Yearly Archives: 2023

We aimed to estimate the prevalence of CRFs and investigate its associated social-economic factors among adults in coastal areas of Qinzhou, Guangxi.

Schwannoma is the most common mediastinal neurogenic tumor, while schwannoma originating from mediastinal vagus nerve is rare.

In this work, we present a new experimental setup for the assessment of the anisotropic properties of Bovine Pericardium (BP) membranes. The chemically fixed BP samples have been subjected to a bulge test with in situ confocal laser scanning at increasing applied pressure. The high resolution topography provided by the confocal laser scanning has allowed to obtain a quantitative measure of the bulge displacement; after polynomial fitting, principal curvatures have been obtained and a degree of...

Infective endocarditis of the aortic valve is a relatively common disease presentation, with surgical intervention a mainstay of treatment in severe cases. Quadricuspid aortic valves are a rare spontaneous dev...

A 10-year-old girl presented with obvious cyanosis, and the saturation of arterial blood oxygen (SpO(2)) was decreased to 60.5% in the outpatient examination. Computed tomography angiography (CTA) and echocardiography suggested congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (ccTGAs), membranous ventricular septal aneurysm (MVSA), atrial septal defect (ASD), severe pulmonary stenosis (PS), and severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR). Due to the complex pathological anatomical structures,...

Spinal muscular atrophy (SMA) is a severe, inherited neuromuscular disorder characterized by progressive muscle weakness and atrophy. Cardiac pathology co-existence is reported more frequently in the severely ...

An acute type A aortic dissection (AAAD) is a critical emergency and remains one of the most challenging diseases in cardiothoracic surgery. The existence of a pericardial hematoma caused by an aortic rupture ...

Infective endocarditis of the aortic valve is a relatively common disease presentation, with surgical intervention a mainstay of treatment in severe cases. Quadricuspid aortic valves are a rare spontaneous dev...

Infective endocarditis of the aortic valve is a relatively common disease presentation, with surgical intervention a mainstay of treatment in severe cases. Quadricuspid aortic valves are a rare spontaneous dev...

Cardiovascular surgery involves reconstruction of tissues that are under cyclical mechanical loading, and in constant contact with pulsatile blood flow. Durable biomaterials for such tissue reconstruction are scarce, as they need to be mechanically strong, hemocompatible, and resist structural deterioration from calcification. While homografts are ideal, they are scarce; xenografts are immunogenic and rendered inactive from glutaraldehyde fixation, causing them to calficy and structurally...