Exploratory study of patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring using survey and interviews by Keith Wilson, Nigel Westwood, Catherine Wloch, Pauline Harrington, Luke J Rogers, Judith Tanner, Gavin Murphy, Colin S Brown, Jeremy Dearling, Ricky Vaja, Melissa Rochon, Lyn Brierley Jones

“…Objectives To explore patients’ and carers’ preferences for postdischarge surgical wound monitoring.Design Explanatory mixed methods study with an online survey followed by online interviews.Setting The online survey was distributed via the Cardiothoracic Interdisciplinary Research Network and cardiac surgery patient and public involvement groups in London and Leicester, UK. …”
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Extracorporeal Hemadsorption versus Glucocorticoids during Cardiopulmonary Bypass: A Prospective, Randomized, Controlled Trial by Gordana Taleska Stupica, Maja Sostaric, Marija Bozhinovska, Lea Rupert, Zoran Bosnic, Ales Jerin, Alojz Ihan, Tomislav Klokocovnik, Matej Podbregar

“…We compared intraoperative hemadsorption and methylprednisolone, with usual care, during complex cardiac surgery on CPB, for inflammatory responses, hemodynamics, and perioperative course. …”
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Evaluating the Association Between Methylenetetrahydrofolate Reductase (Rs1801131 and Rs1801133) Gene Polymorphisms and Severity of Coronary Lesions in Patients With STEMI and NSTE... by Behnam Nazarzadeh, Saeedeh sadat Ghazanfari, Farzaneh Karimi, Seyed ali Moezibady, Fatemeh Salmani, Kazem Dastjerdi, Hamidreza Mohammadi

“…The Synergy between Percutaneous Coronary Intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score is also an appropriate predictor for revascularization strategy in patients with complex CAD. …”
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A Hemodynamic-Based Evaluation of Applying Different Types of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafts to Coronary Artery Aneurysms by Haoran Wang, Hitomi Anzai, Youjun Liu, Aike Qiao, Jinsheng Xie, Makoto Ohta

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Increased Expression of Visfatin in Monocytes and Macrophages in Male Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients by Cheng-An Chiu, Teng-Hung Yu, Wei-Chin Hung, Li-Fen Lu, Fu-Mei Chung, I-Ting Tsai, Chih-Ying Yang, Chia-Chang Hsu, Yung-Chuan Lu, Jer-Yiing Houng, Yau-Jiunn Lee, Chao-Ping Wang

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Catlet scoring system as a new predictor for in-stent restenosis in patients with chronic coronary artery disease undergoing percutaneous coronary intervention with drug-eluting st... by Juan Wang, Mingchao Zhang, Weipeng Gan, Mingxing Xu, JiaYan Zhou, Lingfei Yang, Yongsheng Ke

“…Preliminary studies have demonstrated its superiority over the the Synergy between percutaneous coronary intervention with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score with respect to outcome predictions for acute myocardial infarction (AMI) patients. …”
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Predictive Value of Systemic Immune Inflammation Index for Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation in Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting by Murat Selçuk, Tufan Çınar, Faysal Şaylık, Selami Doğan, Ismail Selçuk, Ahmet L. Orhan

“…Objective: Inflammation plays an important role in the initiation of postoperative atrial fibrillation (PoAF) in individuals undergoing cardiac surgery, Thus, this study aimed to investigate the predictive value of the systemic immune inflammation index (SII) to develop PoAF in such patients. …”
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Dexamethasone Prophylaxis in Pediatric Open Heart Surgery Is Associated with Increased Blood Long Pentraxin PTX3: Potential Clinical Implications by Franco Lerzo, Giuseppe Peri, Andrea Doni, Paola Bocca, Fabio Morandi, Angela Pistorio, Anna Maria Carleo, Alberto Mantovani, Vito Pistoia, Ignazia Prigione

“…Dexamethasone prophylaxis in pediatric patients undergoing CPB for cardiac surgery is associated with a significant increase of blood PTX3 that could contribute to decreasing inflammatory parameters and improving patient clinical outcome.…”
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Outcomes of Worsened Left Ventricular Ejection Fraction After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement by Hu Z, Wang C, Luo S, Yang B, Zheng S, Hu X, Sun Y, Chen J, Fu M, Fan R, Luo J, Li J

“…Ziyang Hu,1,* Changjin Wang,2,* Songyuan Luo,2,* Bangyuan Yang,2 Shengneng Zheng,3 Xiaolu Hu,2,4 Yinghao Sun,2 Jiaohua Chen,2 Ming Fu,2 Ruixin Fan,5 Jianfang Luo,2,4 Jie Li2 1Department of Cardiology, Zhongshan Hospital of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Zhongshan, People’s Republic of China; 2Department of Cardiology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 3Department of Radiology, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 4School of Medicine South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China; 5Department of Cardiac Surgery, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital (Guangdong Academy of Medical Sciences), Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, People’s Republic of China*These authors contributed equally to this workCorrespondence: Jie Li; Jianfang Luo, Guangdong Provincial People’s Hospital, #96 Dongchuan Road, Yuexiu District, Guangzhou, Guangdong, 510080, People’s Republic of China, Tel +86 020 83827812, Email leomoku1981@163.com; jianfangluo@sina.comBackground: Left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) worsening after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was common in clinical practice. …”
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Ginger protects against vein graft remodeling by precisely modulating ferroptotic stress in vascular smooth muscle cell dedifferentiation by Xiaoyu Yu, Weiwei Wu, Jingjun Hao, Yuxin Zhou, Deyang Yu, Wei Ding, Xuejuan Zhang, Gaoli Liu, Jianxun Wang

