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Pitfalls in TAMVI: experience with the repositionable Lotus® Valve System

Simultaneous transapical implantation of transcatheter heart valves in the native mitral and aortic position may be considered as an alternative to surgical valve replacement in high-risk patients presenting w...

Authors: Paul P. Heinisch, Fabien Praz, Bernhard Winkler, Stephan Windecker, Christoph Huber and Thierry Carrel

Right ventricular outflow tract obstruction caused by right ventricular fibroma in a 5-month-old infant: a case report

Cardiac fibroma is rarely encountered in children, and even more rare in neonates. We herein report a case of a 5-month-old female with severe right ventricular outflow tract obstruction caused by a large righ...

Authors: Fuyang Mei, Bing Zhou and Yong Cui

A modified multiple branched graft for thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair

To reduce some problems of traditional graft, we devise a modified multiple branched graft for repair of Crawford extent II and III thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA).

Authors: Liang-Wan Chen, Xi-Jie Wu, Hua Cao and Xiao-Fu Dai

A propensity matched analysis of outcomes and long term survival in stented versus stentless valves

To compare the perioperative and long term survival after aortic valve replacement using stentless versus stented valves in a large cohort of patients grouped using propensity score matching.

Authors: Blake N. Shultz, Tomasz Timek, Alan T. Davis, John Heiser, Edward Murphy, Charles Willekes and Robert Hooker

Surgical and survival outcomes of lung cancer patients with intratumoral lung abscesses

Intratumoral lung abscess is a secondary lung abscess that is considered to be fatal. Therefore, surgical procedures, although high-risk, have sometimes been performed for intratumoral lung abscesses. However,...

Authors: Keiji Yamanashi, Norihito Okumura, Ayuko Takahashi, Takashi Nakashima and Tomoaki Matsuoka

LTB4 and montelukast in transplantation-related bronchiolitis obliterans in rats

Lung transplantation is the only effective treatment for end-stage lung diseases. Bronchiolitis obliterans, which is known as non-infectious chronic lung allograft dysfunction (CLAD) in the new classification,...

Authors: Zheng-Liang Tu, Zhen-Yu Zhou, Hai-Chao Xu, Jin-Lin Cao, Peng Ye, Lu-Ming Wang, Wang Lv and Jian Hu

A systematic review of left ventricular cardio-endoscopic surgery

Better visualisation, accurate resection and avoidance of ventriculotomy associated with use of endoscopic devices during intracardiac surgery has led to increasing interest in their use. The possibility of co...

Authors: Erdinc Soylu, Emaddin Kidher, Hutan Ashrafian, George Stavridis, Leanne Harling and Thanos Athanasiou

Impact of prosthesis–patient mismatch on short-term outcomes after aortic valve replacement: a retrospective analysis in East China

Prosthesis–patient mismatch (PPM) may affect the clinical outcomes of patients undergoing aortic valve replacement (AVR). We aimed to determine the incidence of PPM, its effect on short-term mortality, and the...

Authors: Lei Guo, Junnan Zheng, Liangwei Chen, Renyuan Li, Liang Ma, Yiming Ni and Haige Zhao

A novel anatomic severity grading score for acute Type B aortic dissections and correlation to aortic reinterventions after thoracic endovascular aortic repair

We introduce a novel preoperative anatomic severity grading system for acute type B aortic dissections and validate the system in a cohort of patients who underwent thoracic endovascular aortic repair.

Authors: Shirui Chen, Sebastian Larion, Sadaf S. Ahanchi, Chad P. Ammar, Colin T. Brandt and Jean M. Panneton

Factors influencing postoperative atrial fibrillation in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting, single center experience

The reported incidence of AF after CABG surgery varies from 20 to 40%, with the arrhythmia usually occurring between second and fourth postoperative days. Postoperative AF after CABG was associated with greate...

Authors: Mohamed F. Ismail, Ahmed F. El-mahrouk, Tamer H. Hamouda, Hanan Radwan, Ali Haneef and Ahmed A. Jamjoom

Combined pulmonary and left ventricular support with veno-pulmonary ECMO and impella 5.0 for cardiogenic shock after coronary surgery

Mechanical circulatory support is a common practice nowadays in the management of patients after cardiogenic shock due to myocardial infarction. The single or combined use of one or more devices for mechanical...

