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Development of a new sternal dehiscence prediction scale for decision making in sternal closure techniques after cardiac surgery

After sternotomy, the spectrum for sternal osteosynthesis comprises standard wiring and more complex techniques, like titanium plating. The aim of this study is to develop a predictive risk score that evaluate...

Authors: Ehab Nooh, Colin Griesbach, Johannes Rösch, Michael Weyand and Frank Harig

The effect of postoperative complications on health-related quality of life and survival 12 years after coronary artery bypass grafting – a prospective cohort study

Despite the steady improvements in survival and operative safety, postoperative complications still remain a significant cause of morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, ...

Authors: Matti Hokkanen, Heini Huhtala, Jari Laurikka and Otso Järvinen

Patient and hospital factors associated with 30-day readmissions after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Readmission after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery is associated with adverse outcomes and significant healthcare costs, and 30-day readmission rate is considered as a key indicator of the quality o...

Authors: Md Shajedur Rahman Shawon, Michael Odutola, Michael O. Falster and Louisa R. Jorm

European registry of type A aortic dissection (ERTAAD) - rationale, design and definition criteria

Acute Stanford type A aortic dissection (TAAD) is a life-threatening condition. Surgery is usually performed as a salvage procedure and is associated with significant postoperative early mortality and morbidit...

Authors: Fausto Biancari, Giovanni Mariscalco, Hakeem Yusuff, Geoffrey Tsang, Suvitesh Luthra, Francesco Onorati, Alessandra Francica, Cecilia Rossetti, Andrea Perrotti, Sidney Chocron, Antonio Fiore, Thierry Folliguet, Matteo Pettinari, Angelo M. Dell’Aquila, Till Demal, Lenard Conradi…

Case report: a novel approach for the emergency repair of acute aortic rupture associated with congenital aortic Coarctation

Congenital aortic coarctation (CoA) associated with aortic rupture is a rare but extremely lethal condition. In pregnant patients, the condition becomes very risky.

Authors: Xin Pu, Maozhou Wang, Xiaoyong Huang, Hongjia Zhang and Lianjun Huang

Correction to: Mechanical stretching of the pulmonary vein mediates pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease by regulating SAC/ MAPK pathway and the expression of IL-6 and TNF-α

Authors: Wenhui Huang, Hongjin Liu, Yichao Pan, Hongwei Yang, Jing Lin and Hui Zhang

Correction to: Isolated ascending aorta dilatation is associated with increased risk of abdominal aortic aneurysm

Authors: Enrique Gallego-Colon, Chaim Yosefy, Evgenia Cherniavsky, Azriel Osherov, Vladimir Khalameizer, Xavier Piltz, Marina Pery, Sharon Bruoha and Jamal Jafari

Pulmonary hydatidosis genotypes isolates from human clinical surgery based on sequencing of mitochondrial genes in Fars, Iran

Cystic echinococcosis (CE)/hydatidosis is an important neglected parasitic zoonotic disease caused by the metacestode of Echinococcus granulosus s.l. The present study was designed to identify the pulmonary CE sp...

Authors: Parviz Mardani, Ali Talebi Ezabadi, Bahareh Sedaghat and Seyed Mahmoud Sadjjadi

Re-exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery: revaluation of urgency and factors promoting low rate

Re-exploration of bleeding after cardiac surgery is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Perioperative blood loss and rate of re-exploration are variable among centers and surgeons.

Authors: Ahmed Abdelrahman Elassal, Khalid Ebrahim Al-Ebrahim, Ragab Shehata Debis, Ehab Sobhy Ragab, Mazen Shamsaldeen Faden, Mazin Adel Fatani, Amr Ragab Allam, Ahmed Hasan Abdulla, Auhood Mohammednoor Bukhary, Nada Ahmed Noaman and Osama Saber Eldib

Comparison of the clinical effect between the lower sternal incision and the left parasternal fourth intercostal incision in the transthoracic closure of ventricular septal defect

To analyze the clinical effect of two different ways of minimally invasive transthoracic closure in children with ventricular septal defect (VSD).

Authors: Jun Ma, Wenlin Shangguan, Liang-Wan Chen and Dong-shan Liao

Totally endoscopic surgical resection for a blood cyst originated from mitral valve: a case report

Intracardiac blood cysts are very rare primary cardiac tumors. Blood cysts originated from the mitral valve represent a minority of cases, and previous cases have been mainly treated with conventional surgery ...

