We report a case of an abdominal aortic embolism due to rupture of a cardiac hydatid cyst. This report emphasizes the diagnostic, preventative, and treatment options for hydatid cyst embolism of abdominal aorta. Echocardiography ...

We report an unusual clinical presentation of an acute type A aortic dissection as a left hemothorax in a patient with a congenital pericardial defect. Although the pericardial defect was diagnosed preoperatively, we ...

Cardiac myxoma is the most frequent primary tumor of the heart. However, it is rarely associ-ated with congenital cardiac anomalies such as atrial septal defect in the literature. We present a 72-year-oldwoman referred to ...

A reduction in QT dispersion (QTd) has been previously shown in patients receiving thrombolytics and undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). The purpose of the present study was to investigate changes occurring ...

BACKGROUND: There is still controversy about which vasodilator solution is best for storing radial artery (RA) conduits prior to coronary artery bypass grafting. The aim of this pilot study was to investigate how 4 different ...

Amaç: Koroner arter bypass cerrahisinde distal ve proksimal anastomozlar tek aortik klemp ile yapmak, nörolojik ve kardiyak hasarı azaltabilir. Bu çalışmada, tek ve çift klemp tekniklerinin erken postoperatif sonuçlar ...

Cardiac tamponade, especially posterior tamponade,is one of the most serious and potentially lethal com-plications occurring in a minority of patients after openheart surgery and yet most potentially correctable of ...

Acute Stanford type A aortic dissection in a patient with severe pectus excavatum constitutes a surgical emergency and presents a major challenge for the surgeon. Decisions must be made regarding the operative approach ...

This study was conducted to investigate how brief pretreatments with 4 different vasodilators applied topically at normal body temperature affect blood flow in the internal mammary artery. One hundred patients who had an ...

For safe resection, left ventricular aneurysmal repair after acute myocardial infarction is usually delayed. However, delaying surgery may not be possible or prudent in some patients who are clinically unstable after ...