Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Therapeutics

Case Report   |   10.36959/582/429 Volume 4 Issue 1

Removal of a Large Right Atrial Thrombus with AngioVac Device

Authors: Gliceida Galarza Fortuna, MD, Francisco Ujueta, MD, MS, Matthew Lozier, MD, Ivan A. Arenas, MD, PhD, FACC, FASE, and Angelo La Pietra, MD

Cancer patients often require placement of long-term central venous catheters for chemotherapy and the administration of other intravenous therapies. Catheter-related thrombosis is a known complicatio... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/582/428 Volume 4 Issue 1

Primary Lung Sarcoma Mimicking Left Atrial Myxoma

Authors: Amitabh Satsangi

A 32-years female was referred for surgery for Left atrial myxoma based on symptoms of dyspnea on exertion, palpitations and echocardiography revealing a left atrial mass, mostly likely a left atrial ... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/582/427 Volume 4 Issue 1

Timing of Surgery in Endocarditis Patient Presenting with Intracranial Haemorrhage, To Do or Not To Do?

Authors: Firas Aljanadi, Amer Harky, Jun Heng Chong and Mark Pullan

Intracranial haemorrhage (ICH) is not uncommon as a complication of infective endocarditis (IE). However, the presence of intracranial haemorrhage would represent as a challenge to surgical interventi... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/582/426 Volume 4 Issue 1

Emergent Tricuspid Valve Replacement for Tricuspid Valve Endocarditis in a Chronic Hemodialysis Patient in Suriname

Authors: Rosita Bihariesingh, Pieter Voigt, Juliett Garcia and Soeradj Harkisoen

Tricuspid valve endocarditis caused by Acinetobacter baumannii is associated with a high mortality rate because of the bacterium's resistance to almost all available antibiotics. Low and midd... Read more

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Original Clinical Research   |   10.36959/582/425 Volume 4 Issue 1

Prognosis and Complications of Hyperuricemia Patients Undergoing Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Authors: Haydar Yasa

Recent studies suggest that high levels of serum uric acid of very early life are a result of the in-utero environment and may lead to elevated blood pressure in adulthood. However, serum uric acid le... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/582/424 Volume 4 Issue 1

An Unusual Case of Thymoma Invading SVC Excised Completely Enbloc with SVC Resection and Reconstruction

Authors: Muhammad Asghar Nawaz, Isaac Kadira and Rajesh Shaha

We report a challenging rare case of stage III large thymoma with superior vena cava (SVC) invasion but without SVC syndrome or myasthenic symptoms. The tumor responded poorly to neo-adjuvant VAC chem... Read more

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Image Article   |   10.36959/582/423 Volume 4 Issue 1

Pseudoaneurysm Formation of the Ascending Aorta

Authors: E Andreas Agathos, MD, PhD, George Anastasiadis, MD and Angeliki Saridaki, MD

A 50-years-old male patient, hypertensive, on renal dialysis and with secondary hyperparathyroidism, underwent aortic valve replacement with a #23 mm Sorin bileaflet mechanical prosthesis. Three month... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/582/422 Volume 4 Issue 1

Complicated Bilateral Pulmonary Hydatid Cysts

Authors: Dharmendra Joshi, MD Abir Tazim Chowdhury, Manmohan Bir Shrestha, Hossain Al Mahmud, Serajus Salekin, MD Osman Gonni and MD Kamrul Alam

Hydatid disease also known as hydatidosis is an endemic parasitic zoonotic disease in some parts of world including Mediterranean basin, South America and Australia, caused by Echinococcus granulosus.... Read more

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Research Article   |   10.36959/582/421 Volume 4.1 Issue 1

Hypothesis Generation for a Possible Mechanism of Transmural Reentry Following a Histological Appraisal of Postmortem Atria

Authors: Ciara Mahon, MSc, MRCP, Louisa O’Neill, MRCP, Mark Henesy, MRCP, Sara Kelly, MSc, Aurelie Fabre, PhD, FRCPath, FRCPI and David Keane, PhD, FHRS, FRCPI

The relationship between atrial fibrillation (AF) and atrial anatomy is well recognized and myocardial fibre orientation is known to influence conduction velocity. The precise mechanism of AF perpetua... Read more

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Case Report   |   10.36959/582/420 Volume 4 Issue 1

Non-Invasive Laser Modalities in Treatment of Posterior Ventral Infarction

Authors: Jackson S Pollock, Rosa Q Luxemburg, Hercule CM Poirot and Friedrich X Engels

Postoperative myocardial infarction is not a well-studied topic after lung surgery. From the few reports in the literature, the frequency to range between 0.7% to 2%, but it is difficult to determine ... Read more

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Original Research   |   10.36959/582/419 Volume 4 Issue 1

Comparative Study of Earlier EuroSCORE and EuroSCORE II Model Among CABG Patients: A Cohort Study in Bangladesh Population

Authors: Mauin Uddin, Mohammad Mostafizur Rahman Miah, Mohammad Ziaur Rahman, Sumsul Arif Mohammad Musa, Rubana Forhad, Prasanta Kumar Chanda and Farooque Ahmed

The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation II (EuroSCORE II) is an updated version of the original EuroSCORE. The goal of this analysis was to compare EuroSCORE II and additive and logi... Read more

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