Publications by authors named "L Noyez"
Background: The femoral artery is generally used as primary access for transcatheter aortic valve implantation. However, peripheral artery disease often precludes femoral access. The purpose of this study was to describe clinical outcome of transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the left axillary artery (LAA) as primary access site.
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- The study examines gender differences in outcomes after aortic valve surgery (AV) and combined aortic valve/coronary surgery (CABG/AV) in the Netherlands from 2007 to 2011, revealing that female patients generally present with higher surgical risks and older age than males.
- While in-hospital mortality rates for isolated AV surgery were similar between genders, women showed significantly higher mortality rates in combined CABG/AV surgery compared to men.
- The findings indicate important differences in patient characteristics and outcomes between male and female cardiac surgery patients, suggesting a need for gender-specific risk assessments in future studies.
Objective: To determine trends over time regarding inclusion of post-operative cardiac surgery intensive care unit (ICU) patients in a clinical pathway (CP), and the association with clinical outcome.
Design: Retrospective cohort study.
Setting: ICU of an academic hospital.
Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Cardiac surgery (CS) is facilitated by multiple perioperative guidelines and protocols. Use of a clinical pathway (CP) may facilitate the care of these patients.
Methods: This is a pre-post design study in the ICU of a tertiary referral centre.
Decreased physical activity is a predictor for a complicated recovery post cardiac surgery.
Health Qual Life Outcomes
January 2017
Background: Physical activity (PA) reduces the risk of cardiovascular disease and physically active survivors of a cardiac event are at lower risk of recurrent events. We hypothesized that patients with a decreased PA, undergoing cardiac surgery, are at higher risk for a postoperative complicated recovery (PCR).
Methods: Three thousand three hundred eighty two patients undergoing elective cardiac surgery between January 2007 and December 2013 were included.