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Analysis of chronic kidney disease epidemiology in Kazakhstan using nationwide data for 2014–2020 and forecasting future trends of prevalence and mortality for 2030 by Gulnur Zhakhina, Kamilla Mussina, Sauran Yerdessov, Arnur Gusmanov, Yesbolat Sakko, Valdemir Kim, Dmitriy Syssoyev, Meruyert Madikenova, Ainur Assan, Zhanat Kuanshaliyeva, Duman Turebekov, Kuanysh Yergaliyev, Bolat Bekishev, Abduzhappar Gaipov

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Perioperative Animal Care for Xenotransplantation from Genetically Edited Pigs to Monkeys by ZHU Chan, ZHANG Dongliang, ZHAO Deli, SHI Xueqin, QIAN Lei, ZHANG Xuan, JIN Yan, DUAN Wei, QI Ruocheng, LIU Chaohua, YANG Xuekang, HAN Juntao, PAN Dengke

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Totally endoscopic mitral valve repair with novel technique of left atrial exposure: five years experience from a single center by Thanh Dat Pham, Thanh Huyen Tran, Ngoc Thanh Le, Cong Huu Nguyen

“…Abstract Background .Endoscopic mitral valve repair has progressively been adopted as the standard approach for treating isolated mitral regurgitation across numerous renowned cardiac surgery centers worldwide. Our innovative method for mitral valve exposure has been previously described. …”
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Frailty assessment tools for use by surgeons when evaluating older adults prior to surgery: a scoping review protocol by Duminda N Wijeysundera, Andrea C Tricco, Martine T E Puts, Shabbir M H Alibhai, Teruko Kishibe, Tyler R Chesney, Julian F Daza, Camilla Wong, Karim Shiraz Ladha, Samuel Dubé

“…We will include all studies evaluating a frailty assessment tool preoperatively in patients 65 years or older undergoing intracavitary, non-cardiac surgery. We will exclude tools not assessed in clinical practice, or using laboratory or radiologic values alone. …”
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The correlation between serum MHR and NLR and the severity of coronary lesions in NSTE-ACS patients of different genders by Yanping Yang, Xiaobing Lv, Kai Tan, Kai Li, Shaohua Li, Xia Meng, Yunyun Chen, Fuqing Wang, Hui Xin

“…NSTE-ACS patients were divided into low-risk (0–23) and high-risk (≥ 23) groups based on the Synergy between PCI with Taxus and Cardiac Surgery (SYNTAX) score. Then, Spearman correlation and multivariate logistic regression analyses were performed to study the associated factors of high-risk SYNTAX score in male and female NSTE-ACS patients, respectively. …”
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Intraoperative haemodynamic optimisation using the Hypotension Prediction Index and its impact on tissular perfusion: a protocol for a randomised controlled trial by Javier Ripollés-Melchor, Ane Abad-motos, Juan Victor Lorente, Ignacio Jimenez, Alejandra Becerra, Wilbert Wesselink, Francesca Reguant, Irene Mojarro, Maria de los Angeles Fuentes, Elizabeth Agudelo, Francisco Herrero-Machancoses, Paula Callejo, Joan Bosch, Manuel Ignacio Monge

“…The use of this index may reduce the duration and severity of intraoperative hypotension in adults undergoing non-cardiac surgery. This study aims to determine whether a treatment protocol based on the prevention of arterial hypotension using the HPI algorithm reduces the duration and severity of intraoperative hypotension compared with the recommended goal-directed fluid therapy strategy and may improve tissue oxygenation and organ perfusion.Methods and analysis We will conduct a multicentre, randomised, controlled trial (N=80) in high-risk surgical patients scheduled for elective major abdominal surgery. …”
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Diagnostic Evaluation and Management of Chronic Thromboembolic Pulmonary Hypertension: A Clinical Practice Guideline by Sanjay Mehta, Doug Helmersen, Steeve Provencher, Naushad Hirani, Fraser D Rubens, Marc De Perrot, Mark Blostein, Kim Boutet, George Chandy, Carole Dennie, John Granton, Paul Hernandez, Andrew M Hirsch, Karen Laframboise, Robert D Levy, Dale Lien, Simon Martel, Gerard Shoemaker, John Swiston, Justin Weinkauf

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A bibliometric analysis of publications in 3D printing in surgery from the web of science database by Bitesh Kumar, Anjan Kumar Dhua, Mohit Garg, Vishesh Jain, Devendra Kumar Yadav, Prabudh Goel, Sachit Anand, Divya Jain

“…Background: Three-dimensional (3D) printing technology, introduced by Charles Hull in 1986, has revolutionized prototyping and is increasingly applied in medical fields such as orthopedics, neurosurgery, and cardiac surgery. The technology offers numerous benefits, including reduced surgical complications, cost-effectiveness, and customization of medical devices. …”
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Unsupervised machine learning model for phenogroup-based stratification in acute type A aortic dissection to identify postoperative acute gastrointestinal injury by Yuhu Ma, Xiaofang Yang, Chenxiang Weng, Xiaoqing Wang, Baoping Zhang, Ying Liu, Rui Wang, Zhenxing Bao, Peining Yang, Hong Zhang, Yatao Liu

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European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II and Liver Dysfunction by Andreea Ludusanu, Adelina Tanevski, Bogdan Mihnea Ciuntu, Razvan Lucian Bobeica, Dragos Andrei Chiran, Cristinel Ionel Stan, Viorel Dragos Radu, Vasile Lucian Boiculese, Grigore Tinica

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