George Fayad

..There are little comparative data on Carpentier-Edwards supraannular and pericardial second-generation bioprostheses. The aim of this work was to compare their hemodynamic and clinical outcomes in patients with aortic stenosis...

..Early use of cardiorespiratory support with veno-arterial ECMO allows pulmonary and right heart recovery after cardiac surgery, thus avoiding the use of inotropic drugs and complex ventilatory support...

..One death from multiorgan failure occurred in a patient operated on for a thoraco-abdominal aneurysm. Our own short-term experience with the RHS has been very favorable, and we will continue to explore this development in CPB technology...

..To describe original surgical treatment in patients with ischemic mitral valve regurgitation due to tenting phenomenon...

..We aimed to investigate changes in atrial size and function in patients undergoing radiofrequency ablation for atrial fibrillation during mitral valve surgery...

..Clinical features, pathophysiology, and diagnostic and therapeutic strategies of this unusual adverse event are discussed...

..Accordingly, we aimed to perform chordal cutting through aortotomy in patients with exercise-induced ischemic worsening of MR...

..This prospective study was undertaken to analyze the outcomes of conservative surgery with the "clover technique" for active infective tricuspid valve endocarditis...

..We believe that this complication could have been avoided by applying the radiofrequency ablation more distally between the left pulmonary veins and the mitral valve...

..The authors report the case of a patient with late bioprosthetic mitral valve thrombosis associated with a history of postoperative heparin-induced thrombocytopenia. The patient successfully underwent mitral valve replacement...

..48±57; P=0.015) and for the OPCAB group (11±6 vs. 37±59; P=0.04). Values were less important in the OPCAB group and return to the baseline was faster than in the CPB group. OPCAB attenuates sub-clinical AKI, in diabetic patients...

..The study suggests that a mitochondrial membrane transition pore opening is involved in the development of doxorubicin cardiotoxicity in human hearts...

..This finding could be of vital importance in helping improve the monitoring and consequently the management of patients undergoing OPCAB surgery...

..This short article reviews the evaluation by bedside echocardiography to guide management of these patients...

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..Pulmonary valve insufficiency is also rare, with reported etiologies comprising mainly pulmonary valve anomalies. A comparative review of the literature relating to the diagnosis and therapeutic management of the condition is provided...

..In this case report, we propose a complete imaging description of the features of a typical cardiac hydatid cyst from cardiac MRI, complete with surgery, parasitology, and anatomopathology images...

..Subsequently he developed a recurrent episode of endocarditis that was successfully treated with antibiotic therapy. Other similar cases reported in the literature are reviewed...

..The thrombosis occurred 18 days following implantation and the right ventricular device was immediately removed without any complications. The patient was successfully transplanted after 3 months of left ventricular assistance...

..In addition, calcifications of coronary ostia may interfere with the procedure. We present a technique to trim a Freestyle stentlesss root (Medtronic Inc, Minneapolis, MN) and facilitate implantation with a single inflow suture line...

..This loss of endothelium-dependent regulatory factors after CPB may enhance vasoconstriction, impair cerebrovascular function, and contribute to neurologic injury after CPB...

..This study showed that risperidone exerts direct electrophysiological effects on human preparations but only at relatively high concentration...

..Live 3D TTE appears to be useful in the assessment of intracardiac tumors as small as papillary fibroelastomas, leading to a comprehensive approach of the lesion and facilitating the operative planning...