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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair: From Total Endoscopic To Closed-Chest R...
Gallego-Poveda, Javier; Paulo, Nelson; Amorim, Mário Jorge; González-Rivas, Diego; Sandoval, Elena; Pereda, Daniel; Rato, AndréMinimally invasive cardiac surgery has evolved over the past few decades, thanks to advancements in technology and surgical techniques. These advancements have allowed surgeons to perform cardiac interventions through small incisions, reducing surgical trauma and improving patient outcomes1. However, despite these advancements, thoracoscopic mitral repair has not been widely adopted by the cardiac surgery commu...
ISCHEMIC MITRAL REGURGITATION – TO REPAIR OR REPLACE? LOOKING BEYOND THE VALVE
Mil-Homens Luz, Francisco; Amorim, Mário JorgeIntroduction: Ischemic mitral regurgitation (IMR) is a frequent and serious complication of coronary artery disease, associated with considerable patient increased mortality and morbidity. While the benefits of optimal medical therapy and surgical revascularization, when indicated, are uncontested in moderate to severe cases, the ideal surgical approach to the valve, if any, is yet to be established.Mitral valv...
Size at maturity and length-weight relationships of the blurred lantern shark E...
Mourato, B. L.; Coelho, Rui; Amorim, Mário Jorge; Carvalho, F. C.; Hazin, Fábio H. V.; Burgess, G.The blurred lantern shark Etmopterus bigelowi, a deep-water squaloid shark, is globally widespread in temperate and tropical waters, but there is little available information about its biology owing to its relative rarity of capture and taxonomic confusion with its sibling species Etmopterus pusillus. Specimens used in this study were collected from July to December 2004 as by-catch in the commercial deep-water...