Use of Amplatzer device for endobronchial closure of bronchopleural fistulas.

abstract：:Pulmonary sequestration is a relatively rare but clinically significant form of congenital broncho-pulmonary foregut malformation. It is characterized by a segment of non-functioning lung parenchyma that receives its blood supply from anomalous systemic arteries. This report shows the role of contrast enhanced three-d...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Sancak T,Cangir AK,Atasoy C,Ozdemir N

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In order to determine anticoagulation strategies in OPCAB a questionnaire survey among 750 European cardio-thoracic surgeons was performed. Questions addressed volume of OPCAB procedures performed, intra- and perioperative heparinization and antiplatelet therapy, as well as perioperative management. A total of 325 (43...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Englberger L,Streich M,Tevaearai H,Carrel TP

更新日期：2008-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Early repair of postinfarction ventricular septal rupture is usually associated with significant mortality and morbidity. Assessing conditions to moderately delay the surgical intervention and reduce cardioplegic arrest may be an interesting approach to improve hospital results. Results of five non-selected patients i...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Grandmougin D,Fayad G,Delolme MC,Metton O,Vola M,Azzaoui R,Barral X,Warembourg H

更新日期：2005-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present the case of a 21-year-old male who came to the emergency ward for a thorax bullet wound. At our first check-up, the computed tomography (CT)-scan showed a pulmonary contusion, a hemothorax and a suspicious image of a thoracic aortic wound. The patient was stable, but soon after admission a distal ischemic s...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Pavy C,Lebreton G,Sanchez B,Roques F

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Fusarium is a mould widely distributed in soil and water which causes various diseases in plants and occasionally in animals. The Fusarium species cause a broad spectrum of infections in humans, of which, the degree of severity is largely determined by the immune-status of the host, occurring in the most severe and in...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Calcaterra D,Karam K,Suzuki Y

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Treatment of breast cancer involves surgery, then perhaps radiation, hormonal or chemotherapy. Radiation-induced arterial injury is a well-known entity that represents a rare cause of arterial occlusion. We present the case of a 76-year old woman who complained of a severe intermittent claudication of the right upper ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Bucci F,Robert F,Fiengo L,Plagnol P

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:OBJECTIVES Video-thoracoscopic surgery (VTS) has been accepted as a safe and credible technique since 1990. Lung injury is one of the main perioperative complications. Few data are available about cardiac trauma and VTS-related false aneurysm of the left ventricular (LV) wall has not yet been reported. METHODS A 62-y...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Guihaire J,Flecher E,de Latour B,Verhoye JP

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A two coronary system is preferred for correcting anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA); however, translocation is not always possible. In countries where neonatal arterial switch operations have not been perfected coronary transfer can be difficult. The purpose of this report is to describ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Novick WM,Li XF,Anic D,Baskevitch A,Sandoval N,Gilbert CL,Di Sessa TG

更新日期：2009-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Right heart failure (RHF) is an important prognostic factor in continuous-flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) therapy. We aimed to assess the clinical variables associated with RHF after LVAD implantation and to compare their performance against currently available RHF predictive scoring systems. MET...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Gumus F,Durdu MS,Cakici M,Kurklu TST,Inan MB,Dincer I,Sirlak M,Akar AR

更新日期：2019-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a technique that allows total arterial revascularization of the circumflex territory without cardiopulmonary bypass through limited thoracotomy with the radial as a composite graft. The technique includes anastomosis of the distal end of the radial artery to its more proximal part after the division of the c...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Athanasiou T,Casula R,Glenville B,Stanbridge RD

更新日期：2003-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The frozen elephant procedure, as a hybrid method to treat aortic pathologies involving the aortic arch and the proximal descending aorta, has become an accepted treatment option. We report two late fractures of the nitinol stents of the endograft of an early frozen elephant trunk prosthesis. One patient suffered from...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Fleissner F,Haverich A,Shrestha M,Martens A

更新日期：2015-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：:This study presents a novel way to perform the mini-maze procedure through the left atrial appendage. By this way, the usual additional incision of the intra-atrial groove is avoided, especially in patients receiving coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) or aortic valve replacement without mitral valve disease. We re...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Ismail I,Fleissner F,Cebotari S,Rustum S,Haverich A

更新日期：2014-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We recently reported the feasibility of a handmade left atrioventricular valve using decellularized extracellular matrix for 3 months in a failed repair of AV canal defect. We present the use of an extracellular matrix mitral valve for 9 months in an infant with an un-repairable congenitally malformed valve. The valve...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Bibevski S,Levy A,Scholl FG

更新日期：2017-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Open repair of aortic aneurysm causes spinal cord perfusion pressure to decrease due to the steal phenomenon from the bleeding of intercostal arteries and cross-clamping of the aorta. We attempted to perfuse the intercostal arteries for preoperative detection of the artery of Adamkiewicz using newly developed catheter...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Kawaharada N,Ito T,Koyanagi T,Harada R,Hyodoh H,Kurimoto Y,Watanabe A,Higami T

