Introduction: Preoperatively elevated serum creatinine (SCr) is considered an independent
risk factor for morbidity and mortality after cardiac surgery. The aim of this study was to apply …

Background: Physical activity is beneficial in several clinical situations and recommended
for patients with ischemic heart disease, as well as for those undergoing cardiac surgery …

Background The current challenge of cardiac surgery (CS) is to improve outcomes in
adverse scenarios. The aim of this study was to assess the impact of a quality improvement …

Background: The current challenge of cardiovascular surgery (CVS) is to improve the
outcomes in increasingly severe patients. In this respect, continuous quality improvement …

Background Mortality prediction after cardiac procedures is an essential tool in clinical
decision making. Although rheumatic cardiac disease remains a major cause of heart …

It is observed that death rates in cardiac surgery has decreased, however, root causes that
behave like triggers of potentially avoidable deaths (AD), especially in low-risk patients (less …

Introduction: The most widely used model for predicting mortality in cardiac surgery was
recently remodeled, but the doubts regarding its methodology and development have been …

Background Periprocedural myocardial injury after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)
may affect the patient's prognosis and may be due to a different set of factors beyond the …

Doenças cardiovasculares representam a maior carga de morbimortalidade para o sistema
de saúde ea cirurgia cardíaca desempenha importante impacto na sua resolutividade. O …

The greying of the overall population in developed and developing countries is associated
with a progressive increase in both the number of cardiac surgery procedures as well as …