15 articles in this issue
Filip R. Rega, André Nevelsteen, Willy E. Peetermans, Marie-Christine Herregods, Willem Flameng, Paul Herijgers
Background. Peripheral mycotic aneurysm development is a rare systemic complication of infective endocarditis.Case report. We report on a case of a mycotic aneurysm of the superior mesenteric artery in a 66-year-old man with infective endocarditis of the ... see more
Geng-Hua Yi, Isaac George, Kun Le He, Myung Jea Lee, Patrick Cahalan, Geping Zhang, Anguo Gu, Stefan Klotz, Daniel Burkhoff, Jie Wang
Background. Direct left ventricle (LV)-to-coronary artery shunts (VSTENT) have been proposed as an alternative means of myocardial revascularization. The goal of this study was to examine quantitative changes in myocardial perfusion and possible mechanism... see more
Robroy H. MacIver, Robert Stewart, James W. Frederiksen, David A. Fullerton, Keith A. Horvath
Background. The diagnosis of mediastinitis after open-heart surgery is infrequent but dreaded as it carries a high morbidity and mortality. The purpose of this study was to investigate the impact that topical antibacterials would have on the postoperative... see more
Gudrun Maria Feuchtner, Thomas Schachner, Nikolaos Bonaros, Alexander Smekal, Ammar Mallouhi, Guy J. Friedrich, Martin Deutschmann, Guenther Laufer, Dieter zur Nedden, Johannes Bonatti
Background. The purpose of this study was to investigate the assessment of ascending aortic atherosclerosis with 16-multidetector computed tomography (16-MDCT) angiography prior to total endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) surgery.Methods. Forty-fiv... see more
Pavan Atluri, Patrick J. Neligan, Michael A. Acker, Dean L. Bensall, Jiri Horak
Noncardiogenic pulmonary edema can be fatal without adequate resuscitation. We report, for the first time, the use of prone positioning in the immediate post-cardiac surgical period to treat a patient with profound hypoxemia secondary to massive (noncardi... see more
Ibrahim Arif Tarhan, Tamer Kehlibar, Fikri Yapici, Mehmet Yilmaz, Yucesin Arslan, Gultekin Saday, Azmi Ozler
Background. The potential disadvantage of using the radial artery for coronary artery bypass grafting is its increased tendency to vasospasm. Therefore, different antispastic agents are being used in the perioperative and postoperative period. During the ... see more
Ihsan Iskesen, Hikmet Yilmaz, Funda Yildirim, Deniz Selcuki
Objective. Cognitive brain dysfunction after open heart surgery is a serious complication caused by cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). The presence of gaseous and/or particulate emboli in the CPB circuit and cerebral hypoperfusion may be the causes of neurolog... see more
Graham J. Moore, Gregory D. Trachiotis
Background. Patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD) and myocardial infarction (MI) have poor survival. Coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in select patients is an effective treatment strategy; however, whether operative technique influences hospi... see more
Tatiana Fleck, Cesar Khazen, Ernst Wolner, Martin Grabenwoger
Objective. To evaluate the incidence of reoperation due to complications or battery depletion in patients who underwent endocardial permanent pacemaker implantation during an 8-year period.Methods. All pacemaker implantation and related procedures from Ja... see more
Brian Lima, Aftab R. Kherani, Jonathan A. Hata, Faisal H. Cheema, Jennifer Casher, Mehmet C. Oz, Vivek Rao, Jennifer M. Fal, Jonathan M. Chen, Jeffrey A. Morgan, Deon W. Vigilance, Mauricio J. Garrido, Carmelo A. Milano, Yoshifumi Naka
Background. A risk factor summation score was previously validated to successfully predict survival after insertion of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). We investigated whether this scoring system also predicts clinical outcomes after eventual hear... see more
Yoshio Ootaki, Hirotsugu Yamada, Masao Daimon, Keiji Kamohara, Zoran Popovi?, David R. Van Wagoner, Yuanna Cheng, Kiyotaka Fukamachi
Background. Cardiac electromechanical remodeling following left ventricular reconstruction (LVR) surgery is not fully understood. Further development of an animal model will facilitate investigations in this area. In the present study, we aimed to establi... see more
Ali M. Alizzi, Ayman H. Al-Masri, Mark M. Murton, Anand S. Dixit, Jonathan M. Hemli, Michael Challis, Tuck Yong, Michael R. Nicholson
Methysergide is a serotonin antagonist and is used as a long-term prophylactic treatment for migraine. Although many patients experience adequate control of migraine episodes, methysergide has been reported to cause retroperi-toneal and pleuropulmonary fi... see more
John W. Fehrenbacher, Harry Siderys
Background. Surgery for pathology of the proximal aorta requires aortic wall reconstruction, re-approximation of the graft to native vessels, and potentially root replacement and valve resuspension or replacement. The purpose of this study is to describe ... see more
Joseph Juey-Ming Shih, James Yao-Ming Shih, Min-Yen Shi, Thay-Hsiung Chen
Acute cholecystitis following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), although rare, is a potentially life-threatening consequence of prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) procedures. Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass (MIDCAB), performed w... see more
Deon W. Vigilance, Mauricio Garrido, Mathew Williams, Elaine Wan, Ann Zeidner, Jennifer Casher, Aftab Kherani, Jeffrey Morgan, Yoshifumi Naka, Craig Smith, Mehmet C. Oz, Michael Argenziano
Background. Over the past several years, pulmonary vein isolation for the treatment of atrial fibrillation has gained significant popularity. This study was undertaken to evaluate a novel radiofrequency (RF)-enabled clamp system designed to create transmu... see more