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Adult patients supported on extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) are very sick and many complications are often present in each single patient; therefore, it is not always easy to find some risk factors that can predict the early outcome. This retrospective study reports our experience in ECMO support treatment ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Formica F,Avalli L,Colagrande L,Ferro O,Greco G,Maggioni E,Paolini G

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report the treatment of a proximal ilio-iliac arterio-venous fistula and distal omolateral hypogastric artery pseudoaneurysm 23 years after incurring a gunshot wound in a 43-year old man presenting with lower back pain. No cardiac, pulmonary or omolateral lower limb alteration was observed. Endovascular exclusion o...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Marino M,Kasemi H,Di Angelo CL,Fadda GF

更新日期：2015-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Coronary artery bypass grafting for multivessel disease requires an appropriate graft design to avoid the competition of flow between the graft and the native vessel in order to achieve a sufficient coronary flow and durable graft patency. METHODS:Three-dimensional computational models of the left coronary ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Koyama S,Itatani K,Yamamoto T,Miyazaki S,Kitamura T,Taketani T,Ono M,Miyaji K

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We describe a treatment strategy for an aberrant arterial aneurysm associated with pulmonary sequestration. A 58-year-old man with impending aberrant arterial aneurysm rupture underwent a 2-stage surgery that included an emergency thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) of the descending aorta to occlude the origi...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Yamamoto M,Okada H,Nakashima J,Anayama T

更新日期：2020-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bioprosthetic valves are used in aortic valve replacement to avoid lifelong anticoagulation. Bovine pericardial valves have excellent haemodynamics and equivalent freedom from reoperation compared with a porcine bioprosthesis [ 1]. However, early failure (parastent post-cusp tear) can take place due to mechanical stre...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Piñón M,Durán D,Pazos P,Pradas G

更新日期：2015-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Although the use of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has recently become an attractive strategy in extremely high-risk patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR), the most appropriate treatment option in patients with an intermediate- to high-risk profile with conventional surgery (sAVR)...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Muneretto C,Bisleri G,Moggi A,Di Bacco L,Tespili M,Repossini A,Rambaldini M

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was, what is the optimal dose of aspirin post cardiac surgery that should be given to prevent graft occlusion and prolong survival. Altogether, 114 papers were found from Medline and 59 papers were found fro...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Dunning J,Das S

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome after allogeneic haematopoietic stem cell transplantation has aroused clinical concern. We describe a case of a 39-year-old female patient diagnosed as bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome and concomitant pectus excavatum with a Haller index of 3.32. The patient received bilateral lung t...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Zhang Z,Ding H,Liu F,Chen J

更新日期：2020-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Endovascular stent grafting has emerged as an effective method for the treatment of complicated acute type B aortic dissections. In cases where access to the aorta cannot be established through the ileofemoral trunks, the axillary arteries are used as an alternative route. Often, however, these arteries are too small ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Calcaterra D,Hashimi S,Brown TC,Sharma K

更新日期：2011-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this case report, we report the application of frozen-and-thawed allogeneic platelet gel (PLT-gel) to treat a late driveline exit site infection in a 56-year old patient supported by a Heartware-HVAD left ventricular assist device. The treatment duration was 4 weeks and at the follow-up the skin around the exit sit...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Formica F,Perseghin P,Cirò A,Paolini G

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Owing to the great absorption capability of the pleura for transudates, the protein content of draining pleural fluid may be considered as a more adequate determinant than its daily draining amount in the decision-making for earlier chest tube removal. In an a priori pilot study, we observed that the initial...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Olgac G,Cosgun T,Vayvada M,Ozdemir A,Kutlu CA

更新日期：2014-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Oxidized regenerated cellulose is widely used as a bioabsorbable topical hemostatic agent. Postoperative visualization of this material through routine chest imaging, such as conventional radiography, computer tomography (CT), magnetic resonance imaging as well as sonography, may prove difficult and, to our knowledge,...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Syburra T,Weishaupt D,Graves K,Genoni M

更新日期：2011-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coexistence of multiple peripheric arterial and coronary artery aneurysms of different sizes is extremely rare in young adults. We present a case of rare giant coronary aneurysm and concurrent giant left popliteal aneurysm treated with classical open repair. ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Yildirim F,Senarslan DA,Ozturk T,Tetik O

更新日期：2016-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has gained increasing popularity for high-risk patients with symptomatic aortic valve stenosis. A concomitant coronary artery disease leads to a complicated management and an increased perioperative risk. This case report describes the successful total arterial coronary r...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Ahad S,Baumbach H,Hill S,Franke UF

更新日期：2014-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Coronary artery disease in the donor heart is an established cause of early graft failure. However, identification of this before implantation is difficult. Cardiogenic shock associated with significant myocardial infarction during the early postoperative period is rare. Here, we report a case of a 42-year-old man who...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Senanayake EL,Singh H,Ranasinghe AM,Mascaro J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A best evidence topic was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was: in patients with inoperable early-stage primary lung cancer does microwave ablation (MWA) or stereotactic ablative body radiotherapy (SBRT) achieve improved outcomes in terms of local control, recurrence, survival and com...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Watson RA,Tol I,Gunawardana S,Tsakok MT

更新日期：2019-10-01 00:00:00