Total aortic arch replacement f ...
A 66-year-old man who had previously undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) was admitted to our institution for surgical treatment of a r ...
Papillary muscle approximation ...
Undersized mitral annuloplasty alone is not always suffi cient to repair functional mitral regurgitation resulting from left ventricular enlargement ...
Three-dimensional computed tomo ...
Some variations in pulmonary vein anatomy can have serious consequences in patients undergoing lung surgery, but clinicians rarely encounter patient ...
Technical tips for concomitant ...
Combination of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting and epicardial pulmonary vein (PV) isolation is a less-invasive option to treat atrial fi br ...
Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule tha ...
Umbilical metastasis of cancer, known as Sister Mary Joseph’s nodule (SMJN), is a rare phenomenon. It is usually due to intraabdominal malignancies ...
Delayed cardiac rupture occurri ...
We describe a rare case of successful repair of delayed cardiac rupture due to blunt chest trauma; the cardiac rupture occurred 74 days after the tr ...
Castleman’s disease along the l ...
A 39-year-old man was referred to our hospital because of an asymptomatic middle mediastinal tumor. A preliminary histological diagnosis of the tumo ...
Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy wit ...
This is a case study of a 58-year-old patient with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy, mid-ventricular obstruction, and apical aneurysm who had an episode ...
Multiple aneurysm repair: hybri ...
The present case report details our experience with the hybrid approach for multiple aneurysms in the aortic arch, thoracoabdominal aorta, and aroun ...
Port-access mitral valve replac ...
A 79-year-old woman with Bland-White-Garland syndrome was admitted to our institution for surgical treatment of severe mitral regurgitation (MR). Sh ...
Spindle cell carcinoma of the l ...
We report a rare case of spindle cell carcinoma in the lung. A 73-year-old woman was admitted because of a lung tumor, which was indicated during a ...
Simultaneous approach of intern ...
The best surgical approach for the treatment of patients with severe cerebral artery disease and simultaneous serious coronary artery disease remain ...
Starr-Edwards valves at the aor ...
Cloth-covered Starr-Edwards caged ball valves implanted in the aortic and mitral valve positions for 39 years were extracted. Both showed valve dysf ...
Repair of postinfarct ventricul ...
We report a case of an elderly man who suffered an acute myocardial infarction (MI) with the complication of a post-MI ventricular septal defect (VS ...
St. Jude prosthetic valve obstr ...
We report a surgical case of prosthetic valve obstruction after mitral valve replacement by a St. Jude Medical valve. A 66-year-old woman was admitt ...
Surgical treatment of cardiac m ...
A 36-year-old man suffering from exertional dyspnea was admitted to our hospital. An echocardiogram showed a left atrial tumor, which was excised vi ...
Successful early resection of c ...
Two adult patients with previous transient cerebral ischemic attacks (TIAs) or chest oppression were referred for further investigation. A swaying p ...
Endovascular management for rup ...
Surgery for a complicated Stanford B acute aortic dissection, such as rupture or malperfusion, is still a challenge. We undertook endovascular thera ...
Successful surgical management ...
72-year-old woman with a known history of homozygous familial hyperlipidemia (IIa) was referred to our hospital for an operation necessitated by aor ...
Infective endocarditis in a chi ...
Cardiobacterium hominis, a member of the HACEK group of organisms, is a rare cause of endocarditis. We report a case of infective endocarditis cause ...
Partial resection of intravenou ...
Intravenous leiomyomatosis with cardiac extension is rare and may result in a fatal outcome. A 58-year-old woman with a surgical history of myoma u ...
Left ventricular perforation an ...
Radiofrequency catheter ablation of accessory bypass tracts has become a widely accepted therapy for Wolff-Parkinson-White (WPW) syndrome. The proce ...
Aortic regurgitation caused by ...
This report documents the sudden onset of aortic regurgitation (AR) by an exceptional cause. A 68-year-old woman suddenly experienced general fatig ...
Management of patients with cor ...
noncardiac surgery places patients who have received coronary stent implantation at high risk of coronary events, including stent thrombosis. We in ...
The importance of preoperative ...
Purpose. Valve surgery for active infective endocarditis (IE) can cause fatal brain hemorrhage. Our current study aimed to evaluate the incidence of ...