Browsing Cardiothoracic Surgery by Title

Aneurysm of a peripheral pulmonary artery : case report and brief review of the literature

Janson, P. M. C.; Barnard, P. M.; Weich, H. F. H.; MacMahon, A. G. (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 ...

Aortokoronêre omleidingschirurgie te Tygerberg-Hospitaal, 1978-1980

Barnard, P. M.; Lubbe, J. J. De W.; Rossouw, J. J.; Weich, H. F. H. (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 ...

A case report of an aorto-pulmonary-venacaval fistula after penetrating cardiac injury

Koen, Johannes Gerhardus; Wagenaar, Riegardt; Janson, Jacques (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 ...

COVID-19 and cardiothoracic surgery : a risk-adjusted approach in the context of a global pandemic

Reddy, Darshan; Kleinloog, Robert; Janson, Jacques; Manganyi, Rogers; Brink, Johan; Zilla, Peter (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 ...

Ewart's sign in tuberculous pericarditis

Smedema, J. P.; Katjitae, I.; Reuter, H.; Doubell, A. F. (Health & Medical Publishing Group, 2000)

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Lungresection and the cardiopulmonary reserve

Basson, Elizabeth (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 ...

Lysosomal disruption during the development of endotoxic shock in the baboon

Janson, P. M. C.; Kuhn, S. H.; Geldenhuys, J. J. (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 ...

'n Nuwe metode vir die bepaliog van serotonien in bloed en serebrospinale vloeistof

Kriek, J. A.; Bester, A. J.; Rossouw, J. J. (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 ...

Penetrating wounds of the heart and great vessels : a new therapeutic approach

Knott-Craig, C. J.; Przybojewski, J. Z.; Barnard, P. M. (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 ...

Penetrating wounds of the heart and great vessels : experience with 24 cases including 3 with intracardiac defects

De Wet Lubbe, J. J.; Janson, P. M. C.; Barnard, P. M. (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 ...

Post-infarction ventricular septal defect and aneurysm formation : a case presentation with successful surgical correction and review of the literature

Przybojewski, J. Z.; Barnard, P. M. (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 ...