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Faith, Culture, and Cancer: A Qualitative Study Exploring Muslim Women's Perspectives on Clinical Trials in the United Kingdom

Health Expectations, Volume 29, Issue 4, August 2026.
ABSTRACT Introduction Despite breast cancer disproportionately affecting ethnically diverse populations, these groups remain underrepresented in UK cancer clinical trials, limiting the validity and generalisability of research findings, including treatment efficacy and safety.
Lorraine Turner, Sally Taylor, Ashleigh Ward, Nighat Ahmed, Janelle Yorke   +4 more
wiley   +1 more source

Immunonutritional Markers and the Protective Role of Sternal Irrigation and Antibiotic-Impregnated Membranes in Sternal Wound Infection: A Retrospective Cohort Study

Life
Background: Sternal wound infections (SWIs) remain a significant complication following cardiac surgery. Inflammatory and nutritional status are increasingly recognized as key contributors to their development.
Ebubekir Sönmez, İzatullah Jalalzai, Ümit Arslan, Alperen Yıldız, Furkan Çelik, Merve Çetin   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Zero‐Contrast Versus Contrast‐Guided Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion: A Comparative Analysis of Procedural and Long‐Term Outcomes

Journal of Cardiovascular Electrophysiology, Volume 37, Issue 8, Page 1675-1684, August 2026.
Zero‐contrast left atrial appendage occlusion yielded high procedural success and similar periprocedural adverse event rates compared to the contrast‐guided approach. At 45‐day follow‐up, successful LAA closure (defined as peri‐device leak ≤ 5 mm) and device‐related thrombus rates were similar.
Joe Demian, Andrew LaCombe, Arwa Younis, Mohamed Kanj, Walid I. Saliba, Pasquale Santangeli, Chadi Tabaja, Ioan Liuba, Bryan Baranowski, Tyler L. Taigen, Mandeep Bhargava, Oussama M. Wazni, Ayman A. Hussein   +12 more
wiley   +1 more source

Efficacy of Ropivacaine Infiltration by Presternal Multi-orifice Catheter for Post-Sternotomy Pain Relief in Adult Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery—A Prospective, Randomized, Control Study

Annals of Cardiac Anaesthesia
Background and Aims: Post-sternotomy pain management remains a key concern in adult cardiac surgery. This study evaluated the efficacy and safety of ropivacaine infiltration via a presternal multi-orifice catheter for postoperative analgesia.
L. S. Naga Swetha, Mohit Prakash, Suruchi Hasija, B Sushama Gayatri, Sandeep Chauhan, Pratik K Jha   +5 more
doaj   +1 more source

Sternotomy Techniques

, 2018
If it be established that median thoracic incision is a fairly safe procedure, I have no doubt that it will constitute the most generally useful route to the thoracic organs. And if once a safe route is established a grate field for surgical interference lies open H. Milton (1897)
openaire   +1 more source

Pericardio-diaphragmatic rupture after blunt trauma: a case report

Frontiers in Surgery
BackgroundPericardio-diaphragmatic rupture with intrapericardial herniation is a rare and potentially life-threatening complication of blunt thoracoabdominal trauma.
Dayi Xing, Boyu Xia, Jiandong Yang, Yuansheng Zhao   +3 more
doaj   +1 more source

Surgical Removal of a Migrated WATCHMAN Device

Methodist DeBakey Cardiovascular Journal
The WATCHMAN™ atrial appendage closure device is designed to reduce the risk of stroke in patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who are not suitable candidates for long-term oral anticoagulation therapy.
Andrew G. Saleeb, Juan M. Farina, Asher Jenkins, Rawan Zeineddine, Kenan Shawwaf, Eric H. Yang, Said Alsidawi, Dawn E. Jaroszewski, Francis X. Downey   +8 more
doaj   +1 more source

The complications of median sternotomy

The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 1969
A H, Brown, M V, Braimbridge, P, Panagopoulos, E F, Sabar   +3 more
openaire   +2 more sources

Simultaneous Detection of Primary Pulmonary Paraganglioma and a Mediastinal Mass: A Case Report

Journal of Chest Surgery
Primary pulmonary paraganglioma (PPP) is an extremely rare neuroendocrine tumor. We present the case of a 71-year-old woman referred for dyspnea who was incidentally diagnosed with both a mediastinal mass and a pulmonary nodule.
Argün Kış, Eren Zenci, Emel Kılıçarslan   +2 more
doaj   +1 more source

Coarctation and sternotomy [PDF]

Cor et Vasa, 2008
Piotr Branny, Martin Urban, Jaroslav Januška, Libor Škňouřil, Josef Novotný   +4 more
openaire   +1 more source