Combined myectomy with posterior left ventricular outflow tract enlargement for diffuse subvalvular aortic stenosis: a disease-modifying reconstruction? by Kaung Sithu Sett, Maciej Rachwalik, Marta Obremska, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Roman Przybylski

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Occurrence of sarcopenia in elderly patients with coronary heart disease and its association with short-term prognosis by Hongfang Li, Fangfang Ma, Yite Li, Hongying Li, Jiancheng Huang

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Perceptions and experiences of commercial virtual reality games in early postoperative rehabilitation among cardiac surgical patients: A qualitative study by Zhongkang Wu, Xihan Li, Lin Li, Yan Zhang, Xiao Shen

“…Methods A cohort of postoperative cardiac surgery patients ( n  = 12) who used the same VR games during the early rehabilitation period at the cardiac surgery intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital in Nanjing, China, was enrolled in this study, conducted between January 2023 and December 2023. …”
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Early Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Management following Vacuum-Assisted Closure in Poststernotomy Mediastinitis by Rafik F. Soliman, Hatem M. Soltan, Saeed O. Abdelwahed, Ibrahim M. Khalil

“…Results: A total of 32 patients presented with DSWI after elective (87.5%) and emergent (12.5%) cardiac surgery. There were 18 male patients and 14 female patients, with ages ranging from 38 to 74. …”
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Clinical, demographic characteristics and results of the long term follow-up in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease by I.G. Lebid

“…The aim – to analyze clinical and demographic indicators in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) to provide strategy of cardiac care for these patients, to assess risk of cardiological and cardiac surgery interventions in patients with congenital heart malformations. …”
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Effect of acute kidney injury care bundle on kidney outcomes in cardiac patients receiving critical care: a systematic review and meta-analysis by Fatma Refaat Ahmed, Nabeel Al-Yateem, Seyed Aria Nejadghaderi, Rawia Gamil, Mohannad Eid AbuRuz

“…Abstract Background Cardiac surgery is a major contributor to acute kidney injury (AKI); approximately 22% of patients who undergo cardiac surgery develop AKI, and among them, 2% will require renal replacement therapy (RRT). …”
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Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder by Christina Maria Steger, Severin Semsroth, Thomas Hager, Ralf Rieker, Ludwig Müller

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Association between Hypotension, Low Ejection Fraction and Cognitive Performance in Cardiac Patients by Rebecca F. Gottesman, Maura A. Grega, Maryanne M. Bailey, Scott L. Zeger, William A. Baumgartner, Guy M. McKhann, Ola A. Selnes

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in an Extremely Tortuous S-Shaped Aorta by Shuangbo Liu, Olga Toleva, Amir Ravandi, Zlatko Pozeg, Alan Menkis, Malek Kass

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Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor of the Mitral Valve Presenting as Transient Ischemic Attack by Mohammad Abbasi Teshnizi, Atefeh Ghorbanzadeh, Nahid Zirak, Babak Manafi, Aliasghar Moeinipour

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Integrated Single-Cell and RNA Sequencing Analysis Identifies Key Immune Cell and Dendritic Cells Associated Genes Participated in Myocarditis by Qiang Gong, Jianfeng Huang, Qicai Wu

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Constrictive Pericarditis Associated with Atypical Antipsychotics by Kuan-chin Jean Chen, Aashish Goela, Patrick Teefy, L. Ray Guo

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Vitamin B12 (hydroxocobalamin) administration in the management of persistent vasoplegic shock by Jibran Ikram, Cassandra L. Williams, Aariya Srinivasan, Jose L. Diz Ferre, Sabry Ayad

“…Vasoplegia, characterized by low systemic vascular resistance despite normal to high cardiac output, can result from various conditions, including cardiac surgery, and progress to vasoplegic shock if untreated. …”
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Giant Fibroelastoma of the Aortic Valve by Michele di Summa, Federica Iezzi

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Nonconvective Forces: A Critical and Often Ignored Component in the Echocardiographic Assessment of Transvalvular Pressure Gradients by Michael S. Firstenberg, Erik E. Abel, Thomas J. Papadimos, Ravi S. Tripathi

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Undilatable Stent Neoatherosclerosis Treated with Ad Hoc Rotational Atherectomy by Michael Koutouzis, Maria Agelaki, Christos Maniotis, Ioannis Tsiafoutis, Vasileios Patris, Mihalis Argyriou

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Developing a Mobile Application-based System for Enhancing Medical Skill Training by TING-SHENG WENG, XUAN-REN CHEN

“…Initially, we conducted a comprehensiveneeds analysis through in-depth interviews with cardiac surgery nurses and administrators to accurately identify the key training requirements. …”
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Study protocol for an international registry observational study evaluating clinical outcomes of transcatheter versus standard surgical mitral valve operation for secondary mitral... by Antonio Salsano, Francesco Nappi, Sanjeet Singh Avtaar Singh, Cristiano Spadaccio, Yasushige Shingu, Satoru Wakasa, Antonio Fiore

“…This study aims to compare the effectiveness and clinical outcomes of TMVp using the edge-to-edge mitral valve repair technique and standard surgical mitral valve procedures in patients with SMR.Methods and analysis Five cardiac surgery centres from four European countries and Japan have collaborated to create a multicentre observational registry (TEERMISO). …”
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Mineral composition and ratios in aortic valves, serum, and epicardial fat among patients with aortic stenosis undergoing aortic valve replacement by Barbara Poniedziałek, Bartłomiej Perek, Aleksandra Proch, Anna Komosa, Przemysław Niedzielski, Piotr Buczkowski, Marek Jemielity, Piotr Rzymski

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Multicenter study for CH-VAD as a fully magnetically levitated left ventricular assist device by Yifan Lu, Shuanglei Zhao, Jie Han, Qiang Lv, Xin Du, Zhengdong Hua, Keli Huang, Zhenwei Ge, Xiaoning Sun, Dan Zhu, Yongfeng Shao, Hongjia Zhang, Ming Gong

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