Authors: Sameh Sayed, Christoph Schimmer, Ina Shade, Rainer Leyh and Ivan Aleksic

Clinical outcomes meta-analysis: measuring subendocardial perfusion and efficacy of transmyocardial laser revascularization with nuclear imaging

Randomized and nonrandomized clinical trials have tried to assess whether or not TMR patients experience an increase in myocardial perfusion. However there have been inconsistencies reported in the literature ...

Authors: Jessika Iwanski, Shannon M. Knapp, Ryan Avery, Isabel Oliva, Raymond K. Wong, Raymond B. Runyan and Zain Khalpey

Off-pump sutureless repair for ischemic left ventricular free wall rupture: a systematic review

Clinical results of ischemic left ventricular free-wall rupture show high mortality rates.

Authors: Yoshio Misawa

Papillary fibroelastoma, unusual cause of stroke in a young man: a case report

Papillary fibroelastoma is the third most common primary benign tumor with an incidence of up to 0.33% in autopsy series; it accounts for approximately 75% of all cardiac valvular tumors.

Authors: Elisabetta Grolla, Michele Dalla Vestra, Giampaolo Zoffoli, Riccardo D’Ascoli, Adriana Critelli, Rocco Quatrale, Domenico Mangino and Fausto Rigo

Catching a floating thrombus; a case report on the treatment of a large thrombus in the ascending aorta

The ascending aorta is an uncommon site for non-infective thrombus. In non-aneurysmal and non-atherosclerotic vessels this condition becomes extremely rare, while it represents a source of potential cerebral a...

Authors: Gijs Eduard de Maat, Giorgio Vigano, Massimo Alessandro Mariani and Ehsan Natour

Transapical aortic perfusion using a deep hypothermic procedure to prevent dissecting lung injury during re-do thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm surgery

Avoiding various complications is a challenge during re-do thoracoabdominal aneurysm surgery.

Authors: Yuya Kise, Yukio Kuniyoshi, Mizuki Ando, Hitoshi Inafuku, Takaaki Nagano and Satoshi Yamashiro

Long acting β₂-adrenocepter agonists are not associated with atrial arrhythmias after pulmonary resection

Long-acting β₂-adrenoceptor agonists have been shown to increase the risk of atrial arrhythmias in patients with stable chronic obstructive pulmonary disease. The aim of this study was to investigate whether peri...

Authors: Keiji Yamanashi, Satoshi Marumo, Ryota Sumitomo, Tsuyoshi Shoji, Motonari Fukui, Toshiro Katayama and Cheng-long Huang

Robot-assisted thoracoscopic lobectomy as treatment of a giant bulla

A bulla is a marked enlarged space within the parenchyma of the lung. Bullae may cause dyspnea by compressing healthy lung parenchyma and can cause a pneumothorax. Also, bullae are associated with malignancy, ...

Authors: Rosa Roemers, Kornelis Patberg, Caroline van de Wauwer, Tam Nguyen and Ghada Shahin

Ex-vivo recruitment and x-ray assessment of donor lungs in a challenging retrieval from a donor supported by lvad using the portable normothermic perfusion system: a case report

Lung transplantation (LTx) is limited by the shortage of suitable donors. To overcome this problem, many programs have begun to use donors with extended criteria (marginal donors). However, brain-dead patients...

Authors: Marco Schiavon, Francesca Calabrese, Guido Di Gregorio, Monica Loy, Giuseppe Marulli, Alessandro Rebusso, Fiorella Calabrese and Federico Rea

Role of mitral valve repair in active infective endocarditis: long term results

Although mitral valve repair is at present the technique of choice in mitral regurgitation (MR) due to degenerative valve disease, long term results in patients with active mitral infective endocarditis (IE) a...

Authors: Carlo Rostagno, Enrico Carone and Pier Luigi Stefàno

A randomized comparison of flow characteristics of semiskeletonized and pedicled internal thoracic artery preparations in coronary artery bypass

Harvesting the internal thoracic artery (ITA) with semiskeletonization is an alternative technique between conventional wide pedicle and skeletonization. It is almost as simple as pedicle harvesting; however, ...

