Monthly Archives: March 2024

This is a case report of a 78-year-old male who underwent a sub-coronary aortic valve and root replacement due to valve dehiscence and aortic root pseudoaneurysm. The patient had complex anomalous coronary ana...

Iatrogenic complications of endovascular treatment for central venous stenosis have not yet been reported. Here we present a case of a patient on maintenance hemodialysis who developed catheter-related superio...

About 280 000 heart valve replacements are performed worldwide every year. Since the first prosthetic valve implantation in 1952 there have been notable developments. There are a lot of types of prosthetic valves that can be summarized into two categories: biological prosthetic valves or mechanical prosthetic valves. Biological prostheses, made of bovine or porcine pericardium, homografts, or autografts, degenerate over time becoming dysfunctional. Mechanical prostheses have a potentially...

Hemifacial spasm is a neuromuscular disorder caused by compression of the facial nerve at the nerve root entry zone, often due to ectatic or aberrant vasculature. Pathologic compression of the nerve-brainstem interface results in involuntary, paroxysmal contractions of ipsilateral facial muscles that may cause considerable impairments in quality of life. For those with severe symptoms, have positive imaging demonstrating vascular compression, or who fail other management modalities, 1 2 3 4...

The definitive management of an aortic root abscess is an operation associated with high morbidity and mortality. These operations are convoluted, time-consuming, and involve conceptionally intricate reconstructions. Following debridement of periannular abscesses, several challenges may persist, with one common issue being the destruction of the aortomitral curtain. Considering the daunting nature of this situation, the authors describe a step-by-step bovine pericardial patch reconstruction of...

Several studies to date have reported on the development of positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT)-based models intended to effectively distinguish between benign and malignant pulmonary n...

The presence of the severe thoracic aortic calcification (TAC) in cardiac surgery patients is associated with adverse post-operative outcome. However, the relationship between cardiovascular risk factors and a...

CONCLUSIONS: This meta-analysis highlights low reinfection and high graft patency using BPR with medium-length follow-up; however, there remain limited long-term and comparative data regarding options for aortic reconstruction. As expected in this complex cohort, the complication rate and 30-day mortality remain high.

We describe a 45-year-old patient who was diagnosed with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) after the aortic valve replacement surgery. Enlarged left atria, thickened ventricular septum, left ventr...

Several studies to date have reported on the development of positron emission tomography (PET)/computed tomography (CT)-based models intended to effectively distinguish between benign and malignant pulmonary n...