Authors: Xin Zhang, Lin Zhang, Lianggang Li, Tong Ren and Shengli Jiang

Incidence of valvular regurgitation and leaflet perforation by using automated titanium fasteners (CORKNOT®) in heart valve repair or replacement: less usual than reported

CORKNOT® facilitates a reduction in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) time, aortic cross clamp (ACC) time and operative time, but reported to be associated with other complications. We aim to quantify the incidence...

Authors: Faizus Sazzad, Ong Zhi Xian, Ashlynn Ler, Chang Guohao, Kang Giap Swee and Theo Kofidis

The effect of using the minimized cardio-pulmonary bypass Systems for Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in diabetic patients

Multiple studies have shown a decrease in the inflammatory response with minimized bypass circuits leading to less complications and mortality rate. On the other hand, some other studies showed that there is n...

Authors: Turki B. Albacker, Mohammed Fouda, Bakir M. Bakir and Ahmed Eldemerdash

The effect of N-acetyl cysteine injection on renal function after coronary artery bypass graft surgery: a randomized double blind clinical trial

This study aimed to compare the effects of N-acetyl cysteine on renal function after coronary artery bypass graft surgery.

Authors: Fatemeh Javaherforooshzadeh, Zahra Shaker, Mahboobeh Rashidi, Reza Akhondzadeh and Fatemeh Hayati

ACURATE neo™ aortic valve implantation via carotid artery access: first case report

The ACURATE neo™ transcatheter heart valve (Boston Scientific, Marlborough, Massachusetts) is predominantly implanted via femoral access. Transcarotid use of this prothesis has never been reported.

Authors: Chadi Aludaat, Alexandre Canville, Quentin Landolff, Matthieu Godin, Fabrice Bauer and Fabien Doguet

Blood volume and hemoglobin mass in long-term heart transplant recipients with and without Anemia

In systolic chronic heart failure, a heterogeneous blood volume (BV) regulation can be found with plasma volume expansion in many cases, possibly leading to pseudoanemia. Little is known about the volume statu...

Authors: Florian Seiler, Christoph Ahlgrim, Philipp Birkner, Nina Wrobel, Jonathan Rilinger, Sebastian Grundmann, Christoph Bode and Torben Pottgiesser

ECLS supported transport of ICU patients: does out-of -house implantation impact survival?

Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) is an established tool to stabilize severely ill patients with therapy-refractory hemodynamic or respiratory failure. Recently, we established a mobile ECLS retrieval service...

Authors: Felix Fleissner, Alexandru Mogaldea, Andreas Martens, Ruslan Natanov, Stefan Rümke, Jawad Salman, Tim Kaufeld, Fabio Ius, Erik Beckmann, Axel Haverich and Christian Kühn

Lidocaine for postoperative pain after cardiac surgery: a systematic review

Lidocaine is one of the most widely used local anesthetics with well-known pharmacological properties. The purpose of this systematic review is to investigate the effects of lidocaine on postoperative pain sco...

Authors: Michael R. Boswell, Rajat N. Moman, Melissa Burtoft, Harrison Gerdes, Jacob Martinez, Danielle J. Gerberi, Erica Wittwer, M. Hassan Murad and W. Michael Hooten

Massive hemothorax caused by intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm:a case report

Intercostal artery pseudoaneurysm is rare and at the risk of rupture. The aetiology is always reported to be iatrogenic and traumatic injury. Embolisation is the most common therapeutic method. Here, we report...

Authors: Caiyang Liu, Ran Ran, Xiaoliang Li, Gaohua Liu, Chuanxi Wang and Ji Li

Preliminary study of the characteristics of rib fractures and their impact on pulmonary ventilatory function

This study aimed to investigate the pulmonary ventilation function (PVF) according to different types of rib fractures and pain levels.

Authors: Weiming Wu, Tiancheng Zhao, Yang Li, Xiang Guo, Weiwei He and Yi Yang

Clinical outcomes after implantation of a sutureless aortic bioprosthesis with concomitant mitral valve surgery: the SURE-AVR registry

Early treatment of aortic valve stenosis is recommended in eligible symptomatic patients with severe aortic valve stenosis who would otherwise have a poor prognosis. The sutureless aortic valve bioprosthesis o...

