Advanced Cardiac Resuscitation Evaluation (ACRE): a randomised single-blind controlled trial of peer-led vs. expert-led advanced resuscitation training.

Background: Advanced resuscitation skills training is an important and enjoyable part of medical training, but requires small group instruction to ensure active participation of all students. Increases in student numbers have made this increasingly difficult to achieve.

Methods: A single-blind randomised controlled trial of peer-led vs.

Profound hypothermic cardiac arrest treated successfully using minimally invasive cardiopulmonary bypass: a case report.

Background: Hypothermia is defined as a core temperature of less than 35 degrees C. The decision to resuscitate a hypothermic patient can be difficult, as consideration must be given to whether the patient died before the cooling process. The modality for rewarming must also be considered.

Should we perform preoperative coronary angiography in all cases of atrial myxomas?

The prevalence of coronary disease is high in patients with atrial myxomas yet routine angiography is not performed. Moreover, some tumors have angiographically detectable neovascularity, which can alter surgical planning. We report two cases that support our recommendation for performing coronary angiography in all cases diagnosed with cardiac myxomas.

[Retrospective assessment of influence of pre-and intra-operative risk factors on early and late surgical results in patients with coronary heart disease and severly impaired left ventricle function who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting].

Aim of the study was to evaluate retrospectively recent and late results of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in patients with ischaemic heart disease and severe left ventricular dysfunction. 146 patients (125 men, 21 women) aged 58.4 +/- 8.

Use of stentless xenografts in the aortic position: determinants of early and late outcome.

Background: Whether to perform a stentless aortic valve replacement (AVR) is not well established. Our aim was to determine the outcome after AVR with stentless xenograft valves.

Methods: Between 1996 and 2001, a total of 404 patients (mean age 70.