Publications by authors named "Celso Blacher"
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- - The study compared newer oxygenators designed to reduce immune response during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) in cardiac surgery with conventional oxygenators, focusing on their effects on lymphocyte activation and apoptosis.
- - Blood samples were taken from 20 patients (10 using each type of oxygenator) at various stages of surgery to assess lymphocyte surface markers and apoptosis through flow cytometry.
- - Results showed significant postoperative lymphopenia, increased lymphocyte activation, and decreased apoptosis in both groups, indicating that the reduced lymphocyte count after CPB is not primarily due to cell death.
Objective: To assess the effectiveness of metoprolol in preventing clinically detectable atrial fibrillation (AF) and flutter after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery.
Methods: An open, randomized study was carried out to treat 200 patients who had undergone isolated CABG surgery with extracorporeal circulation. The patients were randomized to either receive metoprolol orally or not to receive the medication in the postoperative period.
Cardiac angiosarcomas are malignant tumors that almost invariably have a short and fatal evolution. The therapeutic approach includes surgery, chemotherapy, and radiation therapy, alone or in combination. Heart transplantation is an attractive option in nonresectable tumors, even though the current experience is still limited.
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