Authors: Max Baghai, Mattia Glauber, Raphael Fontaine, Jose Cuenca Castillo, Antony H. Walker, Ugolino Livi, José Montiel, Alistair Royse, Gianluigi Bisleri, Davide Pacini, Vincenzo Argano, Aurelien Roumy, George Asimakopoulos and Marco Solinas

A case report of primary pulmonary meningioma masquerading as lung metastasis in a patient with rectal carcinoma: role of ¹⁸F-FDG PET/CT

Primary pulmonary meningioma (PPM) is an extremely rare disease, which is often misdiagnosed as lung metastasis. Previous studies indicated that PPM usually showed homogeneous enhancement on enhanced CT and hi...

Authors: Maoqing Jiang, Ping Chen, Rong Huang, Jingfeng Zhang and Jianjun Zheng

Open surgery retrieval of a missing guidewire causing cerebral infarctions after cerebral angiography: a case report

Intra-aortic foreign body (IAFB) is uncommon, which is usually caused by a rupture of the catheter or guidewire. IAFB can cause catastrophic complications, including arrhythmia, embolization of guidewire fragm...

Authors: Chaodi Luo, Jing Li, Yang Yan and Dan Han

Large papillary fibroelastoma of right atrium, an unusual case of respiratory distress in a young man

Papillary fibroelastomas are rare but benign cardiac tumour that are often found on cardiac valvular surfaces. Their clinical manifestations ranging from clinically asymptomatic to substantial complications th...

Authors: Yan Le Ho, Pui Fong Ng, Sotheenathan Krishinan and Basheer Ahamed Abdul Kareem

Coronary sinus atrial septal defects in adults over the past 20 years at new Tokyo hospital: case series

An isolated coronary sinus (CS) atrial septal defect (ASD) is defined as a CS unroofed in the terminal portion without a persistent left superior vena cava or other anomalies. This defect is rare and part of t...

Authors: Haruhiko Sugimori, Tatsuya Nakao, Yuki Ikegaya, Daisuke Iwahashi, Shoichi Tsuda, Nao Kume, Hirokazu Onishi and Sunao Nakamura

Treatment of Chylothorax complicating pulmonary resection with hypertonic glucose Pleurodesis

To retrospectively assess the efficacy of hypertonic glucose pleurodesis for treatment of chylothorax after pulmonary resection.

Authors: Kejian Zhang, Changyuan Li, Mingrui Zhang and Yang Li

Integrated transcriptomics explored the cancer-promoting genes CDKN3 in esophageal squamous cell cancer

Each individual studies is limited to multi-factors and potentially lead to a significant difference of results among them. The present study aim to explore the critical genes related to the development of Eso...

Authors: Wanpeng Wang, Kai Liao, Hao Chun Guo, Suqin Zhou, Ran Yu, Yanyan Liu, Yan Pan and Juan Pu

Comparison of outcome between blood culture positive and negative infective endocarditis patients undergoing cardiac surgery

Up to 30% or even more of all infective endocarditis (IE) cases are recognized as blood culture negative, meaning that the causative agent is left unidentified. The prompt diagnosis together with the identific...

Authors: Kristians Meidrops, Arina Zuravlova, Janis Davis Osipovs, Martins Kalejs, Valerija Groma, Eva Petrosina, Aigars Reinis, Eva Strike, Uga Dumpis, Andrejs Erglis and Peteris Stradins

Plasma interleukin-6 is a potential predictive biomarker for postoperative delirium among acute type a aortic dissection patients treated with open surgical repair

The relationship between inflammatory cytokines and postoperative delirium (POD) remains to be further investigated, especially in patients undergoing acute type A aortic dissection (AAD). Interleukin-6 (IL-6)...

Authors: Xiao-Chai Lv, Yong Lin, Qing-song Wu, Lei Wang, Yan-ting Hou, Yi Dong and Liang-wan Chen

Body mass index is an independent predictor of acute kidney injury after urgent aortic arch surgery for acute DeBakey Type I aortic dissection

Aortic arch surgery and obesity are both related to the risk of acute kidney injury. Our hypothesis was that the risk of postoperative acute kidney injury increases as body mass index increases in patients und...

