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abstract：:Early graft failure (EGF) is a dreaded complication after heart transplantation (HT). Despite several improvements, no effective therapy has been developed and the prognosis is poor. We evaluated the risk factors and clinical impact of EGF. In a consecutive series of 317 HTs performed at a single institution between J...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Amarelli C,De Santo LS,Marra C,Maiello C,Bancone C,Della Corte A,Nappi G,Romano G

更新日期：2012-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Preoperative atrial fibrillation (PAF) has been associated with poorer early and mid-term outcomes after isolated valvular or coronary artery bypass graft surgery. Few studies, however, have evaluated the impact of PAF on early and mid-term outcomes after concomitant aortic valve replacement and coronary aor...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Saxena A,Dinh D,Dimitriou J,Reid C,Smith J,Shardey G,Newcomb A

更新日期：2013-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Emergency repair has been successfully performed in acute type A aortic dissection complicated by cerebral malperfusion. Despite the lack of criteria to define irreversible brain damage, immediate surgery is often denied in case of stroke or coma. We report two patients presenting with coma and altered brainstem refle...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Pocar M,Passolunghi D,Moneta A,Donatelli F

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Previous series of minimally invasive mitral valve repairs showed excellent results at up to 10 years of follow-up. The goal of this study was to assess the long-term durability beyond 10 years of the edge-to-edge repair for myxomatous degeneration performed through a minimally invasive approach. METHODS:Ni...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Belluschi I,Lapenna E,Blasio A,Del Forno B,Giacomini A,Ruggeri S,Schiavi D,Castiglioni A,Alfieri O,De Bonis M

更新日期：2020-07-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Elevated plasma homocysteine (Hcy) is one of the suggested risk factors for endothelial dysfunction. There is evidence of association between raised plasma Hcy and an increased risk of developing peripheral arterial disease. A causal relationship, however, has not been established. In this report, a 37-year old male p...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Guler A,Tavlasoglu M,Arslan Z,Yesil FG

更新日期：2013-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The risk of aortic dissection should be assessed based not only on the aortic diameter, but also on other biomechanical parameters that have an impact on the stress in the aortic wall. This study evaluates very rare clinical scenarios of patients with both pre- and post-dissection computed tomography (CT) im...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Plonek T,Zak M,Rylski B,Berezowski M,Czerny M,Beyersdorf F,Jasinski M,Filipiak J

更新日期：2018-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous lung hernias are unusual conditions which usually follow attacks of excessive straining. Spontaneous bowel hernias are even rarer. Here, we present the first reported case of a combined spontaneous herniation of both the lung and bowel following an attack of acute bronchitis and coughing together with a de...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Habib A,Elsayed H,Dhanji AR,Wood A

更新日期：2010-06-01 00:00:00

abstract：:In an effort to improve the current lung cancer treatment outcomes in Britain, National guidelines were published followed by the introduction of National Lung Cancer Audit (LUCADA) project. LUCADA has defined active treatment as any therapeutic intervention with the aim of improving the quality or length of patients'...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Devbhandari MP,Joshi V,Barber P,Krysiak P,Shah R,Jones MT

更新日期：2010-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was 'In patients undergoing video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) excision, what is the best way to locate a subcentimetre solitary pulmonary nodule (PN) in order to achieve successful excision?' Altog...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Zaman M,Bilal H,Woo CY,Tang A

更新日期：2012-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation (EuroSCORE) II was developed to improve the overestimation of surgical risk associated with the original (additive and logistic) EuroSCOREs. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the significance of the EuroSCORE II by comparing its performance wi...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Nishida T,Sonoda H,Oishi Y,Tanoue Y,Nakashima A,Shiokawa Y,Tominaga R

更新日期：2014-04-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is a rare but serious complication following coronary artery bypass surgery. Our study investigates the risk factors and mortality associated with DSWI with other risk models for DSWI. Data was collected prospectively on 7602 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting±conco...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Ariyaratnam P,Bland M,Loubani M

更新日期：2010-11-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:In chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH), right ventricular (RV) dysfunction is associated with increased morbidity and mortality following pulmonary endarterectomy. Plasma brain natriuretic peptide (BNP) levels were previously shown to correlate with RV (dys)function. We hypothesized that BN...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Surie S,Reesink HJ,van der Plas MN,Hardziyenka M,Kloek JJ,Zwinderman AH,Bresser P

更新日期：2012-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A 53 year-old woman had been followed up since 1996 after receiving bilateral adrenalectomy for the treatment of bilateral adrenal pheochromocytoma in von Hippel-Lindau (VHL) disease. In March 2003, she suffered from cough, dizziness and faint, and was referred to our hospital. The radiographic findings exhibited the ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Yashiro T,Yasufuku K,Hiroshima K,Fujisawa T

更新日期：2005-02-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The Ross procedure involves replacing a patient's diseased aortic valve with their own pulmonary valve. The most common failure mode is dilatation of the autograft. Various strategies to reinforce the autograft have been proposed. Personalized external aortic root support has been shown to be effective in st...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Vanderveken E,Vastmans J,Verbelen T,Verbrugghe P,Famaey N,Verbeken E,Treasure T,Rega F

更新日期：2018-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Bowel ischaemia following cardiac surgery is associated with a high postoperative mortality. No scoring system exists as yet to predict this complication following surgery. In addition, the long-term survival is not known. We sought to evaluate in-hospital outcomes and long-term outcomes in bowel ischaemia f...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Ariyaratnam P,Vijayan A,Cale AR,Cowen ME,Haqzad Y,Balasubramanian S,Loubani M

