A multicenter study was conducted to test the efficacy and safety of fibrin sealant as a topical hemostatic agent in patients undergoing either reoperative cardiac surgery (redo) or emergency… (More)
To determine the accuracy of computed tomography (CT) of the chest in the staging of lung cancer, we studied 418 patients with primary pulmonary carcinoma between 1979 and 1986. Each had a… (More)
The frequency spectrum of the first heart sound (S1) was measured noninvasively in 54 patients with porcine bioprosthetic valves inserted in the mitral position. Phonocardiograms were recorded on… (More)
Ultrafiltration is an extracorporeal technique that employs the principle of convective solute transport across a semipermeable membrane and by which plasma water is removed from blood.… (More)
The porcine bioprosthetic valve has been in use at Henry Ford Hospital since 1971. In this review, 980 patients with 1,081 porcine bioprosthetic valves were examined from 1 month to 16.4 years after… (More)
Intravenous abuse of drugs has become an integral part of various subcultures within American communities. The continued use of peripheral veins in this setting eventually leads to their obliteration… (More)
Leaflets were obtained from 23 diseased mitral valves of patients over 45 years of age removed at the time of prosthetic valve insertion and the topography was studied with scanning electron… (More)
Ultrafiltration during crystalloid hemodilution cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) was evaluated in two groups of mongrel dogs: in one group during 2 hours of CPB with the heart empty and beating and in… (More)
The ability to predict cardiac output (CO) before termination of cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) allows identification of potential complications once the patient is off bypass. We have previously… (More)
Since October, 1971, 744 porcine bioprosthetic valves were inserted in patients discharged from the hospital and were therefore at risk for primary valve failure or tissue degeneration. In this… (More)