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The Egyptian Heart Journal, 2023 Background Pulmonary valve (PV) infective endocarditis is a rare pathology. Association between acute endocarditis and Covid pneumonia is equally poorly investigated. Case presentation We present the case of a 50-year-old male active drug-abuser admitted
Andrea Garatti +4 more
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021 Objective To compare the effects of modified triple-branched stent implantation and frozen elephant trunk technique on the quality of life (QoL) of acute Stanford Type A aortic dissection (AAAD) patients at different follow-up times.
Zeng-Rong Luo +4 more
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Experimental Physiology, 2023 Severe hypoxaemia after cardiac surgery is associated with serious complications and a high risk of mortality. The purpose of this study is to investigate the independent risk factors of severe postoperative hypoxaemia in patients with acute Stanford ...
XinLiang Guan +9 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2022 Background We assessed the relationships between levels of preoperative thyroid hormone (TH), cortisol, interleukin-2 (IL-2), and procalcitonin (PCT) and postoperative delirium (POD) in acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) patients receiving modified ...
Guo-Zhong Zheng +3 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023 Objective This study aimed to assess how listening to music after cardiac valve replacements affected patients' pain, anxiety, and vital signs. Method In Fuzhou, China's Fujian Medical University Union Hospital, the cardiac surgery division conducted a ...
Yi Dong +3 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2023 Background Postoperative delirium (POD) complicates the postoperative course. There is limited information on POD-related risk factors (RFs) and prognosis in patients with acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) after modified triple-branched stent graft ...
Jian-Ling Lin +3 more
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Clinical Applications of Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) Scope: Challenges and Opportunities
Diagnostics, 2023 Endobronchial Ultrasound (EBUS) has been widely used to stage lung tumors and to diagnose mediastinal diseases. In the last decade, this procedure has evolved in several technical aspects, with new tools available to optimize tissue sampling and to ...
Davide Biondini +8 more
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BMC Cardiovascular Disorders, 2022 Background The percutaneous device closure of patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) is widely used in clinical practice, however full data on the changes in myocardial injury and systemic inflammatory markers’ levels after PDA in children are not fully reported.
Zeng-Rong Luo +3 more
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Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2021 Objective To investigate the effects of seasonal and climatic changes on postoperative in-hospital mortality and length of stay (LOS) in patients with type A acute aortic dissection (AAD).
Zeng-Rong Luo +3 more
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Diagnostics, 2022 Acute Kidney Injury (AKI) commonly complicates cardiac surgery in children with congenital heart disease (CHD). In this study we assessed incidence, risk factors, and outcomes of postoperative AKI, while testing the hypothesis that, depending on the ...
Georgios Kourelis +14 more
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