Yearly Archives: 2024

This study explores the factors contributing to the occurrence of delirium following cardiac surgery and devises nursing strategies rooted in behavior change theory.

The management of acute type A aortic dissection (ATAAD) using the Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent (AMDS) can lead to complications due to the persistence of the false lumen (FL). This case report presents tw...

Cardiac lipoma, a seldom-encountered benign tumor positioned beneath the endocardium, has the potential to impair electrophysiological functions. Diagnosis is principally based on imaging modalities. The uniqu...

CONCLUSIONS: The open surgical conversion of popliteal endograft infection is the best strategy to manage peripheral infection after an endovascular popliteal aneurysm repair procedure.

To investigate whether feature tracking cardiac magnetic resonance (FT-CMR) can identify subclinical myocardial dysfunction in patients with myocardial infarction with non-obstructed coronary arteries (MINOCA).

The aim of this study is to report the early outcomes of valvular heart surgeries performed via the right thoracotomy approach. While thoracotomy with femoro-femoral bypass is an established method for minimal...

Bovine pericardium (BP) is widely used as a biomaterial for tissue engineering. Glutaraldehyde and formaldehyde are commonly employed in the reticulation processes to enhance the material's resistance and preservation. In this study, we assessed the impact of long-term storage in 4% formaldehyde on the quantitative expression of immunophenotypic markers in glutaraldehyde-treated BP. Histologic and immunohistochemical analyses were performed on 2 BP patches, manufactured in 2009 and 2020,...

Cardiac lipoma, a seldom-encountered benign tumor positioned beneath the endocardium, has the potential to impair electrophysiological functions. Diagnosis is principally based on imaging modalities. The uniqu...

A 54-year-old female presented with recurrent abdominal pain and new onset chest pain. Chest computed-tomography angiogram detected a thoracic aortic aneurysm with suspected Type A intramural hematoma (IMH) versu...

Acute kidney injury (AKI) frequently occurs as a complication of cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Its prevalence and severity are determined by various preoperative and intraoperative factors....