OBJECTIVE Cardiac resynchronisation therapy has been shown to be an effective treatment to improve functional status and prolong survival of patients in advanced chronic heart failure. This study assessed the surgical outcomes of left anterior mini-thoracotomy for the implantation of left ventricular epicardial pacing leads in cardiac resynchronisation therapy. METHODS Our study consisted of ...

BACKGROUND Occurrence of symptomatic, paroxysmal or persistent atrial fibrillation (AF) prior to admission to hospital for the purposes of cardiac surgery constitutes an indication forconsideration of simultaneous surgical radiofrequency (RF) ablation of such tachyarrhythmia. The aim of this study was to evaluate the efficacy of surgical RF ablation in the treatment of AF with the application o...

Percutaneous closure of atrial septal defect (ASD) has become an increasingly common procedure. Serious complications of the procedure, such as cardiac migration, are rare, and usually occur <72 hours after device placement. In this report, we present the case of a patient who underwent successful surgical treatment for the migration of an ASD occluder device to the thoracic aorta 12 months aft...

The Cardiac Arrest in Elective Neurosurgery, is complex and different from other types, as it’s influenced by the patient’s position, surgical procedure, equipment used to fix skull;&#x0D; we report a case of patient admitted for lumbar spine surgery prone position who presented an intraoperative cardiac arrest.&#x0D; chest compressions can be started immediately patients; some studies confirme...

Minimally invasive atrial septal defect (ASD) closure is a commonly performed cardiac surgical procedure and has good outcome. We report an interesting chest X-ray showing pneumopericardium in a patient who underwent ASD closure using a minimally invasive approach.

BACKGROUND Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) has a major role in detecting residual lesions during and/or after pediatric cardiac surgery. METHODS All pediatric patients who underwent cardiac surgery between July 2001 and December 2008 were reviewed. The records of surgical procedure, intraoperative TEE, and predischarge transthoracic echocardiograms were reviewed to deter...

This paper proposes a method for performing predictive simulation of complex cardiac surgery. It computes complex surgical results given a small amount of user inputs. In this way, the surgeon can easily explore various surgical options without having to go through all the detailed steps of the surgical procedure. Test results, using aorta reconstruction as an application example, show that the...

Hypoplastic left heart syndrome (HLHS) is a complex congenital condition which includes abnormal development of sided cardiac structures leading to inadequate systemic perfusion following postnatal closure the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA).&#x0D; Surgical palliation may be accomplished through 3 staged process&#x0D; -Norwood procedure. This surgery usually done within first two weeks your chil...

background : we report experimental myocardial infarction by occluding coronary arteries in ovine models. methods: twelve ewes were included in the study. after the chest was opened by left lateral thoracotomy incision, the second diagonal branch of the left anterior descending coronary artery was ligated at a point approximately 40% distant from its base. prophylactic antiarrhythmics were admi...

In the current issue of Circulation, Gupta et al1 describe a new model for the prediction of cardiac risk after noncardiac surgery. The authors note that perioperative myocardial infarction varies considerably from patient to patient and from procedure to procedure and is associated with very significant morbidity and mortality. The thrust of their argument is that, if patients at higher risk f...