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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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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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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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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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Aprotinin may increase mortality in low and intermediate risk but not in high risk cardiac surgical patients compared to tranexamic acid and ε-aminocaproic acid - a meta-analysis of randomised and observational trials of over 30.000 patients [PDF]

, 2013
Background: To compare the effect of aprotinin with the effect of lysine analogues (tranexamic acid and ε-aminocaproic acid) on early mortality in three subgroups of patients: low, intermediate and high risk of cardiac surgery.
Herrmann, Eva, Meybohm, Patrick, Nierhoff, Julia, Zacharowski, Kai   +3 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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Does the revised cardiac risk index predict cardiac complications following elective lung resection? [PDF]

, 2013
Background: Revised Cardiac Risk Index (RCRI) score and Thoracic Revised Cardiac Risk Index (ThRCRI) score were developed to predict the risks of postoperative major cardiac complications in generic surgical population and thoracic surgery respectively.
A Bobbio, A Brunelli, A Brunelli, A Brunelli, Amy Kerr, Andrea Marshall, AS Detsky, Babu Naidu, CA Polanczyk, CD Parmar, D Amar, DJ Bertges, DW Hosmer, E Lim, Ehab Bishay, HC Fernando, JP Mathew, L Goldman, LA Fleisher, Maninder Kalkat, MK Ferguson, MK Ford, Pala Rajesh, Richard Steyn, Robin Wotton, TH Lee, V Fuster, WD Neary   +27 more
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Biomarker-guided implementation of the KDIGO guidelines to reduce the occurrence of acute kidney injury in patients after cardiac surgery (PrevAKI-multicentre): protocol for a multicentre, observational study followed by randomised controlled feasibility trial [PDF]

, 2020
Introduction Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a frequent complication after cardiac surgery with adverse short-term and long-term outcomes. Although prevention of AKI (PrevAKI) is strongly recommended, the optimal strategy is uncertain.
Arndt, Christian, Campos, Sara, Cegarra Sanmartin, Virginia, Di Prima, Ambra, Forni, Lui, García Álvarez, Mercedes, Gerss, Joachim, Grau Novellas, Neus, Grieshaber, Philippe, Haffner, Michael, Honore, Patrick M, Hoste, Eric A J, Irqsusi, Marc, Italiano, Stefano, Kellum, John, Kunst, Gudrun, Küllmar, Mira, L'acqua, Camilla, Massoth, Christina, Meersch, Melanie, Monaco, Fabrizio, Nair, Shrijit, Ostermann, Marlies, Thomson, Gary, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Vandenberghe, Wim, Weiss, Raphael, Wempe, Carola, Wulf, Hinnerk, Zarbock, Alexander   +29 more
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