Ventricular Assist Devices: What Intensive Care Unit Nurses Need to Know about Postoperative Management
This article focuses on the physiological basis for postoperative nursing management strategies and the most important complications of which critical care nurses need to be aware.
Cerebral Oximetry Monitoring During Preoperative Phlebotomy to Limit Allogeneic Blood Use in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery
This investigation aimed to demonstrate that minimum volume replacement after preoperative phlebotomy can be used safely when guided by cerebral oxygenation (rSO(2)) measured by near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS).
High Preoperative Plasma Neopterin Predicts Delirium after Cardiac Surgery in Older Adults
To examine the association between plasma levels of pterins and amino acids and postoperative delirium.
Cardiac Surgery in Jehovah’s Witness Patients: Ten-Year Experience
Cardiac surgery in Jehovah's Witnesses poses unique challenges. We have developed a comprehensive multimodality program for these patients and have obtained excellent results.
Acquired von Willebrand Syndrome in Patients with Extracorporeal Life Support (ECLS)
Bleeding episodes are a typical complication in patients with ECLS.
Incidence of Deep Sternal Wound Infection Is Not Reduced with Autologous Platelet Rich Plasma in High-Risk Cardiac Surgery Patients
Deep sternal wound infections (DSWI) remain a devastating complication in cardiac surgery applying full sternotomy.
Thoracoscopic Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect in Young Children: Technical Challenges and Solutions
Thoracoscopic closure of VSDs in young children appears feasible and safe.
Efficacy of Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Acute Myocardial Infarction with Cardiogenic Shock
AIM: We analyzed the results of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) complicated by cardiogenic shock (CS) necessitating extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), and investigated […]
Improving the Specificity of the PF4 ELISA in Diagnosing Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia
We examined whether the specificity of the PF4 ELISA can be improved by 1) taking antibody potency into consideration, 2) by measuring only IgG antibodies, and 3) by utilizing a high concentration heparin inhibition step.
Five-Year Follow-up of Intracardiac Echocardiography-Assisted Transcatheter Closure of Complex Ostium Secundum Atrial Septal Defect
We sought to prospectively evaluate long-term follow-up results of intracardiac echocardiography-aided transcatheter closure of complex atrial septal defects (ASD) in the adults.
Prognostic Importance of Preoperative Anti-PF4/Heparin Antibodies in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. A Systematic Review
There does appear to be an association between anti-PF4/heparin antibodies and non-thromboembolic adverse events, but a causal relationship is unlikely.
Totally Thoracoscopic Closure for Atrial Septal Defect on Perfused Beating Hearts
To investigate the feasibility and safety of non-robotically assisted totally thoracoscopic closure for atrial septal defect (ASD) on perfused beating hearts.