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To determine the relationship between surgeon and hospital procedural volume, and mitral valve repair rates and 30-day mortality for degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR), in Australian cardiac surgical centers.A total of […]
» Read moreNecroptosis plays an important role in cell death during pulmonary ischemia-reperfusion injury (IRI). We hypothesized that therapy with necrosulfonamide (NSA), a mixed-lineage kinase domain-like protein inhibitor, would attenuate lung IRI.Rats […]
» Read moreThis study aimed to assess the long-term outcomes and investigate the factors related to left ventricular (LV) reverse remodelling after aortic valve replacement (AVR) in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation […]
» Read moreThe impact of procedural volume on outcome results is a widespread topic in surgery, The importance of referral centers and high-volume hospitals have reached the forefront, particularly in mitral valve […]
» Read moreThe advent of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has changed the way aortic stenosis (AS) is treated. In the last decade, the improvement of techniques and the development of more […]
» Read moreAortic valve reconstruction (AVRec) with neocuspidization or the Ozaki procedure with complete cusp replacement for aortic valve disease has excellent mid-term results in adults. Limited results of AVRec in pediatric […]
» Read moreGiven the known deleterious cardiac effects of brain death (BD) physiology, we hypothesized that time from cardiac donation referral to procurement (donor support time [DST]), would negatively impact cardiac transplant […]
» Read moreThe study objective was to analyze the outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair performed for complicated and uncomplicated acute type B aortic dissections.Patients from WL Gore’s Global Registry for Endovascular […]
» Read moreWe investigated the impact of additional antegrade pulmonary blood flow on the long-term outcomes after bidirectional Glenn shunt.From 2001 to 2015, 279 patients underwent bidirectional Glenn shunt as an interim […]
» Read moreImplantation of a second transcatheter heart valve (THV) into a primary THV is a bail-out situation, but may be necessary. An 85-year-old woman was referred with severe symptomatic aortic stenosis […]
» Read moreThe role of percutaneous repair of functional mitral regurgitation (MR) is evolving. Left ventricle remodeling is known to be different between men and women; however, outcomes following percutaneous repair of […]
» Read moreGastrointestinal complications post cardiac surgery are infrequent but difficult to diagnose and carry a high mortality. Plasma intestinal fatty acid-binding protein (I-FABP) concentrations and the relationship between I-FABP, gastrointestinal dysfunction, […]
» Read moreHeart transplant recipients have reduced exercise capacity despite preserved graft function. The IronIC trial was designed to test the hypothesis that intravenous iron therapy would improve peak oxygen consumption in […]
» Read moreThe study objective was to evaluate the midterm outcomes of transventricular mitral valve repair and its association with the initial anatomy of the mitral valve.This nonrandomized observational study included 88 […]
» Read moreOptimal medical therapy in patients with heart failure and coronary artery disease is associated with improved outcomes. However, whether this association is influenced by the performance of coronary artery bypass grafting […]
» Read moreTo evaluate the effect of autologous whole blood (AWB) collection on intraoperative/postoperative allogeneic blood transfusion rate in complex aortic surgery with hypothermic circulatory arrest.This retrospective study included adults who underwent […]
» Read moreThe aim of this study was to evaluate the lesion size and depth of radiofrequency (RF) ablation in a simultaneous biparietal bidirectional bipolar (SBB) approach, compared to a simultaneous and […]
» Read moreThe optimal surgical approach for metachronous second primary lung cancer (MSPLC), especially ipsilateral MSPLC, remains unclear. This study aimed to review postoperative complications and examine surgical outcomes based on the […]
» Read moreSurveillance of allograft health after transplantation has traditionally relied on biopsy procedures that enable pathologic assessment for acute rejection. Noninvasive methods to assess for graft injury have been developed and […]
» Read moreThe American College of Surgeons National Surgical Quality Improvement Program Surgical Risk Calculator (NSQIP SRC) was developed to estimate the risk of postoperative morbidity and mortality within 30 days of an […]
» Read moreTo determine the prevalence of concomitant aortic regurgitation (AR) in cardiac surgery and the outcomes of treatment options.Between April 2004 and June 2018, 3289 patients underwent coronary artery bypass, mitral […]
» Read moreLeft ventricular systolic dysfunction (LVSD) is common and associated with adverse events in patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, the prognosis of mild LVSD has not been clearly […]
» Read moreThe surgical result of early-staged lung cancer is not satisfactory due to unexpected postoperative lymph node metastasis and recurrence. This study aimed to investigate which preoperative factors-including the standard uptake […]
» Read moreHere, we report our unique “non-pledget commissural suture technique” to avoid complete atrioventricular block during surgical aortic valve replacement, whereby all commissural stiches are made in a figure-of-eight fashion without […]
» Read moreTo clarify the trajectory and profile of quality of life (QOL) in lung cancer patients undergoing surgery during hospitalization.Among prospectively enrolled 279 patients between 2015 and 2018, we used the […]
» Read moreA patient with previous CABG was hospitalized for fever and Staphylococcus aureus bacteraemia without cardiac involvement. After appropriate antibiotic cycle, the patient recovered and was discharged. Six months later, symptoms […]
» Read moreStenting of the ductus arteriosus is part of the hybrid treatment of high-risk patients with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Dislodgement of a ductal stent is a rare complication. We present […]
» Read moreLiving-donor lobar lung transplantation (LDLLT) is viable for critically ill patients in situations of donor shortage. Because it is sometimes difficult to find 2 ideal living donors with suitable graft […]
» Read morePediatric mitral regurgitation (MR), especially with bileaflet prolapse, is relatively rare, of high complexity, and frequently associated with other congenital cardiac abnormalities. It remains a major therapeutic challenge for surgeons. […]
» Read moreThe study objective was to examine the long-term fate of aortic diameter expansion at 4 cardiac regions (annulus, sinus, ascending aorta, and proximal arch) after wrapping or replacement during aortic […]
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