Critical Care Medicine www.ccmjournal.org 1477 Objectives: Cardiac surgery, including coronary artery bypass, cardiac valve, and aortic procedures, is among the most common surgical procedures performed in the United States. Successful outcomes after cardiac surgery depend on optimum postoperative critical care. The cardiac intensivist must have a comprehensive understanding of cardiopulmonary ...

introduction: insome cases, assist devices are required to ensure an adequate cardiac output after cardiac surgery. intra-aortic balloon pump (iabp) is the most commonly used cardiac assist device, which provides first-line support for patients with heart failure. the aim of this study was to determine factors affecting the mortality rate of patients receiving iabp. materials & methods:  in thi...

hydatid disease commonly involves liver but in rare cases, it can involve cardiac structures. a 75-yr-old farmer from parsabad-moghan, northwestern iran was presented to the emergency room of tehran imam khomeini hospital, tehran, iran with dyspnea and without chest pain in 2014. a lesion compatible with hydatid cyst was found in echocardiography and confirmed by serology and mri. surgical trea...

Mouse models mimicking human diseases are important tools in trying to understand the underlying mechanisms of many disease states. Several surgical models have been described that mimic human myocardial infarction (MI) and pressure-overload-induced cardiac hypertrophy. However, there are very few detailed descriptions for performing these surgical techniques in mice. Consequently, the number o...

Sir,—Dr Collier is disappointed that we did not comment on e.c.g. changes during hypotension. Alas, we cannot remedy this because no such changes occurred. A continuous recording was taken in each case and none showed any arrhythmia. If she has evidence that changes in rhythm during hypotension indicate cardiac hypoxia and a low cardiac output (and "considered by some" hardly rates as evidence)...

now-a-days truncus arteriosus has been known as “common arterial trunk” (cat) and is an uncommon congenital cardiac defect presenting in about 1-3% congenital heart disease. environmental and genetic factors effects on incidence of cat and other conotruncal anomalies. the majority patients with cat and 22q11 deletion have other anomalies such as hypoplasia or aplasia of the thymus or parath...

Soon after the development of "closed" techniques for the surgical repair of acquired cardiac valvular lesions, a postoperative syndrome characterized mainly by the development of fever and pleuropericarditis was recognized in many of the patients undergoing these procedures.' The advent of "open" cardiac surgical procedures employing cardiopulmonary bypass has resulted in the recent recognitio...