Summary...... 1277 1.3. 4. Comparison With Percutaneous Techniques...... 1277 1.3. 4.1.
Overview of Randomized Trials...... 1278 1.3. 4.2. Results of Randomized Trials...... 1280 1.3 …

Currently, in the TAVR era, the term PA is frequently used. It became an important factor for
patient selection and sometimes serves as the primary indication for the TAVR approach …

Protruding atheromas of the aortic arch identified by transesophageal echocardiography
have been implicated as a cause of stroke in elderly patients. One hundred thirty patients≥ …

As the ages of patients undergoing cardiac operations have increased, noncardiac causes
of death have increased. To identify these causes of death, we analyzed the autopsy …

The increasing number of patients with extensive aortic and peripheral vascular
atherosclerosis or aneurysms who are undergoing cardiac operations present difficult …

To identify possible risk factors for the occurrence of stroke during coronary artery bypass
grafting (CABG), the cases of 3,279 consecutive patients having isolated CABG from 1974 to …

Embolization of atheroma from the ascending aorta is a principal cause of stroke after
cardiac operations. We have previously shown that intraoperative ultrasonographic …

▪ Objective: To determine whether protruding atheromas in the thoracic aorta are a risk factor
for systemic embolization.▪ Design: Case-control study.▪ Setting: A referral hospital.▪ …

Background. The role of noninvasive carotid artery screening in relation to other clinical
variables in identifying patients at increased risk of stroke after coronary artery bypass …

Analysis of 1735 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting from January 1981
through December 1988 revealed 152 (8.8%) patients with mild (4.5%), moderate (2.2%), or …