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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Risk Model of Cardiovascular Surgery in 845 Marfan Patients Using the Japan Adult Cardiovascular Surgery Database.
The aim of this study was to evaluate the short-term operative results of patients with Marfan syndrome who underwent thoracic or abdominal aorticsurgery in a 4-year period in Japan.
Frequency of Intraoperative Cardiac Arrest and Medium-Term Survival
The aim of this study was to evaluate, over the course of one year, the prevalence of intraoperative cardiacarrest and the 30-day survival rate after this event in a tertiary teaching hospital.