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The benefits and risks of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in octogenarians remain unclear. This study aimed to identify the predictors of increased risk of all-cause mortality in octogenarian patients a...
Acute kidney injury (AKI) represents a significant post-cardiac surgery complication, particularly prevalent among individuals with pre-existing renal dysfunction. Chronic kidney disease (CKD) is frequently ac...
The incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) in patients undergoing redo mitral valve (MV) surgery was evaluated. The outcomes of all the patients and the patients’ specific characteristics were recorded. The ...
The aim of this study is to assess the predictive efficacy of real-time three-dimensional echocardiography (RT-3DE) and QRS wave duration in determining the response to cardiac resynchronization therapy (CRT) ...
Resection of thoracic wall tumors results in significant defects in the chest wall, leading to various complications. In recent years, the use of three-dimensional (3D) printed titanium alloy prostheses in cli...
The incidence of secondary tracheal tumours following lung cancer surgery is notably low. Patients with tracheal tumours typically present with symptoms such as coughing, sputum production, haemoptysis, wheezi...
To investigate the clinical effects and safety of the hybrid debranching technique for patients with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection (AD).
In this paper, a rare case is reported, where the patient is a 74-year-old man. He suffered from recurrent pneumothorax within half a year and experienced a relapse after receiving conservative treatments.
Atrial septal defect (ASD) is a common congenital heart disease, and currently, transcatheter intervention is the most common clinical treatment method. However, certain complications still occur during the pe...
Until local healthcare infrastructure is strengthened, cardiac surgical care in low- and middle-income countries is often provided by non-governmental organizations by way of visiting healthcare teams. This is...
This study aimed to evaluate the efficacy of six non-invasive remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) interventions during the nursing care of patients with heart failure (HF) prior to cardiac catheterization.
MicroRNAs (miRNAs) play an important role in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular diseases such as acute myocardial infarction (AMI). Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) is currently the most direct and eff...
Post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal rupture (PIVSR) is one of the most severe types of mechanical complications after acute myocardial infarction (AMI) with high mortality and poor prognosis. The ris...
To evaluate the long-term angiographic patency of saphenous vein grafts (SVG) harvested using the no-touch technique compared to the conventional technique.
This study aimed to develop a prognostic cell death index (CDI) based on the expression of genes related with various types of programmed cell death (PCD), and to assess its clinical relevance in lung squamous...
Numerous diseases-related acute lung injury (ALI) contributed to high mortality. Currently, the therapeutic effect of ALI was still poor. The detailed mechanism of ALI remained elusive and this study aimed to ...
This study aimed to analyse the value of pre-operative 18F-fluorodeoxyglucose positron emission tomography (PET)-computed tomography that can predict tumour pathological complete response, tumour histology grade,...
There are no standard treatment options for bilateral multiple pulmonary nodules requiring resection. This study aimed to summarize the experience of simultaneous bilateral uniportal video-assisted thoracoscop...
The purpose of this study was to compare the analgesic effects of intercostal nerve block (ICNB) and local anesthetic infiltration (LAI) on postoperative pain and recovery following thoracoscopic resection of ...
Giant bullous emphysema is characterized by large bullae occupying at least one-third of the hemithorax and leading to compression of the surrounding lung parenchyma. Overdiagnosis can occur because of the aty...
Aortic wrapping (AW) has been performed as a less invasive alternative to aortoplasty. However, AW can also cause long-term aortic complications. In this report, we present a rare case of a dissecting aortic a...
The objective of this study was to examine the utility of a combination of the modified Caprini score and D-dimer levels for the evaluation and management of lower extremity venous thrombosis following lung ca...
Left ventricular outflow tract stenosis and atrioventricular valve regurgitation are often problems encountered in adulthood after complete atrioventricular septal defect repair. The surgical approach and indi...
Patients with a bicuspid aortic valve carry an increased risk for developing an ascending aortic aneurysm due to intrinsic aortic wall alterations. A lower threshold for aortic surgery may therefore be conside...
To date a number of papers analysing outcomes of the frozen elephant trunk (FET) in acute aortic dissection has been published. However, there are limited comparative studies on long-term outcomes of FET in ac...
