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- 1From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedA healthy 53 year old man developed profound cardiogenic shock following instillation of bupivacaine-lidocaine-epinephrine solution as a locoregional anesthetic for elective outpatient shoulder surgery. Intubation,...
- 2From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedAim of the study To investigate the long-term outcome of surgical treatment for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA), in patients with biventricular repair with the right ventricle as...
- 3From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Stroke is a devastating complication after coronary artery bypass grafting, occurring in 1.4% to 4.3% of patients. A major cause of stroke is cerebral embolization of aortic atheromatous debris or...
- 4From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedWe describe a case of a patient admitted with apparent life threatening events characterized by hypotension and bradycardia. The patient was ultimately found to have intermittent severe aortic insufficiency. Upon...
- 5From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground Statin pretreatment has been associated with a decrease in myocardial ischemia markers after various procedures and cardiovascular events. This study examined the potential beneficial effects of...
- 6From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground The management of mild to moderate dilatation of the ascending aorta of less than 5 cm is controversial, particularly when concomitant surgical correction of aortic valve is required. We investigate the...
- 7From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground Although off-pump coronary artery bypass (OPCAB) surgery has many beneficial effects compared with on-pump surgery, switch to on-pump surgery has significantly higher risks of operative mortality. Benefits...
- 8From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground Chylous cardiac tamponade is a rare condition with little known cause. Case presentation A case of an otherwise healthy woman who admitted with dyspnea and palpitations is presented. She had a...
- 9From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedHomer's Iliad is considered to be a prominent and representative work of the tradition of the ancient Greek epic poetry. In this poem Homer presents the battles which took place during the last year of the 10-year...
- 10From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground Low cardiac output (LCO) after corrective surgery remains a serious complication in pediatric congenital heart diseases (CHD). In the case of refractory LCO, extra corporeal life support (ECLS) extra...
- 11From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedBackground To report our experience of a rather uncommon drug interaction, resulting in hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS). Methods Two consecutive cases of hemolytic uremic syndrome were diagnosed in our service....
- 12From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedA 26-year-old Asian male was found to have chyle leakage from the port incision after video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) for excision of pulmonary bullae. The diagnosis was confirmed by oral intake of Sudan...
- 13From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedWe report three cases of symptomatic stenosis of the great vessels or supra-aortic trunks successfully treated surgically with aorto-subclavian and aorto-innominate bypass. Two were performed via manubriotomy and a...
- 14From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedPreoperative medication by inhibitors of angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) in coronary artery patients predisposes to vasoplegic shock early after coronary artery bypass grafting. Although in the majority of the cases...
- 15From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedIntroduction Elevated intra-abdominal pressure (IAP) has been identified as a cascade of pathophysiologic changes leading in end-organ failure due to decreasing compliance of the abdomen and the development of...
- 16From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5, Issue 132) Peer-ReviewedBackground Minimally invasive transhiatal esophagectomy for esophageal cancer includes mediastinoscopic and laparoscopic transhiatal esophagectomy. It is inadequate in both two techniques. It is impossible to dissect...
- 17From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedInadvertent insertion of the intercostal tube into abdomen is not rare. It can present by different ways. In the present case an Ascaris worm crept into the intercostal drainage bag to reveal the false passage of the...
- 18From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedAn 83-year-old man presented with worsening of respiratory discomfort and underwent close examination, which revealed a large mediastinal lipoma measuring 15 x 10 cm. The patient showed heart failure symptoms due to...
- 19From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedWe present a 46-year-old female smoker who was admitted to the emergency department of our hospital due to cough with blood-tinged sputum for the last four days before admission. Using echocardiography and...
- 20From: Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery. (Vol. 5) Peer-ReviewedObjectives Prolonged postoperative air leaks (AL) are a major cause of morbidity. Aim of this work was evaluating use of a Lung Sealant System (Pleuraseal[TM], Covidien, Mansfield, MA, U.S.A.) in pleural...