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Safety of del Nido cardioplegia during frozen elephant trunk procedure: A case report of first experience in complex aortic surgery
No full textWe report the case of a 74 years-old male who underwent frozen elephant trunk due to a huge aortic arch aneurysm related to a type 1A endoleak after thoracic endovascular aortic repair where cardioplegic arrest was achieved using the Del Nido cardioplegia
Sars-Cov-2 interference in HEME production: is it the time for an early predictive biomarker?
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Pulmonary embolism and Sars-Cov-2 infection: A new indication for surgical pulmonary endarterectomy?
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Comparison of the different cardioplegic strategies in cardiac valves surgery: Who wins the "arm-wrestling"?
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Type A Aortic Dissection in an 11-month-old Infant With Loeys-Dietz Syndrome
No full textType A aortic dissection is a very uncommon finding in children, especially among infants, where no cases seem to have been described. We report the case of an 11-month-old boy with Loeys-Dietz syndrome and asymptomatic type A aortic dissection involving the aortic root that was successfully repaired
Sars-Cov-2 infection as a possible risk factor for prosthesis endocarditis: A challenging redo-Bentall for subvalvular abscess
No full textBackground: Candida Parapsilosis is an unusual agent of prosthetic endocarditis in immunocompetent individuals but Coronavirus disease 2019 is reported to be associated with a transient immunodeficency that exposes patientes to opportunistic infections. Case report: We describe a dreadful case of Candida Parapsilosis endocarditis in a transient immunosuppressed patient recently infected with severe acute respiratory syndrome-Coronavirus 2019. Conclusion: Considering that the symptoms of Candida Parapsilosis infection and the symptoms of Coronavirus disease-2019 may overlap, it is important never to understimate the non-specific symptoms to improve patient outcome, especially in patient with previous Coronavirurs disease-2019 infection and with prosthetic material grafting
The Norwood operation performed with the heart beating and no prosthetic materials
No full textThe Norwood procedure performed with the heart beating is a useful and attractive way to perform the stage I palliation for hypoplastic left heart syndrome. It allows completion of the surgical procedure without stopping the heart and without using deep hypothermia and circulatory arrest. Therefore it could be an attractive solution for reducing the adverse effects of the operation and the rate of postoperative complications. Moreover, this technique avoids the use of prosthetic materials, thus minimizing long-term complications and reoperations, and promotes a more physiological growth of the anatomical structures. However, the high level of expertise required to perform this type of complex neonatal procedure with the heart beating may be limited to only a few centers in the world thus far
Incidental finding of rare and huge asymptomatic pseudoaneurysm after Bentall procedure: A challenging case report
No full textWe report the case of a 62-year-old male who underwent urgent cardiac surgery due to the incidental finding of a huge and asymptomatic coronary button pseudoaneurysm at an 18-month outpatients clinic follow-up requiring a very complex preoperative planning
Mechanical complications of myocardial infarction during COVID-19 pandemic: An Italian single-centre experience
No full textCOVID-19 pandemic triggered in many patients the fear to go to the emergency rooms in order to avoid a possible infection. This phenomenon caused a significant reduction in acute coronary syndrome-related interventional procedures with a subsequent increase in critical hospitalizations and post-infarction mechanical complications. A case series of cardiac ruptures during the COVID-19 lockdown and the surgical treatment of a huge post-ischemic cardiac pseudoaneurysm complicated by a “contained” free wall rupture are presented
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