Constrictive Pericarditis Associated with Atypical Antipsychotics by Kuan-chin Jean Chen, Aashish Goela, Patrick Teefy, L. Ray Guo

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Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) administration in the management of persistent vasoplegic shock by Jibran Ikram, Cassandra L. Williams, Aariya Srinivasan, Jose L. Diz Ferre, Sabry Ayad

“…Vasoplegia, characterized by low systemic vascular resistance despite normal to high cardiac output, can result from various conditions, including cardiac surgery, and progress to vasoplegic shock if untreated. …”
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Giant Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve by Michele di Summa, Federica Iezzi

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Nonconvective Forces: A Critical and Often Ignored Component in the Echocardiographic Assessment of Transvalvular Pressure Gradients by Michael S. Firstenberg, Erik E. Abel, Thomas J. Papadimos, Ravi S. Tripathi

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Undilatable Stent Neoatherosclerosis Treated with Ad Hoc Rotational Atherectomy by Michael Koutouzis, Maria Agelaki, Christos Maniotis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Vasileios Patris, Mihalis Argyriou

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Multicenter study for CH-VAD as a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device by Yifan Lu, Shuanglei Zhao, Jie Han, Qiang Lv, Xin Du, Zhengdong Hua, Keli Huang, Zhenwei Ge, Xiaoning Sun, Dan Zhu, Yongfeng Shao, Hongjia Zhang, Ming Gong

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Honokiol Provides Cardioprotection from Myocardial Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury (MI/RI) by Inhibiting Mitochondrial Apoptosis via the PI3K/AKT Signaling Pathway by Linhua Lv, Qiuhuan Kong, Zhiying Li, Ying Zhang, Bijiao Chen, Lihua Lv, Yubi Zhang

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Selection of Prosthesis in Aortic Valve Surgery: Short Review and Trend in our Practice in 10 Years by Selman Dumani, Ermal Likaj, Laureta Dibra, Devis Pellumbi, Adelina Musliu, Fjoralba Qejvani, Altin Veshti

“…Materials and Methods: We reviewed the types of mechanical and bioprosthetic valves used over the past ten years at our clinic, the Cardiac Surgery Service of the University Hospital Center "Mother Teresa.” …”
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Multi-layered electrospun grafts for surgical repair: Biomimicking physiological ascending aortic compliance by Julia Krammer, Maximilian Pichlmaier, Jan Stana, Christian Hagl, Sven Peterss, Maximilian Grab, Linda Grefen

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Grover's Disease after Heart Transplantation: A Case Report by Giovanbattista Ippoliti, Marco Paulli, Marco Lucioni, Andrea Maria D'Armini, Marinella Lauriola, Rany Mahrous Haleem Saaleb

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An Unusual Cardiac Manifestation in Autosomal Dominant Polycystic Kidney Disease by Fausta Catapano, Stefano Pancaldi, Carlo Pace Napoleone, Lucia Barbara De Sanctis, Gaetano Gargiulo, Giuseppe Emiliani, Antonio Santoro

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Outcome and complications in postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock treated with extracorporeal life support – a systematic review and meta-analysis by Romana Maria Kienlein, Ralf Felix Trauzeddel, Nilufar Akbari, Leonello Avalli, Fausto Biancari, Carlotta Sorini Dini, Sabina Guenther, Christian Hagl, Matthias Heringlake, Jochen Kruppa, Timo Mäkikallio, Raphael Martins, Marc Pineton de Chambrun, Ardawan Julian Rastan, Antonio Rubino, Floris van den Brink, Michael Nordine, Sascha Treskatsch

“…Abstract Background Postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCCS) in cardiac surgery is associated with a high rate of morbidity and mortality. …”
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Evolution of cardiovascular surgery in China: A historical perspective by Qingyu Wu, Rongman Jia

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The Successful Use of Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in a Newly Diagnosed HIV Patient with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS) Complicated by Pneumocystis and Cytomegal... by Jin Kook Kang, Matthew Acton, Bo Soo Kim

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Role of TGF-β Pathway Polymorphisms in Sporadic Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: rs900 TGF-β2 Is a Marker of Differential Gender Susceptibility by Letizia Scola, Federica M. Di Maggio, Loredana Vaccarino, Manuela Bova, Giusy I. Forte, Calogera Pisano, Giuseppina Candore, Giuseppina Colonna-Romano, Domenico Lio, Giovanni Ruvolo, Carmela R. Balistreri

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Surveillance of Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Outcome Using Risk Stratifications at a Tertiary Care Center in Thailand by Chodchanok Vijarnsorn, Duangmanee Laohaprasitiporn, Kritvikrom Durongpisitkul, Prakul Chantong, Jarupim Soongswang, Paweena Cheungsomprasong, Apichart Nana, Somchai Sriyoschati, Thawon Subtaweesin, Punnarerk Thongcharoen, Ungkab Prakanrattana, Jiraporn Krobprachya, Julaporn Pooliam

“…To determine in-hospital mortality and complications of cardiac surgery in pediatric patients and identify predictors of hospital mortality. …”
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Aortic Stiffness Is Related to the Ischemic Brain Injury Biomarker N-Methyl-D-aspartate Receptor Antibody Levels in Aortic Valve Replacement by Emaddin Kidher, Vanash M. Patel, Petros Nihoyannopoulos, Jon R. Anderson, Andrew Chukwuemeka, Darrel P. Francis, Hutan Ashrafian, Thanos Athanasiou

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Biventricular Mechanical Circulatory Support Does Not Prevent Delayed Myocardial Ventricular Rupture following Myocardial Infarction by Yazhini Ravi, Emily P. Sudhakar, Pratima Nayak, Chittoor B. Sai-Sudhakar, Konstantinos Dean Boudoulas

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New methods of surgical treatment of rare tumours of heart by R.M. Vitovsky, V.V. Isayenko, A.O. Rusnak, B.G. Gulak, O.A. Pishchurin

“…The development of this direction in cardiac surgery is very perspective, but the individualized approach to every patient is needed.…”
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Bicuspid Aortic Valve and Dilatation of the Ascending Aorta by Martin Misfeld, Ani C. Anyanwu, Adrian H. Chester

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