Cardiogenic shock without cardi ...
A 73-year-old man complaining of pain on effort was admitted to a hospital for a percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) because of severe stenosis ...
Successful surgical treatment f ...
We report a very rare case of successful surgical treatment for methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis on the Dacron patch utilize ...
En bloc resection and extended ...
We present the technical details of en bloc resection and extended replacement of an infected aortic arch. A 74-year-old man underwent emergent surg ...
Increase in preoperative serum ...
Purpose. Reactive oxygen species contribute to various features of malignant tumors, including carcinogenesis, aberrant growth, metastasis, and angi ...
Biphasic clinical characteristi ...
Purpose. Mild to moderate chest trauma is a common disease, although its clinical characteristics are not well known. We investigated the clinical p ...
Planned pulmonary resection for ...
Purpose. For video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) on metastatic pulmonary tumors, wedge resection using an endo-stapler is the standard procedure ...
Ascending aortic aneurysm assoc ...
We report here a rare case of ascending aortic aneurysm associated with a tricuspitalized quadricuspid aortic valve. A 45-year-old man had a fusifor ...
Surgical treatment for chronic ...
We successfully performed aortic root replacement and partial aortic arch replacement by a T-shaped sternotomy at the second intercostal space in a ...
Thoracoscopic surgery for pulmo ...
Purpose. Details with regard to the standard criteria for a therapeutic metastasectomy and the use of videoassisted thoracic surgery (VATS) remain e ...
Early entry closure for acute t ...
Purpose. We describe the long-term effi cacy of early entry closure for acute type B aortic dissection by open stent grafting based on long-term res ...
Evaluation of risk factors for ...
Purpose. Poststernotomy mediastinitis (PSM) following cardiovascular surgery remains an intractable complication associated with considerable mortal ...
Neurohumoral and infl ammatory ...
Purpose. Implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) is an established treatment for end-stage heart failure. Right ventricular dysfunct ...
VIO soft-coagulation system for ...
Purpose. The VIO soft-coagulation system is a new device for tissue coagulation in which the output voltage is automatically regulated. We evaluated ...
Pulmonary hydatid cyst: analysi ...
Purpose. Pulmonary hydatid cyst, a parasitic disease, is a health care problem in developing countries. In this study, we evaluated outcomes of pati ...
Intraoperative direct hemoperfu ...
Purpose. Endotoxin adsorption treatment (direct hemoperfusion using a polymyxin-B immobilized fi ber column, or PMX-DHP) is now considered a useful ...
Can we change the operative cri ...
Purpose. After radiofrequency (RF) ablation became available, the indication of MAZE procedure conducted with bipolar RF was expanded. We examined t ...
Predictors of atrial fi brillat ...
Purpose. Postoperative atrial fi brillation (AF) is the most common complication after coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery, with an incidenc ...
Functional restoration of endot ...
Purpose. Although several approaches have been tried to improve the durability of cryopreserved valves, cellular restoration after thawing remains t ...
Comparison of the waveforms of ...
Purpose. An intraoperative fl uorescence imaging (IFI) system, which can provide visual images, could be the common method for assessing graft paten ...
Tissue-engineered airway and “i ...
Since the 1980s, tissue engineering has become one of the major areas of endeavor in medical research, applying the principles of biology and engine ...
Optimal treatment for coronary ...
There are three strategies for patients with coronary artery disease (CAD): medical therapy, coronary artery bypass graft (CABG), and percutaneous ...
Surgical left ventricular recon ...
Because of the shortage of donors for heart transplantation, surgical ventricular reconstruction (SVR) has been under development to treat end-stage ...
Thoracic splenosis: know it—avo ...
Thoracic splenosis (TS) is autoimplantation of ectopic splenic tissue in the thoracic cavity that occurs following splenic injury. Most cases of TS ...
Video-assisted thoracic surgery ...
Among the four subjects addressed in this article, the defi nition of video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) lobectomy is fundamentally the point at ...
Surgical treatment for achalasi ...
Achalasia is a rare motor disorder of the esophagus, characterized by the absence of peristalsis and impaired swallow-induced relaxation. In the pas ...