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CONCLUSIONS: Free-edge length to aortic diameter ratio significantly impacts valve function in bicuspidization repair of congenitally diseased aortic valves. As the ratio departs from 1.57 in either direction, effective orifice area decreases and both transvalvular gradient and regurgitation fraction increase.

CONCLUSIONS: CAT may be one of the causes of stroke induced by MAC. Routine follow-up echocardiography should be recommended for patients with MAC, especially those undergoing hemodialysis.

Diagnosis and prognostic evaluation of acute myocardial infarction (AMI) are crucial for patients.

Tachycardia-induced cardiomyopathy refers to changes in cardiac structure and function that result from rapid arrhythmia and can manifest as a continuous or recurrent event. Cardiomyopathy induced by atrial ta...

Hydatid cyst (HC) frequently affects the lungs, making it the second most common site after the liver. This study evaluated the clinical characteristics, surgical procedures, complications, laboratory findings...

The left internal thoracic artery (LITA) has been widely accepted as the standard for revascularizing the left anterior descending artery during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery. However, in 10–2...

The intricate anatomical variations in lung structure often perplex thoracic surgeons, and the accurate identification of these variations is closely associated with favorable surgical outcomes.

The rarest form of renal ectopia, the thoracic kidney, has been documented in only about 200 cases worldwide. There are four recognized causes of congenital thoracic renal ectopia: renal ectopia with an intact...

Pulmonary artery sling (PAS) is a rare congenital anomaly where the left pulmonary artery (LPA) branches from the right pulmonary artery, compressing the trachea and esophagus and frequently leading to respira...