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E Hazan

Publications and source records attributed to E Hazan.

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Lung-volume reduction in parallel with coronary heart surgery: a case report.

For patients with severe disabling emphysema, lung-volume reduction surgery has recently been introduced as an alternative to transplantation. Performing parenchyma resection from appropriate areas can improve pulmonary functions in selected patients having severe emphysema with a flattened diaphragm. We report the case of a patient, who urgently needed coronary revascularization and was otherwise inoperable because of severe chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). We carried out lung-volume reduction surgery at the same time as the coronary bypass.

Colitis, Ischemic↗
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Fresh homografts obtained through a national organ-sharing programme for repair of congenital heart disease.

Homografts have been used in congenital cardiac surgery for over 30 years. We utilized the resources of a national organ-sharing programme to obtain fresh homografts and report their use in correcting cardiac pathologies in 20 children between March 2001 and May 2003. In 16 patients, a valved conduit was used to form a connection between the pulmonary ventricle and the pulmonary artery. In three patients, a non-valved aortic conduit was used to form an extra-cardiac Fontan circulation and in one patient, non-valved pulmonary and aortic conduits were used to repair an infected aortic aneurysm. Three patients died following surgery. Survivors were followed up using echocardiography between 2 and 24 months post-surgery. Results demonstrate that, with the help of a national organ-sharing programme, the use of fresh homograft conduits is feasible in a paediatric patient population with reasonable waiting times.

Aortic Aneurysm↗