Adaptive cardiac binding, a new surgical procedure for advanced heart failure, allows a gradual increase in compression on the dilated heart, with separate loads on the left and right ventricles. A canine model of biventricular heart failure (anastomosis between the carotid artery and jugular vein and doxorubicin administration) was created. Twenty-four dogs were divided into 4 groups: control,...

Cardiac transplantation, a final option of treatment for refractory heart failure, has not been a standard procedure in Japan especially, mainly because of the shortage of donors. However, surgical methods to restore native heart function, such as surgical ventricular restoration (SVR), are often effective for these cases. The Dor procedure has been used for ischemic cardiomyopathy cases presen...

OBJECTIVES Aristotle score methodology defines surgical performance as 'complexity score times hospital survival'. We analysed how this performance evolved over time and in correlation with case volume. METHODS Aristotle basic and comprehensive complexity scores and corresponding basic and comprehensive surgical performances were determined for primary (main) procedures carried out from 2006 ...

normal 0 false false false en-us x-none fa background : fahr's disease is a rare neurodegenerative disorder of unknown cause characterized by idiopathic basal ganglia calcification that is associated with neuropsychiatric and cognitive impairment. no case of fahr's disease with associated cardiac conduction disease has been described in the literature to date. the objective of this case report ...

noncompaction of the ventricular myocardium is an embryonic cardiomyopathy that is increasingly being recognized. noncompaction of lv myocardium, right ventricular myocardium, or both can occur in isolation, in congenital heart diseases, in valvular heart diseases, in neuromuscular disorders, skeletal abnormalities and in endocrinologic abnormalities. clinical manifestations of ventricular non-...

Despite advances in medical management of heart failure (HF), there remain circumstances in which surgical procedures are the only or the best treatment option. Heart transplantation, the longest accepted surgical therapy, and procedures that (1) repair the heart, (2) reshape it, or (3) replace all or part of heart function are considered in this section of the guideline. Myocardial viability a...

Over 10 million major non-cardiac surgical procedures were performed in the U.S. in 2000 There have been significant advances in the care of the perioperative patient undergoing non-cardiac surgery in the last two decades. These have primarily been aimed at the assessment and risk modification of those patients with coronary artery disease. Patients with heart failure (HF), however, represent a...

BACKGROUND Foramen of Morgagni hernias have traditionally been repaired by laparotomy, laparoscopy or even thoracoscopy. However, the trans-sternal approach should be used when these rare hernias coexist with other cardiac surgical diseases. CASE PRESENTATION We present the case of a 74 year-old symptomatic male with severe aortic valve stenosis and global respiratory failure due to a giant M...

The mitral valve affects the shape and timing of incoming flow to left ventricle heart, establishing a strong central jet that generates vortex ring conserves momentum during cardiac cycle. When is disrupted, regions stasis are introduced increase blood residence time risk thrombus formation. This increased when multiple medical devices combined, as occurs in fraction patients with prostheses e...

Primary cardiac sarcomas are rare malignant tumors of the heart. Clinical features depend on the site of tumor and vary from symptoms of congestive heart failure to thromboembolism and arrhythmias. Echocardiography is helpful but definitive diagnosis is established by histopathology. Surgical resection is the mainstay of treatment, and the role of chemotherapy and radiotherapy is unclear. We re...