Homograft Use in Reparative Aortic Root and Proximal Aortic Surgery for Endocarditis: A 12-Year Experience in High-Risk Patients
We examined the early and midterm outcomes of homograft use in reoperative aortic root and proximal aortic surgery for endocarditis and estimated the associated risk of postoperative reinfection.
Trends in Use of Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Results from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database
We analyzed data from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database regarding isolated primary coronary artery bypass grafting operations (N = 2,137,841; 1997-2012).
Carotid Revascularization: Risks and Benefits
Despite a decline during the recent decades in stroke-related death, the incidence of stroke has remained unchanged or slightly increased, and extracranial carotid artery stenosis is implicated in 20%-30% of all strokes.
HeartWare LVAD Implantation in a Patient with a Rare ARVD: Carvajal Syndrome
Carvajal syndrome is a variant of Naxos disease characterized by a predominant left ventricular involvement, wooly or curly hair, and palmoplantar keratoderma or similar skin disorders. We describe the clinical and therapeutic course of a 14-year old boy affected by this syndrome, in whom a progressive biventricular failure developed at 13 years of age.
Femoral Artery Cannulation Through a Side Graft in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation
KEYWORDS: ECMO; cannula; femoral vessels
Assessing the Safety of del Nido Cardioplegia Solution in Adult Congenital Cases
del Nido CPS can be used for myocardial protection during adult congenital cardiac surgery
Management of Heparin-Induced Thrombocytopenia with Fondaparinux in a Patient with Left Ventricular Assist Device
Herein, we present a patient with severe heart failure
Anemia and Red Blood Cell Transfusion in Critically Ill Cardiac Patients
we report the epidemiology of anemia and RBC transfusion
Central Venous Pressure After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Does It Predict Postoperative Mortality or Renal Failure?
Patients' CVP at 6 hours after CABG surgery was highly predictive of operative mortality
Fast-Implantable’ Aortic Valve Implantation and Concomitant Mitral Procedures
Concomitant aortic and mitral valve replacement or concomitant aortic valve replacement and mitral repair can be a challenge for the cardiac surgeon
Body Mass Index or Serum Albumin Levels: Which is Further Prognostic following Cardiac Surgery?
ameliorating serum albumin can be effective more than body mass index in improving the outcome of patients after CABG surgery
Haemostatic Role of TachoSil Surgical Patch in Cardiac Surgery
TachoSil may act as a superior alternative