Authors: Taoshuai Liu, Yuwei Fu, Jie Liu, Yongmin Liu, Junming Zhu, Lizhong Sun, Ming Gong, Ran Dong and Hongjia Zhang

A case of pulmonary inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor treated with bronchoscopic therapy plus lobectomy

Inflammatory myofibroblastic tumor (IMT) is a rare tumor with malignant potential. We presented a case of a young adult who was diagnosed with IMT and treated with loop electrocautery therapy to relieve airway...

Authors: Fan Yang, Wenxia Zhang, Cheng Han and Hanliang Jiang

Case report: a step-wise management of concurrent presentation of congenital single lung and aberrant right subclavian artery in an infant girl

Congenital single lung (CSL) is a rare condition, and symptomatic patients often present with respiratory distress or recurrent respiratory infection due to mediastinal shift causing vascular or airway compres...

Authors: Keon Young Park, Kevin C. Janek, Joshua L. Hermsen, Petros V. Anagnostopoulos and Hau D. Le

Cerebral microemboli in mini-sternotomy compared to mini- thoracotomy for aortic valve replacement: a cross sectional cohort study

Recently adopted mini-thoracotomy approach for surgical aortic valve replacement has shown benefits such as reduced pain and shorter recovery, compared to more conventional mini-sternotomy access. However, whe...

Authors: Marija Bozhinovska, Matej Jenko, Gordana Taleska Stupica, Tomislav Klokočovnik, Juš Kšela, Matija Jelenc, Matej Podbregar, Andrej Fabjan and Maja Šoštarič

Double valve replacement in a patient with Maroteaux – Lamy syndrome as an ultimate team challenge

The Maroteaux-Lamy syndrome (Mucopolysaccharidosis type VI) is a rare, inherited metabolic disease that results in progressive tissue accumulation of dermatan-sulfated glycosaminoglycans and inflammatory conse...

Authors: Alexandros Agron Demis, Stella Oikonomidou, Fotios Daglis, Spyridon Polymenakos and Matthew Panagiotou

Non-coding RNAs modulate autophagy in myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury: a systematic review

The myocardial infarction is the main cause of morbidity and mortality in cardiovascular diseases around the world. Although the timely and complete reperfusion via Percutaneous Coronary Intervention (PCI) or ...

Authors: Fuwen Huang, Jingting Mai, Jingwei Chen, Yinying He and Xiaojun Chen

Coronary artery bypass graft surgery in patients on ticagrelor therapy is not associated with adverse perioperative outcomes

Management of patients treated with Ticagrelor is challenging, as stopping Ticagrelor prior to coronary bypass graft surgery (CABG) may increase the risk of acute stent thrombosis. The aim of the study was to ...

Authors: Sammer Diab, Mattan Arazi, Leonid Sternik, Ehud Raanani, Erez Kachel, Liza Grosman-Rimon, Amjad Shalabi, Offer Amir and Shemy Carasso

The concept of broad exposure facilitates uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic mediastinal lymph nodes dissection

Systematic lymph node dissection is an important part of radical resection for lung cancer. Insufficient incision of the mediastinal pleura results in a tapered or tunnel-like operation surface, which increase...

Authors: Wei Wang, Sunyin Rao, Mingsheng Ma, Yunchao Huang, Guangqiang Zhao, Xin Cui, Qinling Sun and Lianhua Ye

A life-saving case of cardiopulmonary arrest with cardiac tamponade caused by erosion 6 years after percutaneous atrial septal defect closure: a case report

Cardiac erosion after percutaneous atrial septal defect (ASD) closure is a rare complication that requires immediate life-saving emergency surgery. In this report, we present our successful life-saving strateg...

Authors: Takuma Kobayashi, Taiji Watanabe, Haruka Fu, Okada Yohei and Tomoyuki Goto

Case report: surgical resection of right ventricular cardiac fibroma in an adult patient

Cardiac fibromas are rare benign cardiac neoplasms, most frequently occurring in the pediatric population; with very rare cases identified in adults. The tumors are comprised of spindled cells with myofibrobla...

Authors: Hirohisa Ikegami, Anthony Lemaire, Subhashini Gowda, Billie Fyfe, Mahmoud Ali, Mark J. Russo and Leonard Y. Lee

Analysis of risk factors of low cardiac output syndrome after congenital heart disease operation: what can we do

It’s necessary to analyze the related risk factors and complications of low cardiac output syndrome (LCOS) after operation in children with congenital heart disease (CHD), to elucidate the management strategy ...

