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The use of extracorporeal circulation and deep circulatory arrest provide an optimal technique for removing the tumor thrombus in a bloodless field, even in the presence of metastatic disease, and has good early and long-term results.

Patients' pre-operative co-morbidities and dissection-related complications significantly affect early and late survival and morbidity after surgical treatment of acute type A aortic dissection.

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Patients with long-standing AF and rheumatic heart disease have a very high prevalence of atrial amyloidosis. Amyloid deposition is more frequent in left than in right atrial appendage and correlates with AF duration and female gender. Amyloid deposition could constitute an additional histological feature in the structural remodeling of atria during long-standing AF, at least in rheumatic valve disease. Persistence of AF might play a pivotal role in promoting amyloid deposition.

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Coronary endarterectomy is a safe and effective procedure for achieving a complete revascularization in patients with end-stage coronary disease.

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