD) after an extensive anterolateral and anteroseptal myocardial infarction. Because of congestive cardiac failure refractory to medical treatment ... -
Penetrating wounds of the heart and great vessels : a new therapeutic approach
(Health and Medical Publishing Group -- HMPG, 1982-08)A series of 36 Black and Coloured patients, presenting during a 1-year period with life-endangering intrathoracic trauma secondary to assault, is presented. Penetrating wounds of the heart were documented in 32 of these ... -
Spontaneous contained transmural oesophageal rupture clinically resembling intramural rupture : a case report
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Severe isolated left mainstem coronary artery stenosis : a case report
(Health and Medical Publishing Group (HMPG), 1986-01)A 33-year-old white man had exertional angina pectoris, followed by angina pectoris at rest, and then episodes of ischaemic acute pulmonary oedema associated with angina pectoris. Selective coronary angiography delineated ... -
Ewart's sign in tuberculous pericarditis
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'n Nuwe metode vir die bepaliog van serotonien in bloed en serebrospinale vloeistof
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1979)A new rapid method for the microdetermination of serotonin (5-hydroxytryptamine) in plasma and cerebrospinal fluid is described. A recovery coefficient of 98% was obtained in the present method, with the use of ... -
Aortokoronêre omleidingschirurgie te Tygerberg-Hospitaal, 1978-1980
(Health & Medical Publishing Group, 1982-11)ENGLISH ABSTRACT: Between January 1978 and December 1980, 118 patients underwent saphenous vein bypass surgery for obstructive coronary artery disease at Tygerberg Hospital. Sixteen patients in addition to bypass surgery ...
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