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Carlos A. Mestres
Researcher at University of Zurich
Publications - 121
Citations - 2049
Carlos A. Mestres is an academic researcher from University of Zurich. The author has contributed to research in topics: Infective endocarditis & Endocarditis. The author has an hindex of 16, co-authored 121 publications receiving 1494 citations. Previous affiliations of Carlos A. Mestres include Cleveland Clinic & University of the Free State.
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Current options and recommendations for the treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies involving the aortic arch: An expert consensus document of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic surgery (EACTS) and the European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS)
Martin Czerny,Jürg Schmidli,Sabine Adler,Jos C. van den Berg,Luca Bertoglio,Thierry Carrel,Roberto Chiesa,Rachel E. Clough,Balthasar Eberle,Christian D. Etz,Martin Grabenwöger,Stéphan Haulon,Heinz Jakob,Fabian A. Kari,Carlos A. Mestres,Davide Pacini,Timothy Resch,Bartosz Rylski,Florian S. Schoenhoff,Malakh Shrestha,Hendrik von Tengg-Kobligk,Konstantinos Tsagakis,Thomas R. Wyss,Eacts +23 more
TL;DR: Current options and recommendations for the treatment of thoracic aortic pathologies involving the aortIC arch: an expert consensus document of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic surgery and the European Society for Vascular Surgery.
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Current status and recommendations for use of the frozen elephant trunk technique: a position paper by the Vascular Domain of EACTS
Malakh Shrestha,Jean Bachet,Joseph E. Bavaria,Thierry Carrel,Ruggero De Paulis,Roberto Di Bartolomeo,Christian D. Etz,Martin Grabenwöger,Michael Grimm,Axel Haverich,Heinz Jakob,Andreas Martens,Carlos A. Mestres,Davide Pacini,Timothy Resch,Marc A.A.M. Schepens,Paul P. Urbanski,Martin Czerny +17 more
TL;DR: This paper represents a common effort of the Vascular Domain of EACTS together with several surgeons with particular expertise in aortic surgery, and summarizes the current knowledge and the state of the art about the FET technique.
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Contemporary spinal cord protection during thoracic and thoracoabdominal aortic surgery and endovascular aortic repair: a position paper of the vascular domain of the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
Christian D. Etz,Ernst Weigang,Marc Hartert,Lars Lönn,Carlos A. Mestres,Roberto Di Bartolomeo,Jean Bachet,Thierry Carrel,Martin Grabenwöger,Marc A.A.M. Schepens,Martin Czerny,Martin Czerny +11 more
TL;DR: This study is meant to support physicians caring for patients in need of any kind of thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic repair in decision-making algorithms in order to understand, prevent or reverse ischaemic SCI.
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Aorto-cavitary fistulous tract formation in infective endocarditis: clinical and echocardiographic features of 76 cases and risk factors for mortality
Ignasi Anguera,José M. Miró,Isidre Vilacosta,Benito Almirante,Manuel Anguita,Patricia Muñoz,José Alberto San Román,Arístides de Alarcón,Tomás Ripoll,Enrique Navas,Carlos González-Juanatey,Christopher H. Cabell,Cristina Sarriá,Ignacio García-Bolao,M. Carmen Fariñas,Rubén Leta,Gabriel Rufi,Francisco Miralles,Carles Paré,Artur Evangelista,Vance G. Fowler,Carlos A. Mestres,Elisa de Lazzari,Joan R. Guma +23 more
TL;DR: Prosthetic IE, urgent surgery, and the development of HF identify the subgroup of patients with IE and ACF that have significantly increased risk of in-hospital death.
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Current epidemiology and outcome of infective endocarditis: A multicenter, prospective, cohort study
Patricia Muñoz,Martha Kestler,Arístides de Alarcón,José M. Miró,Javier Bermejo,Hugo Rodríguez-Abella,María Carmen Fariñas,Manuel Cobo Belaustegui,Carlos A. Mestres,Pedro Llinares,Miguel A. Goenaga,Enrique Navas,José A. Oteo,Paola Tarabini,Emilio Bouza +14 more
TL;DR: IE remains a severe disease with a high rate of in-hospital mortality and 1-year mortality, and surgery was the only intervention that significantly reduced 1- year mortality.