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Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2021
BACKGROUND Surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage has been hypothesized to prevent ischemic stroke in patients with atrial fibrillation, but this has not been proved.
R. Whitlock, E. Belley‐Cote, D. Paparella, J. Healey, K. Brady, Mukul Sharma, W. Reents, P. Budera, Andony J Baddour, P. Fila, P. Devereaux, A. Bogachev-Prokophiev, A. Boening, K. Teoh, G. Tagarakis, M. Slaughter, A. Royse, S. McGuinness, M. Alings, P. Punjabi, C. Mazer, R. Folkeringa, A. Colli, Á. Avezum, J. Nakamya, K. Balasubramanian, J. Vincent, P. Voisine, A. Lamy, S. Yusuf, S. Connolly   +30 more
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High-Sensitivity Troponin I after Cardiac Surgery and 30-Day Mortality.

New England Journal of Medicine, 2022
BACKGROUND Consensus recommendations regarding the threshold levels of cardiac troponin elevations for the definition of perioperative myocardial infarction and clinically important periprocedural myocardial injury in patients undergoing cardiac surgery ...
P. Devereaux, A. Lamy, M. Chan, R. Allard, V. Lomivorotov, G. Landoni, Hongjia Zheng, D. Paparella, M. McGillion, E. Belley‐Cote, J. Parlow, M. Underwood, Chew-Yin Wang, N. Dvirnik, M. Abubakirov, E. Fominskiy, Stephen Choi, S. Fremes, F. Monaco, Gerard Urrútia, Marialuz Maestre, L. Hajjar, G. Hillis, N. Mills, V. Margari, J. Mills, J. Billing, Emily Methangkool, C. Polanczyk, R. Sant'anna, D. Shukevich, D. Conen, P. Kavsak, M. McQueen, K. Brady, J. Spence, Y. Le Manach, R. Mian, S. Lee, S. Bangdiwala, S. Hussain, F. Borges, S. Pettit, J. Vincent, G. Guyatt, S. Yusuf, J. Alpert, H. White, R. Whitlock   +48 more
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Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement Technique: Valsalva Graft versus Two Straight Tubular Grafts

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2023
Background. There are many variations in valve-sparing aortic root replacement techniques. Our aim is to determine the impact of the graft on mid-term outcomes: Valsalva graft vs. two straight tubular grafts. Methods.
Alexander Makkinejad, Bailey Brown, Rana-Armaghan Ahmad, Joanna Hua, Xiaoting Wu, Shinichi Fukuhara, Karen Kim, Himanshu Patel, G. Michael Deeb, Bo Yang   +9 more
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Total Thoracoscopic versus Robotic Surgery for Repair of Atrial Septum Defect: A Propensity Matching Score Analysis

Emergency Medicine International, 2022
Robotic surgery can provide less surgical trauma than conventional surgery, but differences between robotic and thoracoscopic surgery for atrial septal defect (ASD) repair are not well documented.
Yanyi Liu, Zhuang Liu, Xin Li, Ning Li, Ruirui Kong, Yiyao Jiang, Shenglin Ge, Chengxin Zhang   +7 more
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Del Nido versus warm blood cardioplegia in adult patients with a low ejection fraction

The Cardiothoracic Surgeon, 2021
Background Del Nido cardioplegia was recently introduced to adult cardiac surgery with encouraging results. The effect of Del Nido cardioplegia in patients with low ejection fraction (EF) has not been thoroughly evaluated. The objective of this study was
Amr A. Arafat, Essam Hassan, Juan J. Alfonso, Ebtesam Alanazi, Ahmad S. Alshammari, Asif Mahmood, Khaled Al-Otaibi, Adam I. Adam, Khaled D. Algarni, Claudio Pragliola   +9 more
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Use of Novel Blunt Dissection Technique for Surgical Unroofing in Myocardial Bridging Patients

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2022
Background. Myocardial bridging (MB) is a congenital anomaly involving the myocardial tissue encasement of a segment of the coronary artery. The purpose of the present study was to assess safety and efficacy of two surgical methods used for treating MB ...
Xiangyang Wu, Jie Zhu, Yong Mao, Xinqiang Guan, Xiaofeng He, Qi Ma, Xiaopeng Zhang, Shixiong Wang, Yongnan Li   +8 more
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Surgical Challenges in Multi-Vessel Minimally Invasive Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Journal of Interventional Cardiology, 2021
Objectives. Minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS CABG) has emerged as an alternative treatment for patients with multi-vessel coronary artery disease, but there are certain surgical challenges inherent in the adoption of this approach.
Jia-Ji Liu, Qing-Yu Kong, Bin You, Lin Liang, Wei Xiao, Xiao-long Ma, Feng Pan, Li-Qun Chi   +7 more
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Mesenchymal stem cell-derived conditioned medium protects vascular grafts of brain-dead rats against in vitro ischemia/reperfusion injury

Stem Cell Research & Therapy, 2021
Background Brain death (BD) has been suggested to induce coronary endothelial dysfunction. Ischemia/reperfusion (IR) injury during heart transplantation may lead to further damage of the endothelium.
Sevil Korkmaz-Icöz, Pengyu Zhou, Yuxing Guo, Sivakkanan Loganathan, Paige Brlecic, Tamás Radovits, Alex Ali Sayour, Mihály Ruppert, Gábor Veres, Matthias Karck, Gábor Szabó   +10 more
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TMAO-Activated Hepatocyte-Derived Exosomes Are Widely Distributed in Mice with Different Patterns and Promote Vascular Inflammation

Cardiology Research and Practice, 2022
Background. Trimethylamine-N-oxide (TMAO) has been shown to be an important player in cardiovascular disease (CVD) by promoting vascular inflammation and endothelial dysfunction.
Xiang Liu, Jiazichao Tu, Ziqin Zhou, Bingxin Huang, Jianrong Zhou, Jimei Chen   +5 more
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Peri-Operative Prophylaxis in Patients of Neonatal and Pediatric Age Subjected to Cardiac and Thoracic Surgery: A RAND/UCLA Appropriateness Method Consensus Study [PDF]

, 2022
Surgical site infections (SSIs) represent a potential complication of surgical procedures, with a significant impact on mortality, morbidity, and healthcare costs.
Auriti, Cinzia, Bianchini, Sonia, Caminiti, Caterina, Caramelli, Fabio, Colombari, Annamaria, Conti, Giorgio, Corbelli, Agnese, De Luca, Maia, Donà, Daniele, Esposito, Susanna, Galli, Luisa, Garazzino, Silvia, Gargiulo, Gaetano Domenico, Inserra, Alessandro, La Grutta, Stefania, Lancella, Laura, Lima, Mario, Lo Vecchio, Andrea, Monaco, Sara, Nicoletti, Laura, On Behalf Of The Peri-Operative Prophylaxis In Neonatal And Paediatric Age Pop-NeoPed Study Group, null, Pelizzo, Gloria, Petrosillo, Nicola, Piacentini, Giorgio, Pietrasanta, Carlo, Principi, Nicola, Puntoni, Matteo, Rigotti, Erika, Simonini, Alessandro, Staiano, Annamaria, Tesoro, Simonetta, Venturini, Elisabetta   +31 more
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