Authors: Opas Satdhabudha and Narupa Noppawinyoowong

Rapid deployment valve system shortens operative times for aortic valve replacement through right anterior minithoracotomy

There is growing evidence from the literature that right anterior minithoracotomy aortic valve replacement (RAT-AVR) improves clinical outcome. However, increased cross clamp time is the strongest argument for...

Authors: Constanze Bening, Khaled Hamouda, Mehmet Oezkur, Christoph Schimmer, Ina Schade, Armin Gorski, Ivan Aleksic and Rainer Leyh

Redo coronary bypass grafting for congenital left main coronary atresia: a case report

Congenital left main coronary atresia is an extremely rare coronary anomaly. Long-term surgical outcomes and the optimal management strategies for recurrence of ischemia remain uncertain. Herein, we present a ...

Authors: Shin Yajima, Koichi Toda, Hiroyuki Nishi, Daisuke Yoshioka, Teruya Nakamura, Shigeru Miyagawa, Yasushi Yoshikawa, Satsuki Fukushima and Yoshiki Sawa

Single-staged uniportal VATS in the supine position for simultaneous bilateral primary spontaneous pneumothorax

Simultaneous bilateral primary spontaneous pneumothorax (SBPSP) is rare, but requires surgery on both sides, in patients with definite bilateral bullae to prevent life-threatening conditions. Recently, uniport...

Authors: Kyung Soo Kim

Perventricular double-device closure of wide-spaced multi-hole perimembranous ventricular septal defect

Device closure of a wide-spaced multi-hole PmVSD is difficult to succeed in percutaneous approach. This study is to evaluate the feasibility, safety and efficacy of perventricular device closure of wide-spaced...

Authors: Fei Liang, Li Hongxin, Hai-Zhou Zhang, Guo Wenbin, Cheng-Wei Zou and Zeeshan Farhaj

Heartmate 3 fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device for the treatment of advanced heart failure –1 year results from the Ce mark trial

The HeartMate 3 Left Ventricular Assist System (LVAS) (St. Jude Medical Inc., St Paul, MN) with full magnetic levitation allows for wide and consistent blood flow paths and an artificial pulse designed for enh...

Authors: Thomas Krabatsch, Ivan Netuka, Jan D. Schmitto, Daniel Zimpfer, Jens Garbade, Vivek Rao, Michiel Morshuis, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Silvana Marasco, Laura Damme and Yuriy Pya

Treatment of traumatic sternal fractures with titanium plate internal fixation: a retrospective study

This study aim to evaluate surgical procedures for titanium plate internal fixation of sternal fractures with displacement or nonunion.

Authors: Yonghong Zhao, Yi Yang, Zongli Gao, Weiming Wu, Weiwei He and Tiancheng Zhao

High dose statin prophylaxis in cardiopulmonary bypass related surgery: clinical utility

Previous studies from our group demonstrated the anti-inflammatory properties of statins on cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB), through inhibition of neutrophil transendothelial migration. We sought to determine the...

Authors: Yie Roei Chee, R William G Watson, James McCarthy, Jehan Zeb Chughtai, Lars Nölke and David G Healy

Erratum to: Is pre-operative haemoglobin A1c level a successful predictor of adverse outcome after cardiac surgery?

Authors: Ai Hooi Tee, R. Hasan, K. E. Mclaughlin, D. J. M. Keenan and S. Datta

Surgical resection of cardiac myxoma—a 30-year single institutional experience

Primary cardiac tumors are rare and myxoma constitutes the majority. The present study summarizes our 30-year clinical outcomes of surgical myxoma resection.

Authors: Kyo Seon Lee, Gwan Sic Kim, Yochun Jung, In Seok Jeong, Kook Joo Na, Bong Suk Oh, Byung Hee Ahn and Sang Gi Oh

A rare case of biventricular myxoma

Cardiac myxoma is the most common primary cardiac tumor. Approximately 75–80% of myxomas are located in the left atrium. Occurrence of multiple myxomas is extremely rare.

