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Pilot-investigation: The reduction of embolic and there by neurologic complications after cardiac surgery by the use of a non-invasive imaging technique(CABG, on pump)

This pilot is meaned to obtain:- experience and understanding in the presence of new embolic load in the brain by means of DW-MRI- Understanding in the number of patients in which probably the post-operative DW-MRI can not be done according to…

Differences in inflammatory and hemostatic response in cardiac surgery patients operated with conventional Cardiopulmonary Bypass (CPB) versus Minimized Extracorporeal Circulation (MECC).

The primary objective of this study is to define differences in the inflammatory response, coagulation, and fibrinolysis in CABG patients with either MECC or conventional CPB.

The Rotterdam Antiplatelet Therapy in Vascular Patients Study

The objective of the proposed study is to evaluate if results as are written above, are to be extrapolated on high risk patients who underwent vascular surgery. In this group of patients, there is a substantial risk of 15-20% to die in the first…

Brachiocephalic arteriovenous fistulae: two different techniques of bloodless surgery and their effect on fistula stenosis.

The primary aim of this study was to compare bloodless surgery using vascular clamps and a tourniquet with respect to the development of an anatomical or hemodynamic significant stenosis in patients with a brachiocephalic or radiocephalic AVF.

A preoperative program to promote peri- and postoperative health in patients undergoing thoracic aortic surgery: a randomized controlled trial.

To compare the effects of a preoperative PA program in addition to usual care versus usual care only on the change in SB from baseline (T0) to the end of the preoperative (intervention) period (T1) in patients with TAD.