Fluorine-18-fluorodeoxyglucose uptake in a benign oesophageal leiomyoma: a potential pitfall in diagnosis.

abstract：:Pleural lavage cytology (PLC) has been reported to be a significant prognostic factor in patients with operable non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). PLC may detect micro metastasis in patients without apparent pleural effusion or dissemination. Although many studies have reported PLC as a good predictor of postoperativ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Nakamura T,Suzuki K,Mochizuki T,Ohde Y,Kobayashi H,Nakamura H,Toyoda F

更新日期：2009-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Drug eluting stents (DESs) reduce the incidence of restenosis after percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and have been predicted to decrease the number of patients referred for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We studied about the impact of DESs on CABG. We compared our isolated CABG patients over two years...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Kanemitsu S,Tanaka K,Tanaka J,Suzuki H,Kinoshita T

更新日期：2007-10-01 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

abstract：:We analyzed the mid-term left ventricular (LV) performance after aortic valve replacement (AVR). We measured LV contractility (end-systolic elastance: Ees), afterload (effective arterial elastance: Ea) and efficiency (ventriculoarterial coupling: Ea/Ees; ratio of stroke work and pressure-volume area: SW/PVA) based on ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Tanoue Y,Maeda T,Oda S,Baba H,Oishi Y,Tokunaga S,Nakashima A,Tominaga R

更新日期：2009-08-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Here we aim to describe in detail the logical procedure and philosophical approach to establish a minimally access aortic valve replacement programme in the current era. METHODS:A real example of a National Health Service Trust in the United Kingdom has been described in a step-wise manner. RESULTS:The out...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Vohra HA,Vaja R,Iakovakis I,Bapat V,Szostek J,Young C

更新日期：2016-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) is the fastest method for diagnosing aortic dissection type A and allows 3D TEE, even in hemodynamically instable patients. 3D TEE may provide additional information on aortic morphology, the involvement of coronary arteries by the dissection and aortic valve function. In this re...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Scohy TV,Geniets B,McGhie J,Bogers AJ

更新日期：2010-07-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Our goal was to report the selection schemes, technical variations and long-term outcome of extra-anatomical bypass to correct complex, recurrent aortic coarctation and hypoplastic aortic arch. METHODS:Between 1989 and 2012, 53 patients (mean age 13.2 ± 4.3, median 11.6, range 9-23 years) with complex aorti...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Delmo Walter EM,Javier MFDM,Hetzer R

更新日期：2017-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Pectus excavatum is one of the most common congenital deformities of the chest wall. The aim of the study was to analyse 621 artefacts (reliefs, sculptures, paintings) from Ancient Egypt in terms of anatomical defects of the chest. The team which analysed artefacts consisted of historians of medicine and thoracic surg...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Bialas AJ,Kaczmarski J,Kozak J,Kempinska-Miroslawska B

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Inflow or outflow obstruction is a rare, but critical complication after HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device implantation. We retrospectively reviewed 166 patients who underwent primary HeartMate 3 implantation at our centre between November 2014 and July 2019. Three cases of inflow obstruction and 3 cases of o...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Kaku Y,Naka Y,Witer L,Topkara V,Colombo P,Sayer G,Uriel N,Takeda K

更新日期：2020-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Sinus of Valsalva aneurysms (SVAs) are rare and are often complicated by aortic insufficiency (AI). Treating AI is important for achieving good long-term results in patients with SVA. Here, we have summarized our experience with the surgical management of patients with SVA with concomitant AI. METHODS:Patie...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Lin Y,Yin K,Wang Y,Guo C,Tian Z,Xie Q,Zhang Z,Wang C

更新日期：2018-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was: in patients with hypertrophic and keloid scarring of the sternotomy wound, is surgical excision with or without adjuvant treatment of any benefit in reducing the size of the scar? Altogether, more than ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Pai VB,Cummings I

更新日期：2011-10-01 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：OBJECTIVES:The standard of care regarding endoscopic vein harvesting (EVH) is still inhomogeneous across Europe. The current study aimed at elucidating patient-related factors favouring its application and procedure-related outcome in a tertiary care centre. METHODS:All patients who underwent coronary artery bypass gr...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Andreas M,Wiedemann D,Stasek S,Kampf S,Ehrlich M,Eigenbauer E,Laufer G,Kocher A

更新日期：2013-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A best evidence topic was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was whether embolization is superior to surveillance for a type II endoleak associated with a static sac size post-endovascular abdominal aortic aneurysm repair (EVAR). Four hundred and sixty-one papers were identified, of whi...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Patatas K,Ling L,Dunning J,Shrivastava V

更新日期：2012-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In this study, we included 236 patients with ischemic heart failure and ejection fraction (EF) <35% who underwent surgical treatment. Patients were randomized in two groups. There were 116 patients who underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) with surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR) and 120 patients who ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Marchenko A,Chernyavsky A,Efendiev V,Volokitina T,Karaskov A