Authors: Tangsakar Ermek, Naibi Aybek, Wei-min Zhang, Yong-zhong Guo, Sheng Guo, Azze Mamataly, Dong-qing Chang, Jun Liu and Zong-gang Zhang

A rare case report of early bioprosthetic valve thrombosis presenting with acute heart failure salvaged by thrombectomy

Bioprosthetic valve thrombosis is previously considered as an extremely rare complication which hasn’t been systemically recognized and understood.

Authors: Jingya Fan, Peng Teng, Yu Zou and Liang Ma

Gemella morbillorum endocarditis of pulmonary valve:a case report

Pulmonary valve infective endocarditis is a rare finding for endocarditis. Infective endocarditis caused by Gemella morbillorum remains a scanty occurrence.

Authors: Dan Li, Zhicheng Zhu, Xiaomei Zheng, Weitie Wang, Rihao Xu and Kexiang Liu

Congenital giant left atrial appendage aneurysm: a case report

Congenital left atrial appendage aneurysm (LAAA) is a rare cardiac anomaly with potentially serious complications, including life-threatening systemic thromboembolism, atrial tachyarrhythmia, and cardiac dysfu...

Authors: Yan Chen, Yun Mou, Li-Jun Jiang and Shen-Jiang Hu

Towards a cardiac allocation score: a retrospective calculation for 73 patients from a German transplant center

Due to a growing discrepancy between the transplant waiting list and decreasing numbers of available donor hearts, cardiac transplantation rates in Germany have been declining in the past years. Currently, pat...

Authors: Sebastian Claes, Michael Berchtold-Herz, Qian Zhou, Georg Trummer, Matthias Bock, Andreas Zirlik, Friedhelm Beyersdorf, Christoph Bode and Sebastian Grundmann

A rare cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor involving aortic valve

Cardiac inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is an extremely rare benign entity which constitutes a small proportion of primary cardiac tumor.

Authors: Wenzong Luo, Peng Teng and Yiming Ni

Early clinical outcomes of on-pump beating-heart versus off-pump technique for surgical revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction: the experience of a single center

Limited experiences of applying an on-pump beating-heart technique for surgical revascularization in patients with severe left ventricular dysfunction have been reported. Which strategy, either off-pump corona...

Authors: LiMin Xia, Qiang Ji, Kai Song, JinQiang Shen, YunQing Shi, RunHua Ma, WenJun Ding and ChunSheng Wang

Reconstruction of the pulmonary posterior wall using in situ autologous tissue for the treatment of pulmonary atresia with ventricular septal defect

To evaluate the early and mid-term results of pulmonary trunk reconstruction using a technique in which autogenous tissue is preserved in situ in pulmonary atresia patients with a ventricular septal defect (PA...

Authors: Chengming Fan, Yifeng Yang, Lian Xiong, Ni Yin, Qin Wu, Mi Tang and Jinfu Yang

Benefits of ultra-fast-track anesthesia in left ventricular assist device implantation: a retrospective, propensity score matched cohort study of a four-year single center experience

The use of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs) has gained significant importance for treatment of end-stage heart failure. Fast-track procedures are well established in cardiac surgery, whereas knowledge o...

Authors: Rashad Zayat, Ares K. Menon, Andreas Goetzenich, Gereon Schaelte, Ruediger Autschbach, Christian Stoppe, Tim-Philipp Simon, Lachmandath Tewarie and Ajay Moza

Supraclavicular transposition of aberrant left vertebral artery for hybrid treatment of aortic arch aneurysm: a case report

Vertebral artery variations are common in thoracic aortic patients. If patients have the aberrant left vertebral artery, the more difficult to determine the treatment modality.

Authors: Kyo Seon Lee, Gwan Sic Kim, Yochun Jung, In Seok Jeong, Kook Joo Na, Bong Suk Oh, Byung Hee Ahn and Sang Gi Oh

Computer-based comparison of different methods for selecting mitral annuloplasty ring size

Ring sizing for mitral valve annuloplasty is conventionally done intraoperatively using specific ‘sizer’ instruments, which are placed onto the valve tissue. This approach is barely reproducible since differen...

Authors: Sameer Al-Maisary, Sandy Engelhardt, Bastian Graser, Ivo Wolf, Matthias Karck and Raffaele De Simone

Novel vs clinical organ preservation solutions: improved cardiac mitochondrial protection

Heart transplantation remains the gold standard for end-stage heart failure, with current ex vivo organ storage times limited to 4 to 6 h before critical tissue damage occurs. Many preservation solutions exist...

