17 articles in this issue
Jerry W. Pratt, Gilbert Kukielka, David A. Brown
Mycotic aneurysms of the coronary arteries are extremely rare, with 15 cases reported. We report the successful treatment of a mycotic aneurysm of the left anterior descending coronary artery by coronary artery bypass grafting with aneurysm ligation and r... see more
Morten Smerup, Troels F. Pedersen, Camilla Nyboe, Jonas A. Funder, Thomas D. Christensen, Sten L. Nielsen, Vibeke Hjortdal, J. Michael Hasenkam
Background: Animal experimental testing is imperative for preclinical evaluation of prosthetic heart valves and implantation techniques. Because human and pig cardiovascular structures including mitral valves show remarkable anatomical similarity, these a... see more
Aftab R. Kherani, Ronald M. Lazar, Steve Xydas, Pamela A. Mazzeo, Jennifer M. Fal, Linda Mongero, Deon W. Vigilance, Jeffrey A. Morgan, Faisal H. Cheema, Elizabeth H. Burton, Garrett W. Moss, Mehmet C. Oz
Background: Conventional cardiopulmonary bypass results in cerebral ischemic sequelae that may be reduced with hybrid pump technologies, such as the CardioVention system (CardioVention, Santa Clara, CA, USA). CardioVention differs from conventional bypass... see more
Münacettin Ceviz, Bilgehan Erkut, Yekta Gürlertop, Yahya ÜnlÜ
We describe a 57-year-old female patient with left atrial giant myxoma and peroperative defined mitral insufficiency who underwent surgery with a diagnosis of a left atrial myxoma without accompanying mitral insufficiency. Although no clinical findings of... see more
Donald S. Likosky, Louis R. Caplan, Ronald M. Weintraub, Gregg S. Hartman, David J. Malenka, Cathy S. Ross, Eric S. Landis, Brett Applebaum, Steven P. Braff, Gerald T. O'Connor
Background: Strokes are a devastating complication of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. Previous work from 1992 to 2000 determined the principal mechanism of strokes occurring secondary to CABG. In the present study, we quantified the associ... see more
Hitoshi Hirose, Atsushi Amano
Background: The skeletonized radial artery harvesting technique has routinely been used in our institute. Its clinical outcome is acceptable; however, the graft patency rate at 1 year has not been reported. Methods: Between July 1, 2003, and October 31, 2... see more
Hiroshi Nagamine, Go Watanabe, Shintarou Shiobara, Hirofumi Takemura, Sadahiko Arai, Shigeyuki Tomita
This report describes a new therapeutic approach for severe ischemic heart disease, intramyocardial transplantation of autologous bone marrow-derived CD34+ cells combined with off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). CD34 is widely known as a cell... see more
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George Stavridis, Dimitris Zarkalis, Louis Louca, Loukas Tsourelis, Peter Alivizatos
Background: Previous studies have advocated reduction aortoplasty to normalize the diameter of a moderately dilated ascending aorta associated with aortic valve disease. One of the reported techniques is the shawl lapel aortoplasty, which we have adopted ... see more
Ugur Filizcan, Sebnem Cetemen, Yavuz Enç, Mahmut Çakmak, Onur Göksel, Ergin Eren
Endocarditis due to fungal etiology is rare, but it is the most severe form of infective endocarditis. Fungal endocarditis is commonly complicated by systemic embolizations, and the difficulty in isolating the fungi with routine blood cultures complicates... see more
Sacha P. Salzberg, Farzan Filsoufi, Lishan Aklog
We describe a patient who underwent off-pump coronary artery bypass graft surgery performed with an aortic connector. The patient developed a malignant deep sternal wound infection that subsequently led to an aortic pseudoaneurysm at the site of proximal ... see more
Julie Mayglothling, Matthew P. Thomas, Joseph B. Nyzio, Michael D. Strong, Louis E. Samuels
True aneurysms of aortocoronary saphenous vein bypass grafts are a relatively rare complication of bypass surgery, but because the complications of thrombosis, embolization, or rupture are potentially fatal, this condition requires immediate surgical inte... see more
Thomas Decker Christensen, Niels Trolle Andersen, Ole Kromann Hansen, Vibeke Elisabeth Hjortdal, J. Michael Hasenkam
Background: Children with congenital heart disease and who are on oral anticoagulation therapy present special challenges due to, for example, rapid fluctuations in international normalized ratio (INR) values, interruption in daily life due to frequent ho... see more
Mercedes K. C. Dullum
Omer Faruk Dogan, Ali Oznur, Metin Demircin
Objectives: Various methods for sternal approximation have been described previously. Some patients undergoing these procedures are at risk for sternal dehiscence and mediastinitis. We used a different method, with a suture anchor system, for median stern... see more
William H. Ryan, Hillary B. Prince, Grayson H. Wheatley, III, Morley A. Herbert, Christina M. Worley, Syma L. Prince, Todd M. Dewey, Michael J. Mack
Background: New alternatives exist using various energy sources and lesion lines for the surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF). The efficacy of these options compared to the cut-and-sew maze III procedure is unknown. Methods: From August 1996 to ... see more
Vincent A. Gaudiani, Gary L. Grunkemeier, Luis J. Castro, Audrey L. Fisher, Audrey L. Fisher
Objective: Evaluate the operative results of mitral valve repair (MVV) and mitral valve replacement (MVR) performed through standard and smaller incisions. Methods: From January 1997 through December 2002, 821 consecutive patients underwent mitral valve o... see more