更新日期：2011-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 68-year old man with a cardiac tumour was admitted for robotic tumour resection using the da Vinci S Surgical System. While undergoing preoperative examination, he was found to have a persistent left superior vena cava. After general anaesthesia and single-lung ventilation, cardiopulmonary bypass was established, wi...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Tarui T,Ishikawa N,Ohtake H,Watanabe G

更新日期：2016-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We present a safe and easy-to-apply method of securing monitoring atrial cannulae after pediatric cardiac operations. We used Silastic ligatures together with purse strings on the tip of the atrial appendages in more than 350 cases, in a 5-year period. We never reported malfunctioning during their use, and no bleeding...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Abbruzzese PA,Longo S,Aidala E,Valori A

更新日期：2003-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 10-cm diameter tumour was revealed in the left upper posterior mediastinum in a 15-year-old female. After exclusion of the possibility of a dumbbell tumour and confirmation of a ganglioneurinoma, an encapsulated, but vascularised tumour was removed via a left posterolateral thoracotomy from the level of the first-th...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Furák J,Géczi T,Tiszlavicz L,Lázár G

更新日期：2011-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Transthoracic oesophagectomy is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Some oesophageal cancer (OC) patients with serious comorbidities cannot tolerate transthoracic oesophagectomy. Therefore, we have adopted a minimally invasive approach to oesophagectomy for such patients. METHODS:Eighty-five OC pa...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Wang J,Jiang NQ,Jiang B,Wang ZL,Zhang XY

更新日期：2015-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Aortic mural thrombi in a normal (non-aneurysmal or minimally atherosclerotic) vessel are an uncommon condition. They are usually located in the descending aorta and, less frequently, in the aortic arch or in the abdominal aorta. The typical clinical presentation is the appearance of symptoms/signs of peripheral arter...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Maloberti A,Oliva F,De Chiara B,Giannattasio C

更新日期：2016-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was whether changing operative technique based on epiaortic ultrasound reduces the incidence of intra-operative stroke during cardiac surgery? Altogether 179 papers were found using the reported search, of w...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Das S,Dunning J

更新日期：2004-03-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Prior studies have found that cardiac surgery patients receiving blood transfusions are at risk for increased mortality and morbidity following surgery. It is not clear whether this increased risk occurs across all haematocrit (HCT) levels. The goal of this study was to compare operative mortality in propens...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Shaw RE,Johnson CK,Ferrari G,Zapolanski A,Brizzio M,Rioux N,Edara S,Sperling J,Grau JB

更新日期：2013-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 80-year-old lady was admitted because of dyspnea, complete AV block and ventricular rate of 15 bpm. A DDDR pacemaker was successfully implanted. Postoperative EKG showed right bundle branch block and X-ray the ventricular lead in the left ventricle. It traveled all the way through a foramen ovale being later relocat...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Ninot S,Sánchez G,Mestres CA

更新日期：2003-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Wound breakdown is a serious complication of median sternotomy. This is generally met with a further attempt at surgical apposition using sutures of monofilament surgical steel, following wound debridement. This often fails. The aim of this article is to demonstrate one surgeon's experience in his revised management o...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Doyle AJ,Large SR,Murphy F

更新日期：2005-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In the mid-1990s, a novel saphenous vein harvesting technique, in which the vein is harvested with its surrounding tissue without manual distention, was introduced. This no-touch technique provides an excellent long-term patency; however, graft twisting and kinking should be given attention. To fully bring out the ben...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Hamasaki A,Uchida T,Mizumoto M,Hayashi J,Hirooka S,Ishizawa A,Akabane K,Sadahiro M

更新日期：2018-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The optimal management and treatment of pericardial effusion are still controversial. There is limited data related to the risk factors affecting survival in these patients. The aim of this study was to determine the risk factors affecting the survival rate of patients with symptomatic pericardial effusion w...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Mirhosseini SM,Fakhri M,Mozaffary A,Lotfaliany M,Behzadnia N,Ansari Aval Z,Ghiasi SM,Boloursaz MR,Masjedi MR

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Acute aortic occlusion with subsequent ischemia-reperfusion of the lower extremities is well known to predispose to lung injury. Melatonin (MEL), a pineal hormone, is a free radical scavenger and an antioxidant. The purpose of this study was to assess the putative protective role of MEL in lung ischemia-reperfusion in...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Okutan H,Savas C,Delibas N

更新日期：2004-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Cardiac haemangiomas are rare forms of cardiac tumours which can present at any age and in any cardiac location. The clinical presentations of patients vary and preoperative diagnosis of cardiac haemangiomas is usually made using echocardiography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI). Surgical resection is the treatmen...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Beebeejaun MY,Deshpande R

更新日期：2011-03-01 00:00:00