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Miralles A

Bio: Miralles A is an academic researcher. The author has contributed to research in topics: Myxoma & Heart transplantation. The author has an hindex of 4, co-authored 7 publications receiving 182 citations.

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TL;DR: During the last 15 years, eight patients with a diagnosis of hydatid cysts of the heart and one patient with a diagnoses of alveolar hyd atid disease with intracardiac parasitic thrombus underwent successful operation at La Pitié Hospital.

148 citations

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TL;DR: A modified surgical procedure was needed to perform heart-lung transplantation in a 25-year-old woman with Kartagener's syndrome because of the presence of a situs inversus, which is usually associated with bronchiectasis and sinusitis in this congenital syndrome.

21 citations

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TL;DR: Heart transplantation, and TAH used as a bridge to transplantation are now an accepted therapeutic means for irreversibly cardiac failure in selected patients, including 34 patients in acute irreversible cardiac failure.

8 citations

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TL;DR: In the last 15 years, fifty-two cases of cardiac myxoma underwent surgical excision at La Pitié Hospital-Paris, requiring patch reconstruction in 35 patients and myxomas were totally removed including a part of atrial septum.
Abstract: In the last 15 years, fifty-two cases of cardiac myxoma underwent surgical excision at La Pitie Hospital-Paris. They were 19 male and 32 female aging from 16 to 75 years (mean 15 +/- 10). Symptoms were congestive heart failure (55%), constitutional syndrome (35%), peripheral embolization (25%) and syncopal episodes (7%). Echocardiographic diagnosis was done in almost all cases. 47 tumors were found in the left atrium, 4 in the right and 1 in the right ventricule. Transeptal approach was used in most of the patients and myxomas were totally removed including a part of atrial septum, requiring patch reconstruction in 35 patients. Postoperative mortality was very low (1.9%). No complications nor recurrences have been reported in the long-term follow-up.

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508 citations

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TL;DR: The data suggest that severe CHF with its associated diuretic use and decreased activity are primary contributors to osteopenia in these patients.

184 citations

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TL;DR: An intriguing possibility is that so-called chronic hibernation may in fact be the result of repetitive episodes of stunning, which have a cumulative effect and cause protracted postischemic left ventricular dysfunction.

117 citations

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TL;DR: Hydatid cyst may be found in many different sites, including extrapulmonarily in the thorax, and bearing this in mind will facilitate planning of the operation.

99 citations

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TL;DR: Intraoperative surface echocardiography is of paramount value for diagnosis and planning the management of a successful surgery for cardiac and pericardial echinococcosis.

89 citations