Authors: Bangrong Song, Haiming Dang and Ran Dong

Ostial lesion of the anterior descending coronary artery treated via Szabo technique supported by stent boost imaging: a case report

Stenosis at the opening and bifurcation of the anterior descending branch and circumflex branch around the end of the left main trunk is difficult to repair. Accurate positioning of a stent is the key problem.

Authors: Guangliang Wang and Xuemei Wu

Predictive value of postoperative C-reactive protein-to-albumin ratio in anastomotic leakage after esophagectomy

Among the many possible postoperative complications, anastomotic leakage (AL) is the most common and serious. Therefore, the purpose of this study was to explore the ability of various inflammatory and nutriti...

Authors: Chi Zhang, Xiao Kun Li, Li Wen Hu, Chao Zheng, Zhuang Zhuang Cong, Yang Xu, Jing Luo, Gao Ming Wang, Wen Feng Gu, Kai Xie, Chao Luo and Yi Shen

Advantages of intraoperative implantation of Impella 5.5 SmartAssist in the Management of Acute Post-Infarction Ventricular Septal Defect with cardiogenic shock

Despite advances in surgical techniques and aggressive therapy of post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD) with cardiogenic shock, the overall morbidity and mortality is frustratingly high. The Impella ...

Authors: Jeko M. Madjarov, Michael G. Katz, Svetozar Madzharov, Shahood Fazal and Francis Robicsek

Surgery in congenital lung malformations: the evolution from thoracotomy to VATS, 10-year experience in a single center

Congenital lung malformation is an umbrella term and consist of various kind of parenchymal and mediastinal pathologies. Surgical resection is often required for diagnosis and curative treatment.

Authors: Kenan C. Ceylan, Güntuğ Batihan, Ahmet Üçvet and Soner Gürsoy

Long-term survival after Carpentier-Edwards Perimount aortic valve replacement in Western Denmark: a multi-centre observational study

This study describes the long-term survival, risk of reoperation and clinical outcomes of patients undergoing solitary surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with a Carpentier-Edwards Perimount (CE-P) biopro...

Authors: Lytfi Krasniqi, Mads P. Kronby and Lars P. S. Riber

Rupture of contralateral mainstem bronchus during uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery lobectomy and 3 successful cases of repair

Our goal was to discuss the treatment for rupture of contralateral mainstem bronchus during uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopy surgery (uniportal VATS) lobectomy.

Authors: Zhilin Luo, Tianhu Wang and Hong Zhang

Predicting recurrence of non-small cell lung cancer based on mean computed tomography value

The aim of this study was to assess the ability of using mean computed tomography (mCT) values to predict non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) tumor recurrence.

Authors: Masaya Tamura, Isao Matsumoto, Yusuke Tanaka, Daisuke Saito, Shuhei Yoshida and Munehisa Takata

Mechanical stretching of the pulmonary vein mediates pulmonary hypertension due to left heart disease by regulating SAC/MAPK pathway and the expression of IL-6 and TNF-α

This study aimed to explore whether the mechanical stretching-induced expression of interleukin-6 (IL-6) and tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α) in pulmonary veins occurred through the stretch-activated channel (S...

Authors: Wenhui Huang, Hongjin Liu, Yichao Pan, Hongwei Yang, Jing Lin and Hui Zhang

Retention of Bovie scratch pad radio-opaque marker during VATS Pleurodesis: case report

Surgical intervention for spontaneous pneumothorax typically includes mechanical pleurodesis that frequently utilizes a Bovie scratch pad given its universal presence, low cost and ease of use. The pad is fold...

Authors: Deena Akras, Daniel Raymond, Rami Akhrass and Sudish Murthy

Complications of thoracoscopic talc insufflation for the treatment of malignant pleural effusions: a meta-analysis

Talc pleurodesis is an effective treatment for malignant pleural effusions (MPEs). This study was designed to estimate complication rates of thoracoscopic talc insufflation.

Authors: Wen Zhang, Yun-long Zhao, Shao-jun Li, Ying-nan Zhao, Nan-nan Guo and Bo Liu