Authors: Alice S. Ferng, David Schipper, Alana M. Connell, Katherine M. Marsh, Shannon Knapp and Zain Khalpey

Anti-inflammatory properties of amniotic membrane patch following pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis

Since constrictive pericarditis is most often idiopathic and the pathophysiology remains largely unknown, both the diagnosis and the treatment can be challenging. However, by definition, inflammatory processes...

Authors: Katherine M. Marsh, Alice S. Ferng, Tia Pilikian, Ankit A. Desai, Ryan Avery, Mark Friedman, Isabel Oliva, Clint Jokerst, David Schipper and Zain Khalpey

Is there a correlation between late re-exploration after cardiac surgery and removal of epicardial pacemaker wires?

Re-exploration for bleeding accounts for increased morbidity and mortality after major cardiac operations. The use of temporary epicardial pacemaker wires is a common procedure at many departments. The removal...

Authors: Ioannis Bougioukas, Ahmad Fawad Jebran, Marius Grossmann, Martin Friedrich, Theodor Tirilomis, Friedrich A. Schoendube and Bernhard Christoph Danner

Continuous paravertebral block using a thoracoscopic catheter-insertion technique for postoperative pain after thoracotomy: a retrospective case-control study

Thoracic epidural analgesia (EDA) is the gold standard for pain control after thoracotomy. However, because of its severe side effects, it is contraindicated in patients taking anticoagulant or antiplatelet dr...

Authors: Yoshikane Yamauchi, Mitsuhiro Isaka, Kamon Ando, Keita Mori, Hideaki Kojima, Tomohiro Maniwa, Shoji Takahashi, Eiji Ando and Yasuhisa Ohde

Primary extranodal marginal zone lymphoma of mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue with multiple pure ground-glass opacities: a case report

Primary pulmonary mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphoma is a low-grade B cell lymphoma that is a type of non-Hodgkin lymphoma and a type of primary pulmonary malignant lymphoma. MALT lymphomas affe...

Authors: Xuebing Ding, Takashi Makino, Satoshi Koezuka, Takashi Azumi, Hajime Otsuka, Yoshinobu Hata, Yuichi Shinya, Naobumi Tochigi, Kazutoshi Shibuya and Akira Iyoda

Management of gastric conduit dehiscence with self-expanding metal stents: a case report on salvaging the gastric conduit

Three-hole minimally invasive esophagectomy (3HMIE) is one of the most radical procedures in gastrointestinal surgery. It involves thoracoscopic dissection of the esophagus followed by creation of a gastric co...

Authors: Diana H. Liang, Leonora M. Meisenbach, Min P. Kim, Edward Y. Chan and Puja Gaur Khaitan

Postoperative air leak grading is useful to predict prolonged air leak after pulmonary lobectomy

Results of studies to predict prolonged air leak (PAL; air leak longer than 5 days) after pulmonary lobectomy have been inconsistent and are of limited use. We developed a new scale representing the amount of ...

Authors: Sang Gi Oh, Yochun Jung, Sanghoon Jheon, Yunhee Choi, Ju Sik Yun, Kook Joo Na and Byoung Hee Ahn

Prospective evaluation of biodegradable polymeric sealant for intraoperative air leaks

A biodegradable polymeric sealant has been previously shown to reduce postoperative air leaks after open pulmonary resection. The aim of this study was to evaluate safety and efficacy during minimally invasive...

Authors: Bernard J. Park, John M. Snider, Nathan R. Bates, Stephen D. Cassivi, G. Kimble Jett, Joshua R. Sonett and Eric M. Toloza

Delayed hyperbaric oxygen therapy for air emboli after open heart surgery: case report and review of a success story

The current case describes a rare diagnosis of iatrogenic air emboli after elective cardiopulmonary bypass that was successfully treated with delayed hyperbaric oxygen therapy, with good clinical evolution in ...

Authors: Eva Niyibizi, Guillaume Elyes Kembi, Claude Lae, Rodrigue Pignel and Tornike Sologashvili