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This study aimed to investigate the effects of general intravenous anesthesia and combined inhalation anesthesia on regional saturation of oxygen (rSO2) and cerebral hemodynamics during carotid endarterectomy (CE...
Studies show conflicting results regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the treatment of patients with coronary artery disease requiring cardiac surgery and data from Germany are lacking. In this stu...
Chest trauma may precipitate a spectrum of injuries, among which tracheal laceration represents an uncommon but critical sequela. The occurrence of tracheal laceration could significantly impair respiratory an...
Unnecessary blood preparation by surgeons adversely affects blood bank stocks and the healthcare system in many ways. In this study, it is aimed to evaluate the patient blood management strategy in patients in...
Congenital pericardial agenesis is a rare congenital anomaly resulting from the incomplete development of the pleuropericardial membranes during embryogenesis, leading to the partial or complete absence of the...
Our study aims to evaluate the outcomes of children with congenital lung malformation (CLM) who have undergone surgical resection.
Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) can effectively restore myocardial perfusion in patients with ST-segment elevation myocardial infarction (STEMI). Nevertheless, STEMI patients may still experience a “n...
Right middle lobe (RML) torsion is the most common form of lobar torsion. It usually happens after right upper lobe (RUL) lobectomy, especially when pneumopexy is not performed. Although various surgical techn...
Hereditary multiple osteochondromas (HMO) are benign neoplasms that predominantly affect the bones around the knee joint, proximal humerus, wrist, pelvis, and to a lesser extent, the rib. Although rib-origin o...
Radiomics has shown promise in the diagnosis and prognosis of lung cancer. Here, we investigated the performance of computed tomography-based radiomic features, extracted from gross tumor volume (GTV), peritum...
High levels of MG53 may attenuate the damage from myocardial infarction (MI). Furthermore, N6-methyl-adenosine (m6A) methylation is a mode of RNA modification that influences mRNA functions. Whether m6A modifi...
Pneumonectomy, the surgical removal of an entire lung, was first performed in 1933 by Evarts A. Graham for lung carcinoma. Today, pneumonectomy is primarily indicated for non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) wor...
Abnormalities of the coronary arteries, including abnormal origins, are often detected in heart patients who undergo coronary angiography. Although only a small percentage of these abnormalities lead to seriou...
An anomalous origin of the pulmonary artery (AOPA) from the ascending aorta is a relatively rare but important cardiac malformation that frequently involves the right pulmonary artery (RPA). Its clinical manif...
The present study aimed to critically revise the published literature on clinical outcomes and cost-effectiveness of Inspiris Resilia valve.
Aortic dissections and repairs are associated with high rates of mortality. The aim of this review is to summarize the literature concerning the prognostic ability of various preoperative biomarkers for patien...
Myocardial ischemia/reperfusion injury (MIRI) secondary to acute myocardial infarction (AMI) can lead to cardiomyocyte death and impaired cardiac function. Studies have confirmed that circular RNAs (circRNAs) ...
Drainless minimally invasive anatomical lung resection surgery for pulmonary malignancies is safe and feasible in terms of early postoperative outcomes. However, the quality of surgery in the long term remains...
Intraoperative tracheobronchial injury is a rare but serious complication of lung surgery. With the increasing number of segmentectomies, surgeons need to locate finer and less easily identified segmental bron...
Chylothorax is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication after esophageal cancer resection. This study aims to investigate the impact of a strategy combining preoperative three-dimensional (3D) reco...
Traumatic Pulmonary Hematoma (TPH) is a rare consequence of blunt chest trauma, characterised by lung parenchyma laceration and subsequent hemorrhage. While less common than pulmonary contusions, TPH presents ...
To determine whether perioperative administration of dexmedetomidine reduces the incidence of postoperative delirium in adult patients undergoing cardiac surgery.
This study investigates the impact of nursing interventions, guided by behavior change theory, on the recovery of cardiac function and quality of life in patients undergoing cardiac surgery with cardiopulmonar...
Myocardial Injury after Noncardiac Surgery (MINS) is an increasingly recognized complication that significantly impacts postoperative morbidity and mortality. Characterized by elevated cardiac troponin levels ...
Proton pump inhibitors (PPIs) are commonly used for managing gastroesophageal disorders but concerns about their potential association with increased stroke risk have emerged, especially among patients with pr...
