期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (1)
Background: One of the surgical options available for ischemic mitral regurgitation (MR) is mitral valve repair but is limited by recurrent regurgitat......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (1)
The obesity paradox has been recently challenged in the literature to spotlight a vague and ill-defined relationship between obesity extremes and card......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (2)
Background: Atrial fibrillation is a common arrhythmia with a large impact on society and on patients. Rheumatic valve disease is still prevalent in l......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (4)
Background: Uncomplicated Type B aortic dissection (un-TBAD) is still managed conservatively with optimal medical therapy (OMT) despite evidence in fa......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (4)
During Ozaki procedure, relocating a valvular commissure could be technically demanding. This novel technique provides an easy tool to achieve valvula......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (5)
Background and Aim On the basis of previously published accounts, coupled with our own experience, we have assessed the surgical approaches to patient......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (5)
Background Over the course of time, new developments associated with the embryogenesis of the murine heart have served to clarify the developmental pr......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (5)
Emerging data suggest an association between severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 and the development of acute myocarditis, with children a......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (5)
Background Racial minorities account for 39.9% of the population in the United States, but are often underrepresented in clinical research. Results fr......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (6)
We report an 11-year-old child with double-chambered right ventricle detected on echocardiography in whom computed tomography (CT) angiography reveale......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (6)
Death by neurologic criteria (DNC) requires coma, absent brainstem reflexes, and the inability to breathe independently during apnea testing (AT). For......
期刊: JOURNAL OF CARDIAC SURGERY, 2022; 37 (6)
Introduction Acute-type aortic dissection (AD) during pregnancy is considered a rare and potentially fatal complication for both mother and fetus. Alt......