Perfusion Art: “Crimson Misfits…”

Drug-Eluting Stents: Is It the Beginning of the End for Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

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.

Predicting In-Hospital Mortality in Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: Evidence From International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection

The purpose of this study was to investigate predictors for mortality among patients presenting with acute type B aortic dissection (ABAD) and to create a predictive model to estimate individual risk of in-hospital mortality using the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD).