Transaortic Intra-Aortic Balloon Pump Catheter Insertion through a Separate Saphenous Vein Graft in Patients with Severe Aortoiliac Disease by Faruk Toktas, Senol Yavuz, Cuneyt Eris, Suleyman Surer

“…Intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) is the most widely used mechanical assist device for hemodynamic support in high risk patients undergoing cardiac surgery. The aim of our study was to confirm whether transaortic route is a suitable alternative to allow IABP insertion in patients with severe aortoiliac diseases. …”
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Difficult airway management in a patient with severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation, rapid atrial fibrillation, and moderate pulmonary hypertension: a case report by Yan Xu, Lianxiong Liang, Jie Chen, Xiaoqiang Li

“…Conclusion This case highlights the importance of considering both airway safety and maintaining hemodynamic stability when cardiac surgery patients encounter an anticipated difficult airway. …”
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A rare case of recurrent polychondritis with aortic valve involvement by N.V. Bortniak, O.A. Yepanchintseva, G.I. Kovtun, S.I. Dorofeieva, O.S. Chumak, G.M. Prus, O.J. Zharinov, B.M. Todurov

“…The article presents a clinical case of aortic valve disease and recurrent polychondritis (autoimmune disease) with lesions of cartilage tissue in 68-year-old patient admitted to a cardiac surgery clinic due to need for surgical treatment of aortic heart disease. …”
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Case Report: Two-month-old infant with PHACE syndrome: facial hemangioma and severe complex coarctation of the aorta by Sánchez-Ortiz David, Sánchez-Ortiz David, Deiros-Bronte Lucía, De la Hoz-Marañón Lucía, Feito-Rodríguez Marta, Rey-Lois Juvenal, Salas-Mera Diana, Labrandero-De Lera Carlos, López-Gutiérrez Juan Carlos, Gutiérrez-Larraya Federico

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Optimizing the Management and Outcomes of Failed Back Surgery Syndrome: A Consensus Statement on Definition and Outlines for Patient Assessment by Philippe Rigoard, Kliment Gatzinsky, Jean-Philippe Deneuville, Wim Duyvendak, Nicolas Naiditch, Jean-Pierre Van Buyten, Sam Eldabe

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Curcumin Improves Diabetic Cardiomyopathy by Inhibiting Pyroptosis through AKT/Nrf2/ARE Pathway by Zhang Wei, Kang pinfang, Zhou jing, Yao zhuoya, Qian Shaohuan, Shi Chao

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A Cyanotic Newborn with a Pink Right Upper Extremity by Matthias Beichl, Andreas Hanslik, Daniel Zimpfer, Judith Rittenschober-Boehm, Katrin Nagl, Ina Michel-Behnke

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Embolic risk management in infective endocarditis: predicting the ‘embolic roulette’ by Adela Mihaela Șerban, Diana Pepine, Andreea Inceu, Alexandra Dadarlat, Alexandru Achim

“…In this regard, embolic vascular dissemination—including asymptomatic cases detected through multimodality imaging—has been introduced as a new minor criterion for the diagnosis of IE.Depending on the location and severity of the embolism, the embolic risk can either escalate or alternatively, complicate and delay cardiac surgery. The decision to proceed with surgery should not hinge solely on the occurrence of an embolic event, although current guidelines often emphasise this criterion. …”
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A Finite Element Analysis-Based Modeling and Evaluation Method for Sternum Support Brace by Linhua Lv, Junyi Hu, Wanquan Liu, Jianqing Peng

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Intravascular Leiomyomatosis as a Rare Cause of Nonthrombotic Pulmonary Embolism by Julie Van Maercke, Anne-Sophie Van Rompuy, Willy Poppe, Tom Verbelen, Marion Delcroix, Catharina Belge

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Intra-Cardiac Kinetic Energy and Ventricular Flow Analysis in Bicuspid Aortic Valve: Impact on Left Ventricular Function, Dilation Severity, and Surgical Referral by Ali Fatehi Hassanabad, Julio Garcia

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Case Report: Rare cardiovascular characteristics of tuberous sclerosis complex with novel TSC2 variant by Zhiqin Du, Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, Xiao Ma, Jianhua Li, Fang Yang, Yangfan Guo, Yangfan Guo

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Transient Hemodynamic Changes upon Changing a BCPA into a TCPC in Staged Fontan Operation: A Computational Model Study by Fuyou Liang, Hideaki Senzaki, Zhaofang Yin, Yuqi Fan, Koichi Sughimoto, Hao Liu

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Minimally Invasive Bilateral Lung Resections and CABG through 5 Ports by N. Asemota, M. J. Rouhani, L. Harling, H. Raubenheimer, A. C. De Souza, E. Lim

“…We present a case of a patient who underwent bilateral minimally invasive thoracic and cardiac surgery. An 81-year-old woman was diagnosed with T1aN0M0 left upper lobe small-cell lung cancer and underwent single-port left video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) upper lobectomy in 2016. …”
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Factors Associated with the Incidence and Severity of New-Onset Atrial Fibrillation in Adult Critically Ill Patients by Péricles A. D. Duarte, Gustavo Elias Leichtweis, Luiza Andriolo, Yasmim A. Delevatti, Amaury C. Jorge, Andreia C. Fumagalli, Luiz Claudio Santos, Cecilia K. Miura, Sergio K. Saito

“…Cohort performed in seven general ICUs (including cardiac surgery) in three cities in Paraná State (southern Brazil) for 45 days. …”
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Efficacy and Safety of Nicorandil in Preventing Contrast-Induced Nephropathy after Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Pooled Analysis of 1229 Patients by Bin Yi, Shaoyan Mo, Yumei Jiang, Dingwu Yi, Jinwen Luo, Xiang Chen, Jian Rong

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Intramyocardial Dissection following Postinfarction Ventricular Wall Rupture Contained by Surrounding Postoperative Adhesions by Abdulkadir Ercan, Orcun Gurbuz, Gencehan Kumtepe, Hakan Ozkan, Ilker Hasan Karal, Yusuf Velioglu, Serdar Ener

“…Dissection of the myocardium is a rare form of cardiac rupture, caused by a hemorrhagic dissection among the spiral myocardial fibers, its diagnosis is rarely established before the operation or death, and extremely few cases have been reported in the literature and none of these cases seem to have a history of previous cardiac surgery which makes our report unique. Case Presentation. …”
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Omega-3 Fatty Acids and Vitamin D in Cardiology by Norbert Güttler, Kirila Zheleva, Mariana Parahuleva, Ridvan Chasan, Mehmet Bilgin, Christiane Neuhof, Mehmet Burgazli, Bernd Niemann, Ali Erdogan, Andreas Böning

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Mechanisms and Mediators of Inflammation: Potential Models for Skin Rejection and Targeted Therapy in Vascularized Composite Allotransplantation by Theresa Hautz, Dolores Wolfram, Johanna Grahammer, Ravi Starzl, Christoph Krapf, Johann Pratschke, W. P. Andrew Lee, Gerald Brandacher, Stefan Schneeberger

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The Level of Oxidative Neutrophil Response When Determining Endotoxin Activity Assay: A New Biomarker for Defining the Indications and Effectiveness of Intensive Care in Patients w... by Michael Yaroustovsky, Ekaterina Rogalskaya, Marina Plyushch, Ludmila Klimovich, Nataliya Samsonova, Marina Abramyan

“…Blood samples were taken from 198 adult patients who were admitted to the ICU after cardiac surgery (SIRS: 34, MODS: 36, and sepsis: 128). …”
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