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Igor Rudez

It was in the mid-nineties when a senior colleague of mine, Dr. Bojan Biocina, introduced me to something called “OpenHeart-L” on The Heart Surgery Forum website. Suddenly, a whole new world appeared in front of me! The possibility to communicate with col... see more

Curt Tribble

I matriculated at the same medical school from which my father graduated 22 years earlier. This coincidence gave me the opportunity to use his advice, based on his experiences as a student, to seek out some of the school’s best and most memorable teachers... see more

Eric Stephen Wise, David P. Stonko, Zachary A. Glaser, Kelly L. Garcia, Jennifer J. Huang, Justine S. Kim, Justiss A. Kallos, Joseph R. Starnes, Jacob W. Fleming, Kyle M. Hocking, Colleen M. Brophy, Susan S. Eagle

Objectives: The need for mechanical ventilation 24 hours after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is considered a morbidity by the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The purpose of this investigation was twofold: to identify simple preoperative patient fac... see more

Atakan Atalay, Ugur Gocen

Background: The arterial switch operation (ASO) has become the surgical approach of choice for transposition of the great arteries. The aim of this paper was to describe the outcomes in patients who underwent arterial switch operation and to analyze the p... see more

Elena V. Dolmatova, Kasra Moazzami, James Maher, Marc Klapholz, Justin Sambol, Alfonso H. Waller

Objectives: To describe national trends in the incidence and outcomes of patients with chordae tendineae rupture (CTR).Methods: Patients who were diagnosed with CTR between 2000 and 2012 were identified in National (Nationwide) Inpatient Sample (NIS) reg... see more

Nan Cheng, Liuquan Cheng, Rong Wang, Lin Zhang, Changqing Gao

Objective: The aim of this study was to quantify left ventricular torsion by newly applied cardiovascular magnetic resonance feature tracking (CMR-FT), and to evaluate the clinical value of the ventricular torsion as a sensitive indicator of cardiac funct... see more

Hua Yu, Likun Ma, Kefu Feng, Hongwu Chen, Hao Hu

Objective: This study aimed to evaluate the clinical significance and safety of optical coherence tomography (OCT) in patients with non-ST-elevation acute coronary syndrome (NSTEACS) combined with intermediate lesions.Methods: Sixty-five NSTEACS patients ... see more

Wenqi Luo, Wang Huaibin, Zhen Wenjun, Tan Jie, Ouyang Xiaokang, Wang Zi, Ma Yujian

Background: Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) is one of the most common complications that can contribute to an increased risk of mortality, particularly in older patients. The identification of predicto... see more