Four-corners traction combined with continuous everting suture technique as a modification in bicaval anastomosis for orthotopic heart transplantation

Seeds Background: Although standard bicaval techniques has become popular in orthotopic heart transplantation, distortion, bleeding, thrombosis and arrhythmia were still causes for concern.This study was designed to compare the standard bicaval techniques and modified bicaval techniques in our institution.Materials and methods: A total of 70 recipi

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Effect of Varying Levels of Glare on Contrast Sensitivity Measurements of Young Healthy Individuals Under Photopic and Mesopic Vision

Contrast sensitivity (CS), the ability to scooters detect small spatial changes of luminance, is a fundamental aspect of vision.However, while visual acuity is commonly measured in eye clinics, CS is often not assessed.At issue is that tests of CS are not highly standardized in the field and that, in many cases, optotypes used are not sensitive eno

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