Does the number of valves requiring surgery affect early and late survival in redo valvular surgery?
The number of valves requiring redo surgery does not negatively impact early or late survival. Mortality is not different whether one or multiple valves need to be tackled in a redo scenario.
FP/SM confers greater improvements in airway hyperresponsiveness and airway caliber in patients with asthma who smoke compared with double the dose of fluticasone. We hypothesize that in the presence of relative steroid resistance, the smooth muscle stabilization conferred by salmeterol is of greater clinical importance in patients who smoke than in those who do not smoke.