Computational assessment of cardiac pumping function and candidacy for coronary bypass surgery by Murali Damodaran, Jagath Chandana Rajapakse

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Analysis of cost-effectiveness and quality of life in healthcare by Singh, Amit Kumar.

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Fabrication of polymeric scaffold via additive manufacturing by Foo, Yong Sheng

“…Treatment of the disease is dependent on its severity and often involves the prescription of drugs in minor cases and bypass surgery in severe cases. In bypass surgery, the patient’s own blood vessels is often used as the first choice, however, if the patient does not have sufficient quality blood vessels due to previous operations or injury, artificial blood vessels may be used. …”
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Design and making a model/prototype for the suture-less Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG) connector by Hu, Hongsheng.

“…One possible surgery would be coronary artery bypass surgery. Conventionally, the anastomosis of the graft and artery is done by suturing but suturing would cause damage to the vessel walls. …”
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Distinctive molecular signature and activated signaling pathways in aortic smooth muscle cells of patients with myocardial infarction by Wongsurawat, Thidathip, Woo, Chin Cheng, Giannakakis, Antonis, Lin, Xiao Yun, Cheow, Esther Sok Hwee, Lee, Chuen Neng, Richards, Mark, Sze, Siu Kwan, Nookaew, Intawat, Kuznetsov, Vladimir Andreevich, Sorokin, Vitaly

“…Methods and results: Laser-captured microdissection (LCM) was used to obtain VSMCs from aortic wall tissues harvested during coronary artery bypass surgery. Microarray gene analysis was applied to analyse VSMCs from 17 MI and 19 non-MI patients. …”
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