He’s team have recently developed a new Coronary Artery Tree description and Lesion EvaluaTion (CatLet) angiographic scoring system, which is capable of accounting for the variability in coronary anatomy, and ...
Aortic dissection occurs rarely during pregnancy but carries a significantly high vital risk for both the mother and the fetus. Early diagnosis and treatment are critical for a successful outcome.
This study aimed to investigate the major predictive factors associated with prolonged mechanical ventilation(PMV) following cardiac surgery.
Scoliotic deformity represents a serious spinal disorder that influences the locomotive and cardiopulmonary systems. Some patients with severe scoliosis and end-stage lung disease are therefore denied lung tra...
Intrapericardial teratoma is a rare tumor that usually presents in neonates or during infancy because of the associated high degree of pericardial effusion, cardiac compression and severe respiratory distress....
End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD) is an independent risk factor in outcomes for traditional coronary artery bypass grafting (TRAD-CAB) utilizing aortic cross-clamping and cardioplegic arrest. In order to determin...
Monitoring perioperative tissue perfusion is crucial in clinical anesthesia to protect organs and ensure patient safety. Indicators like hemodynamic parameters, tissue metabolism, and microcirculation markers ...
Interventricular septal dissection is a critical disease characterized by the separation of the intraventricular septum into two layers, forming an intermediate layer with a cystic cavity that communicates wit...
Sarcomas are rare cancers originating from mesenchymal tissues, manifesting in diverse anatomical locations, but notably in connective tissue, muscles and the skeleton. Thoracic sarcomas present a unique diagn...
Penetrating neck injuries are rare and require urgent surgical intervention to prevent life-threatening complications. This report highlights a unique case involving complex surgical repair of tracheal, esopha...
Lymph node upstaging represents a quality criterion for standardized lymphadenectomy in lung cancer surgery. The aim of the study was to compare whether the quality of standardized lymphadenectomy in lung canc...
Fibrous dysplasia (FD) is the most common benign tumor of the ribs, with surgical resection being the preferred treatment modality for rib FD, leading to enhanced quality of life and favorable outcomes. The co...
Abnormal changes in P-wave parameters indicative of atrial electrical remodeling often manifest earlier than changes in other indicators reflecting atrial structural remodeling in paroxysmal atrial fibrillation.
The Cox-Maze IV (CMIV) procedure is the mainstay in surgical treatment of atrial fibrillation (AF), but the rate of AF recurrence after the CMIV procedure in patients with persistent AF is difficult to accurat...
Lung cancer is the leading cause of cancer-related deaths worldwide. Therefore, the search for new biomarkers continues in order to diagnose lung cancer at an early stage. In this study, we investigated blood ...
To study the effect of heart-collateral-based enlightenment words intervention on anxiety and depression in patients following percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
Baseline systemic inflammation is associated with worse long-term outcomes after coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG], but the mechanisms of this association are unclear. This study aims to explore the assoc...
Pulmonary vein isolation (PVI) with cryoballoon (CB) ablation technology is widely used to treat drug-resistant atrial fibrillation (AF). During CB ablation, there is a possibility of forming an ice cap of con...
This study sought to evaluate the value of a CO2 field-flooding device in cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) surgical procedures for congenital heart disease (CHD) performed via a right-side small incision approach.
Severe pneumonia is a common disease in children, with rapid progression and easy complications of respiratory failure, endangering the lives of children. This study aimed to elucidate the clinical significanc...
To evaluate the clinical diagnostic value of third-generation dual-source CT for pulmonary embolism, focusing on the optimization of dual-source CT scanning with dynamic reconstruction in acute pulmonary embol...
it was to evaluate the efficacy and safety of rapamycin-eluting stents at different doses in the treatment of coronary artery narrowing in miniature pigs.
Solitary fibrous tumors (SFTs) of the pleura are usually benign. We present a case of SFT of the pleura which grew rapidly after slow long-term progression.
Mitral and aortic annular calcification is an age-related degenerative process that can result in severe mitral and/or aortic stenosis and/or regurgitation. Annular calcification not only increases the surgica...
Dextrocardia is a rare cardiac malposition where the heart’s normal orientation is reversed and is most commonly associated with situs inversus totalis (SIT). Such cases are technically challenging when heart ...
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