Patients can develop de novo malignancies following orthotopic heart transplantation. However, vascular tumors are not commonly described in this population.
Stage I non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) accounts for about 15% of incident cancer cases. Prognosis is poor, with a metastasis and recurrence rate of 38% within 2 years of surgery and an overall 5-year survi...
The Correction to this article has been published in Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery 2024 19:633
The Cardio-Thoracic (CT) professional group experienced a significant increase in stress and workload during and after the COVID-19 pandemic. The Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery (SCTS) in Great Britain and ...
Acute myocardial infarction (AMI) is a cardiovascular disease with the highest morbidity and mortality rate in the world. Several studies have suggested that abnormal regulation of non-coding RNAs (ncRNAs) may...
This case report details the successful treatment of a 68-year-old male patient with locally advanced RET-rearranged lung adenocarcinoma using neoadjuvant pralsetinib. The patient initially presented with a su...
We aim to investigate the association between prognosis and outcomes following myocardial ischemia-reperfusion injury, as well as peripheral blood levels of NLRP3 and the triglyceride-glucose index (TyG).
Although patients with paroxysmal atrial fibrillation (PAF) are preferred to undergo catheter ablation (CA), the high possibility of recurrence following surgery is still concerning. We aimed to evaluate the a...
Recent trials suggest that more conservative resections such as segmentectomy are non-inferior to more radical approaches. Most segmentectomy can be safely performed using video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery ...
MicroRNAs are considered as a class of potential biomarkers for HF. This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the diagnostic and prognostic value of microRNA423-5p in patients with HF.
This report investigated the expression, prognostic and biological implications of hsa_circ_0079929 in lung adenocarcinoma, which was based on clinical and experimental data.
Accurate diagnosis and treatment of complex cardiac tumors poses challenges, particularly when surgical resection is considered. 3D reconstruction and printing appear as a novel approach to allow heart teams f...
Benign cardiac neoplasms are relatively uncommon. Cardiac leiomyomas are usually diagnosed as a benign metastasizing leiomyoma or as a part of intravenous leiomyomatosis spectrum. Primary cardiac leiomyomas ar...
Arrhythmogenic right ventricular cardiomyopathy (ARVC) is a family inherited cardiomyopathy associated with ventricular arrhythmias. With the development of molecular biology, histology, imaging, and other dia...
Thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura (TTP) is a rare hematological disorder. The occurrence of TTP subsequent to an emergent aortic valve replacement after a TAVR procedure is exceedingly uncommon with only a f...
Percutaneous vertebroplasty (PVP) is a surgical procedure that involves injecting polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA) bone cement into the diseased vertebrae to rapidly relieve pain and strengthen the vertebrae. We ...
The purpose of this study was to explore the expression of miR-665 in acute myocardial infarction (AMI) and evaluate its significance in the diagnosis and prognosis of AMI.
The outcome of heart transplantation is significantly affected by perioperative infections. Individualised immunosuppression strategies are essential to reduce the risk of such infections.
Myxomas are the most common primary benign heart tumors, typically found in the left atrium, with only 2–4% occurring in the right ventricle. Clinical presentations vary widely, including congestive heart fail...
This study aimed to investigate the clinical significance of combining peripheral blood miR-21 and miR-486 with CT for the early cancer diagnosis in pulmonary nodules.
Type A aortic dissection (TAAD) with coronary involvement is rare but potentially fatal. Proper myocardial protection during surgery is essential.
Both anaesthesiologists and surgeons experience challenges in managing airway stenosis and scar contracture in the face and neck. Herein, we report the case of a 38-year-old woman (BMI 23.1 kg/m2, third-degree bu...
Lung cancer accounts for a significant proportion of cancer-related deaths in China, with the majority of the cases being classified as non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC). The study aimed to investigate the ex...
Aortoesophageal fistula (AEF) secondary to thoracic aortic endovascular repair (TEVAR) is rare and fatal. The author reports the treatment methods and outcomes of 10 patients with a TEVAR graft infection and a...
Situs inversus totalis (SIT), a rare recessive autosomal disease, involves the complete transposition of the thoracic and abdominal viscera in the left-right axis. Patients with SIT combined with lung cancer a...
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