Aortic Valve Insufficiency in the Teenager and Young Adult: The Role of Prosthetic Valve Replacement
This article discusses the current state of knowledge regarding mechanical and bioprosthetic valve prostheses and their specific advantages relative to valve repair or a Ross procedure.
Bridging Anti Platelet Therapy in Patients Requiring Cardiac and Non-Cardiac Surgery: From Bench to Bedside
This article explores the theoretical background and rationale for bridging patients on antiplatelet drugs to their surgical procedure, and provides insights on how patient and procedural characteristics translate into different considerations for the use of antithrombotic agents in the surgical setting.
New Aspects of Gene-Silencing for the Treatment of Cardiovascular Diseases
The new findings of the last years may show the techniques to new innovative therapies and could probably play an important role in treating CHD in the future.
What Is the Role of the Ross Procedure in Today’s Armamentarium?
The aim of this article is to provide a comprehensive, evidence-based review of the current literature pertaining to the Ross procedure, with an emphasis on the rationale, results, technical key points, alternatives, and future directions.
Dynamic Trends in Cardiac Surgery: Why the Logistic EuroSCORE is no Longer Suitable for Contemporary Cardiac Surgery and Implications for Future Risk Models
The objective of this study was to explore the reasons for the calibration drift of the logistic EuroSCORE.
An Efficient Way to Make a Trileaflet Conduit for Pulmonary Valve Replacement
Through evolution of techniques, we have developed a simple, efficient, and theoretically anatomic way of constructing trileaflet polytetrafluoroethylene valved conduit used for right ventricle outflow tract reconstruction.
Effectiveness of YouTube as a Source of Medical Information on Heart Transplantation
The aim of the present study is to determine the effectiveness of YouTube as an e-learning source on HTx.
Peripheral Endothelial Function and Cardiovascular Events in High-Risk Patients
This study was designed to determine the additional prognostic value of endothelial function to the Synergy Between PCI With Taxus and Cardiac Surgery Score (SYNTAXsc) and the Framingham Risk Score (FRS) in predicting cardiovascular events in high-risk patients.
Totally Endoscopic Congenital Heart Surgery Compared with the Traditional Heart Operation in Children
Totally endoscopic surgery compared with the conventional heart operation in children is described in this article to find a preferable treatment for congenital heart diseases.
Future Perspective of Cardioplegic Protection in Cardiac Surgery
"Depolarized arrest", induced by hyperkalemic (moderately increased extracellular potassium) cardioplegia is the gold standard to achieve elective temporary cardiac arrest in cardiac surgery.
Systematic Review Protocol: Single-Dose Histidine-Tryptophan-Ketoglutarate vs. Intermittent Crystalloid or Blood Cardioplegia
The purpose of this systematic review and meta-analysis is to assess the efficacy and safety of HTK compared with conventional crystalloid or blood cardioplegic solutions.
Concomitant Robotic Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Repair: Technique and Early Experience
Robotic mitral valve repair has been successfully performed since the late 1990s, but concomitant robotic tricuspid repair has not yet been widely adopted. We report our first 5 years' experience with concomitant robotic mitral-tricuspid valve repair.