Diagnosis of a Rare Rickettsia felis Infection Complicated with Unusual Pericardial Effusion and Cardiac Tamponade Using an mNGS Test by Tien-Lung Po, Chien-Hsien Huang, Chia-Hsun Lin, Huei-Fong Hung

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An Unusual Cardiac Cause of Unilateral Neonatal Wheezing by James Brock, Eliezer Nussbaum, Jared Shows, Son Nguyen, Shaun P. Setty

“…On DOL 7, she underwent cardiac surgery which included resection of the ductal aneurysm, patch reconstruction of the transverse aortic arch and descending aorta, patent ductus arteriosus excision, and atrial secundum septal defect repair. …”
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Multidrug Resistant Pseudomonas Mycotic Pseudoaneurysm following Cardiac Transplant Bridged by Ventricular Assistant Device by C. Aye, M. Williams, R. Horvath

“…Mycotic pseudoaneurysm of aorta following cardiac surgery is rare but is highly fatal if it is unrecognized and untreated. …”
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An Incidentally Detected Right Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm by Vamsi C. Gaddipati, Angel I. Martin, Mauricio O. Valenzuela, Asef Mahmud, Aarti A. Patel

“…Ventricular pseudoaneurysm is an uncommon, potentially fatal complication that has been associated with myocardial infarction, cardiac surgery, chest trauma, and infectious processes. …”
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Prevalence of congenital defects of heart and large vessels in adults by I.G. Lebid

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Corrigendum to “Donor-derived cell-free DNA is a valuable monitoring tool after single lung transplantation: Multicenter analysis” [JHLT Open, 6 (2024) 100155] by Ambalavanan Arunachalam, Fatima Anjum, Justin P. Rosenheck, Reinaldo Rampolla, Reda Girgis, Howard J. Huang, Kathryn Crabtree, Sarah McCormick, Zhiji Zhang, Sangeeta Bhorade, David J. Ross

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Repeat Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Replacement for Recurrent Mitral Stenosis after OMC in Patients Who Decline Blood Product Transfusion for Religious Reasons by Yujiro Ito, Yoshitsugu Nakamura, Osamu Tagusari, Shigehiko Yoshida

“…Cardiac surgery for Jehovah’s Witness (JW) patients is considered to be high risk because of patients’ refusal to receive blood transfusion. …”
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Impact of porcelain aorta on outcomes in transfemoral aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with balloon-expandable valves by Bernhard Schieffer, Thomas Kuntze, Tamer Owais, Philipp Lauten, Julian Kreutz, Lisa C Costello-Boerrigter, Mathias Schreiber, Guido Boerrigter, Christian Albert, Mohammad El Garhy, Björn Göbel, Harald Lapp, Birgit Markus

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Surgical treatment of anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery in paediatric patients: a Chinese single-center experience by Kai Luo, Bin Ji, Qi-Liang Zhang, Xiao-Yang Zhang, Yan-Jun Pan, Zhong-Qun Zhu, Qiang Chen, Xiao-Min He, Jing-Hao Zheng

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Two Venovenous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation for One Gunshot by Louis Pot, Alizée Porto, Audrey Le Saux, Amandine Bichon, Emi Cauchois, Marc Gainnier, Julien Carvelli, Jeremy Bourenne

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Congenital Ventricular Diverticulum or Aneurysm: A Difficult Diagnosis to Make by Lloyd Halpern, Carl Garabedian, Neil K. Worrall

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Hybrid repair of type A aortic dissection after infrarenal endovascular aortic repair and bilateral iliac branched grafts by Quynh-Anh L. Dang, BS, BBA, Ciaran S. O'Brien, MD, William Rothstein, MD, Chase Brown, MD, Venkat Kalapatapu, MD

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Successful Management of Coronary Artery Rupture with Stent-Graft: A Case Report by Berkay Ekici, Aycan Fahri Erkan, Utku Kütük, Hasan Fehmi Töre

“…According to the type of coronary perforation, various methods of correction are employed, ranging from conservative approach to emergency cardiac surgery. Coronary stent-grafts are composed of two metal stents and a polytetrafluoroethylene layer between them. …”
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Postpartum Deterioration of Hemodynamics in a Case of Uncorrected Ebstein's Anomaly by Masato Kimura, Shuhei Kakizaki, Seiichi Tazawa, Osamu Adachi, Yoshikatsu Saiki, Shigeo Kure

“…We report a case with Ebstein's anomaly, whose condition was asymptomatic before pregnancy but remarkably deteriorated down during the postpartum period, even though a successful pregnancy and cardiac surgery were achieved. Women with Ebstein's anomaly should be carefully assessed and may need to be advised to have corrective surgery prior to pregnancy even if they were asymptomatic.…”
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Ischemic Stroke and Ruptured Mycotic Aneurysm, Two Complications of Infective Endocarditis in One Patient by Alassane Mamadou Diop, Ahmadou Bamba Mbodj, Serigne Abdou Aziz Fall, Ibrahima Niang

“…She underwent endovascular embolisation and subsequent cardiac surgery.…”
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A modified technique for reducing the duration of ischemic time of the heart and myocardial reperfusion in multivalve correction combined with coronary grafting by P.M. Semeniv

“…The aim – to develop and put into practice a method of reducing the ischemic time of the heart during long-term cardiac surgery interventions. Materials and methods. …”
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Alpha-2-adrenergic receptor agonists for the prevention of delirium and cognitive decline after open heart surgery (ALPHA2PREVENT): protocol for a multicentre randomised controlled... by Eva Skovlund, Rune Haaverstad, Henrik Zetterberg, Jorunn L Helbostad, Rolf Busund, Johan Raeder, Theis Tønnessen, Torgeir Bruun Wyller, Melanie R Simpson, Nils Kristian Skjærvold, Bjørn Erik Neerland, Svein Aslak Landsverk, Ieva Martinaityte, Hilde Margrethe Norum, Geir Selbaek, Elisabeth Skaar, Arjen JC Slooter, Øyvind Sverre Svendsen, Alexander Wahba

“…Introduction Postoperative delirium is common in older cardiac surgery patients and associated with negative short-term and long-term outcomes. …”
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Sex similarities and differences in the reverse and anti-remodeling effect of pressure unloading therapy in a rat model of aortic banding and debanding by Tímea Bálint, Mihály Ruppert, Bálint András Barta, Korkmaz-Icöz Sevil, Loganathan Sivakkanan, Attila Oláh, Sayour Alex Ali, Kálmán Benke, Dávid Nagy, Karck Matthias, Oliver Schilling, Béla Merkely, Gábor Szabó

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Ventral Primary Hernia with Liver Content by Inès Dufour, Lancelot Marique, Thomas Valembois, Arnaud Ghilain, Gabriela Beniuga, Nicolas Tinton, Sabrina Urso, Benoît Colinet

“…Most cases occur within an incisional hernia (mostly upper abdomen surgery or cardiac surgery). Only two reports mentioned liver herniation without previous abdominal incision. …”
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On the Effect of Estimation Error for the Risk-Adjusted Charts by Sajid Ali, Naila Altaf, Ismail Shah, Lichen Wang, Syed Muhammad Muslim Raza

“…Furthermore, a bootstrap method is also used to compute the ARL assuming different Phase-I data sets to minimize the effect of estimation error on risk-adjusted control charts. The results for cardiac surgery and respiratory disease data sets show that the modified control charts improve the performance in detecting small shifts.…”
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