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.
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.
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.
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.
Maximizing the Benefit of Minimally Invasive Surgery
Minimal invasive surgery is an excellent approach for the diagnosis and treatment of a wide range of thoracic disorders that previously required sternotomy or open thoracotomy.
Hypoxemia During One-Lung Ventilation for Robot-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery
Robot-assisted two-stage coronary artery bypass surgery employing one-lung ventilation (OLV) could be complicated by serious hypoxemia especially at the minithoracotomy grafting stage and in patients with specific risk factors.
Evaluating the Effect of Three-Dimensional Visualization on Force Application and Performance Time During Robotics-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair
The purpose of this study was to determine the effect of three-dimensional (3D) binocular, stereoscopic, and two-dimensional (2D) monocular visualization on robotics-assisted mitral valve annuloplasty versus conventional techniques in an ex vivo animal model.
Improving Affordability Through Innovation in the Surgical Treatment of Mitral Valve Disease
This study was used to determine whether technically innovative cardiac surgical platforms (i.e., robotics) deployed in conjunction with surgical process improvement (systems innovation) influence total hospital costs to address the concern that expanding adoption might increase health care expenses.
Surgical and Anesthetic Considerations for the Endovascular Treatment of Ruptured Descending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
This review describes the impact of current developments and new modalities for the surgical and anesthetic management of ruptured descending thoracic aortic aneurysm (rDTAA).
Association between AKI and Long-Term Renal and Cardiovascular Outcomes in United States Veterans
AKI is associated with major adverse kidney events (MAKE): death, new dialysis, and worsened renal function. CKD (arising from worsened renal function) is associated with a higher risk of major adverse cardiac events (MACE): myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and heart failure.