更新日期：2015-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Interventional treatment of tricuspid valve disease has so far received little attention due to the anatomical challenges in a thrombogenic surrounding. In the present study, we present an imaging-based, personalized interventional approach to the therapy of tricuspid regurgitation. METHODS:In our porcine m...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Amerini A,Hatam N,Malasa M,Pott D,Tewarie L,Isfort P,Goetzenich A,Hildinger M,Autschbach R,Spillner J

更新日期：2014-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Spontaneous aneurysm in the axillary artery is extremely rare. The standard treatment for axillary artery aneurysm has been surgical repair, but endovascular management of select aneurysms using stent grafts has become more prevalent with the development of endoluminal technology. We report the case of a 36-year old m...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Park SK,Hwang JK,Park SC,Kim SD

更新日期：2015-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：:We report a successful surgical management of postinfarction ventricular septal perforation by infarction-exclusion technique with the on-pump beating heart approach and concomitant coronary artery bypass grafting. The identification of the suture line by direct inspection and finger palpation could be more accurate i...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Shimamoto T,Marui A,Saji Y,Komeda M

更新日期：2008-12-01 00:00:00

abstract：:A best evidence topic in cardiac surgery was written according to a structured protocol. The question addressed was whether it is beneficial to give additional antibiotics or an iodine washout after an emergency re-sternotomy on the intensive care unit. Using the reported search, 527 papers were identified. Nine paper...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Yap EL,Levine A,Strang T,Dunning J

更新日期：2008-05-01 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：:Cross-clamping the main pulmonary artery (PA) is a risky, stressful procedure for the general thoracic surgeon performing video-assisted thoracic major pulmonary resection (VATS). However, converting VATS to thoracotomy each time PA clamping is planned is a poor tactic. We present a simpler technique for VATS than the...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Kamiyoshihara M,Nagashima T,Ibe T,Takeyoshi I

更新日期：2010-11-01 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：OBJECTIVES:Transcatheter aortic valve implantation improves survival in patients with severe aortic stenosis who are ineligible for surgical valve replacement; however, not all patients benefit from the procedure. We endeavoured to identify these patients using intraoperative echocardiography and hypothesized that intr...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Eidet J,Dahle G,Bugge JF,Bendz B,Rein KA,Aaberge L,Offstad JT,Fosse E,Aakhus S,Halvorsen PS

更新日期：2016-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The primary objective of this study was to determine the feasibility and safety of treatment with Sivelestat in humans to attenuate post-cardiopulmonary bypass lung injury. Twenty patients scheduled to undergo on-pump coronary artery bypass surgery were randomized to receive either 0.3 mg/kg/h intravenous Sivelestat s...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Abe T,Usui A,Oshima H,Akita T,Ueda Y

更新日期：2009-08-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of the study was to determine the incidence of permanent pacemaker implantation (PPMI) in a cohort of 358 patients undergoing transapical aortic valve implantation (TAVI) using a balloon-expandable prosthesis between April 2008 and March 2011. After excluding patients who had had a previous PPMI (n=36; 10%), t...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： D'Ancona G,Pasic M,Unbehaun A,Hetzer R

更新日期：2011-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:Favourable outcomes with mitral annuloplasty have been achieved with transapical cardioscopic (TAC) surgery in a survival animal model. In addition, experimental TAC on a non-survival animal model also showed adequate access to remove the native mitral valve and implant a prosthetic valve, but the surgical p...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Vu TD,Nguyen DV,Oo MZ,Alaa M,Ocampo EM,Cheyyatraivendran Arularasu S,Wai Win P,Ja'afar N,Si-Guim G,Ong P,Ti LK,Richards AM,Kofidis T

更新日期：2018-09-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The aim of this study was to compare our experience between open and video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) approaches to the management of thoracic effusions in ventricular assist device (VAD) patients. This was a retrospective review of a prospectively collected database of VAD patients at a single institution. Pati...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Gilbert S,Kilic A,Yaeger K,Toyoda Y,Bermudez C,Siegenthaler MP,Kormos RL

更新日期：2012-01-01 00:00:00

abstract：OBJECTIVES:The aim of this study is to assess the immediate and mid-term results of hypogastric artery bypass (HAB) in open repair of abdominal aortic aneurysm (AAA). METHODS:The clinical data of 24 patients with an average age of 70.4 years [standard deviation (S.D.)+/-8.1 years] with AAA treated between January 2005...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Milite D,Campanile F,Tosato F,Pilon F,Zaramella M

更新日期：2010-05-01 00:00:00

abstract：:The role of barotrauma in the exaggeration of plastic bronchitis after Fontan circulation has yet to be examined. We aim to describe a case of a 4-year old post-Fontan circulation girl where barotrauma suffered during commercial air travel played a role in the aetiological cascade of plastic bronchitis. ...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Elahi M,Poh CL,Ravindranathan H,Grant P

更新日期：2012-10-01 00:00:00

abstract：:Prompt controlled reperfusion of a pulmonary allograft in a sequential double lung transplant may correct cellular ischemia prior to exposure to full hydrostatic pressures and minimize organ dysfunction. We reviewed the process of a sequential double lung transplant and describe the technique of controlled antegrade g...

journal_title：Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery

authors： Khalpey Z,Gilfeather MS,Camp PC Jr,Jaklitsch MT

更新日期：2009-12-01 00:00:00