Yearly Archives: 2024

To evaluate the feasibility and clinical benefit of utilizing image fusion for thoracic endovascular repair (TEVAR) with in situ fenestration (ISF-TEVAR).

The aim of this study was to identify the risk factors for postoperative delirium (POD) in elderly patients undergoing heart valve surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB).

Midventricular hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM) is characterized by hypertrophy of the interventricular septum (IVS) and - in rare cases - of the papillary muscles (PM), which subsequently can ca...

Ectopic thyroid tissue is a rare developmental abnormality involving aberrant embryogenesis of the thyroid gland during passage from the primitive foregut to the pretracheal position. The most frequent positio...

Junctional epidermolysis bullosa is a rare skin and mucosal disorder characterized by blister formation in response to minor trauma and extracutaneous manifestations. There have been no reports of cardiac surg...

Junctional epidermolysis bullosa is a rare skin and mucosal disorder characterized by blister formation in response to minor trauma and extracutaneous manifestations. There have been no reports of cardiac surg...

Acupuncture, a traditional Chinese medical treatment, has been gaining popularity over the years. However, it also presents certain risks. We report a case of a patient who discovered a foreign body in their l...

Recently, improvements in the repair of tetralogy of Fallot have increased the need for reoperation in adulthood, and it’s not rare that these reoperation candidates suffer from biventricular failure. However,...

Implanting physical barrier materials to separate wounds from their surroundings is a promising strategy for preventing postoperative adhesions. Herein, we develop a material that switches from an anti-adhesive surface to an adhesive surface, preventing adhesion in the early stage of transplantation and then promoting recellularization. In this study, 2-arm, 4-arm, and 8-arm poly(ethylene glycol) succinimidyl glutarate (2-, 4-, 8-arm PEG-NHS) were used to modify the surface of decellularized...

A 72-year-old man presented with intermittent claudication and a foot ulcer. Computed tomography revealed severe calcification and occlusion of the left femoral artery and calcification and stenosis from the superficial femoral artery to the popliteal artery. Thromboendarterectomy (TEA) and anterior reconstruction of the femoral artery with a bovine pericardium patch were performed. We sutured the great saphenous vein on the bovine pericardium patch for bypass inflow after creating an...