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Transforming Transplant Oversight: Enhancing Combined Cardiothoracic Surgery and Liver Transplantation With Normothermic Machine Perfusion

Transplantation Direct
Background. Simultaneous cardiothoracic surgery and liver transplantation (LT) is a high-risk procedure associated with high mortality and morbidity rates.
Beatrice Cazzaniga, MD, Khaled Ali, MD, Jiro Kusakabe, MD, PhD, MPH, Qiang Liu, MD, PhD, MSc, Munkhbold Tuul, MD, PhD, Yuki Miyazaki, MD, Esteban Calderon, MD, Kumaran Shanmugarajah, MD, PhD, Glenn Wakam, MD, Chase J. Wehrle, MD, Mingyi Zhang, MD, Alejandro Pita, MD, Masato Fujiki, MD, PhD, Jaekeun Kim, MD, Andrea Schlegel, MD, MBA, Bijan Eghtesad, MD, Choon H. David Kwon, MD, PhD, Federico Aucejo, MD, Mazhar Khalil, MD, Teresa Diago-Uso, MD, Michael Z.-Y. Tong, MD, Shinya Unai, MD, Kenneth R. McCurry, MD, Maan Fares, MD, Jamak Modaresi-Esfeh, MD, Jacek Cywinski, MD, Cristiano Quintini, MD, Charles Miller, MD, Koji Hashimoto, MD, PhD   +28 more
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Intraoperative ventricular septal rupture: A case report

Clinical Case Reports, 2023
Ventricular septal rupture (VSR) is a rare complication of myocardial infarction that requires surgical repair. Herein, we describe a case of intraoperative VSR requiring patch repair and postoperative extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support ...
Hannah Rando, Ahmet Kilic
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Chylous Leak During Posterior Approach to Juvenile Scoliosis Surgery: A Case Report. [PDF]

, 2020
CaseWe report the first documented case of chylous leak recognized intraoperatively during posterior spinal instrumentation and fusion for juvenile scoliosis in a female patient with a history of thoracotomy and decortication for an empyema ...
Choi, Daniel E, Rynecki, Nicole, Sabharwal, Sanjeev, Sambol, Justin T, Shah, Harsh A, Vives, Michael J   +5 more
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Minimization or withdrawal of oral pharmacotherapy in chronic heart failure patients with improved myocardial function: A systematic review

European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
This systematic review included seven studies that reported the outcomes of minimization or withdrawal of oral pharmacotherapy in chronic heart failure (HF) patients with improved myocardial function. There is a dearth of existing evidence, which supports only loop diuretic withdrawal and possibly carvedilol monotherapy.
Yuxiang Luo, Wenbin Xiao, Yusuf Z. Sener, Wouter C. Meijers, Robert M.A. van der Boon, Elfatih A. Hasabo, Osama Soliman, Rudolf A. de Boer, Kadir Caliskan   +8 more
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Another step in transcatheter aortic valve implantation: A challenging transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedure in patient with severe peripheral arterial disease

Clinical Case Reports, 2022
Approximately 25% of patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation presents significant peripheral arterial disease. The purpose of this case report was to present a feasible approach for transcatheter heart valve in a patient with ...
Vittoria Lodo, Innocenzo Scrocca, Edoardo M. Zingarelli, Claudio Pietropaolo, Marco Fadde, Michelangelo Ferri, Andrea Gaggiano, Gabriella Buono, Giuseppe Musumeci, Paolo Centofanti   +9 more
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Lung ultrasound and mortality in a cardiogenic shock population: A prospective registry‐based analysis

European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Lung ultrasound (LUS) and mortality in cardiogenic shock (CS) patients. Abstract Aims Lung ultrasound (LUS) is a widely used technique to assess de‐aeration in critically ill patients with respiratory failure. There is paucity of data on LUS in cardiogenic shock (CS).
Guido Tavazzi, Costanza Natalia Julia Colombo, Matteo Pagnesi, Maurizio Bertaina, Andrea Montisci, Simone Frea, Marco Marini, Martina Briani, Lisa Patrini, Francesca Rossi, Letizia Bertoldi, Giulia Maj, Giovanna Viola, Carlotta Sorini Dini, Serafina Valente, Gaetano Maria De Ferrari, Nuccia Morici, Federico Pappalardo, Alice Sacco, on behalf of the Altshock Group   +19 more
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Pathway to cardiothoracic surgery: A primer for aspiring studentsCentral MessagePerspective

JTCVS Open
Objective: The pathway to cardiothoracic surgery is often obscure for premedical students and aspiring applicants and requires navigating various known and unknown obstacles.
Adham Ahmed, BS, John A. Treffalls, BS, Cameron Best, MD, Gianna J. Dafflisio, BS, Samantha Xu, MPH, Lena E. Trager, MD, Sarin N. Paluri, BS, Andrew Jones, BA, George Olverson, IV, BS, Aakash M. Shah, MD, Austin L. Hingtgen, BA, Samantha Colon, BS, Jason J. Han, MD, David Blitzer, MD, Rohun Bhagat, MD, Sara J. Pereira, MD, Irbaz Hameed, MD   +16 more
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Incidence of orthostatic hypotension and cardiovascular response to postoperative early mobilization in patients undergoing cardiothoracic and abdominal surgery

BMC Surgery, 2017
Background In cardiothoracic and abdominal surgery, postoperative complications remain major clinical problems. Early mobilization has been widely practiced and is an important component in preventing complications, including orthostatic hypotension (OH)
Masatoshi Hanada, Yuichi Tawara, Takuro Miyazaki, Shuntaro Sato, Yosuke Morimoto, Masato Oikawa, Hiroshi Niwa, Kiyoyuki Eishi, Takeshi Nagayasu, Susumu Eguchi, Ryo Kozu   +10 more
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Kidney injury in patients with heart failure‐related cardiogenic shock: Results from an international, multicentre cohort study

European Journal of Heart Failure, EarlyView.
Kidney injury in heart failure‐related cardiogenic shock. AKI, acute kidney injury; CI, confidence interval; eCPR, extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation; eGFR, estimated glomerular filtration rate; HR, hazard ratio; OR, odds ratio; VA‐ECMO, veno‐arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.
Jonas Sundermeyer, Caroline Kellner, Benedikt N. Beer, Lisa Besch, Angela Dettling, Letizia Fausta Bertoldi, Stefan Blankenberg, Jeroen Dauw, Dennis Eckner, Ingo Eitel, Tobias Graf, Patrick Horn, Joanna Jozwiak‐Nozdrzykowska, Paulus Kirchhof, Stefan Kluge, Axel Linke, Ulf Landmesser, Enzo Lüsebrink, Nicolas Majunke, Norman Mangner, Sven Möbius Winkler, Peter Nordbeck, Martin Orban, Federico Pappalardo, Matthias Pauschinger, Michal Pazdernik, Alastair Proudfoot, Matthew Kelham, Tienush Rassaf, Hermann Reichenspurner, Clemens Scherer, P. Christian Schulze, Robert H.G. Schwinger, Carsten Skurk, Marek Sramko, Guido Tavazzi, Holger Thiele, Luca Villanova, Nuccia Morici, Ephraim B. Winzer, Dirk Westermann, Benedikt Schrage   +41 more
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Comparison of cardiothoracic surgery training in usa and germany

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 2010
Background Training of cardiothoracic surgeons in Europe and the United States has expanded to incorporate new operative techniques and requirements. The purpose of this study was to compare the current structure of training programs in the United States
Chen Frederick Y, Bolman R, Rajab Taufiek K, Mokashi Suyog A, Tchantchaleishvili Vakhtang, Schmitto Jan D   +5 more
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