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Embolization of Endocardial Vegetation With Stroke Presentation
This case report details the unique cause of death of a 37-year-old Caucasian woman with a history significant for intravenous drug abuse. Before her death, she complained of extremity weakness and pain. Although her death was discovered to be the result of endocarditis, her symptoms were similar to that of a stroke. Autopsy revealed a large endocardial vegetation infecting both the tricuspid and mitral valves and a patent foramen ovale. The subsequent embolization of this vegetation caused blockages in the lungs, liver, and brain. An acute embolization of these vegetations to the bilateral middle cerebral arteries is the ...
Source: The American Journal of Forensic Medicine and Pathology - February 6, 2019 Category: Forensic Medicine Tags: Case Reports Source Type: research
Surgical Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation in the United States: Trends and Propensity Matched Outcomes
Conclusions Contemporary utilization of SA is increasing across all operative categories. Performance of SA is accompanied by a 30-day reduction in mortality and stroke. These findings further refine our understanding of the role of SA in the treatment of AF.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - July 20, 2017 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research
The impact of surgeon and hospital procedural volume on outcomes after aortic root replacement in the United States
ConclusionAmong Medicare patients undergoing an aortic root replacement, there is a strong inverse relationship between annualized surgeon and hospital case volume and postoperative outcomes. Procedural volume is an important quality metric for this high ‐risk procedure.
Source: Journal of Cardiac Surgery - May 13, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Chase Brown,
Jason Han,
Alexandra E. Sperry,
Zehang Chen,
Fabliha Khurshan,
Fenton McCarthy,
Joseph E. Bavaria,
Peter Groeneveld,
Nimesh N. Desai Tags: ORIGINAL ARTICLE Source Type: research
Not as Simple as Canker Sores
BY NANA P. MATSUMOTO, & DEREK MEEKS, DOA 16-year-old boy presented to a rural ED with a swollen jaw, painful blisters in the mouth, and earache for the past day. One week before, he had a fever with chills, sore throat, and dry coughs. He was not taking any medications, and his immunizations were up-to-date. He had a mild learning disorder but no significant past medical or surgical history.An apthous ulcer, the most common and one of the earliest signs of Behçet's disease.The patient's vital signs were within normal limits, and his physical examination revealed anterior cervical lymphadenopathy, sinus con...
Source: The Case Files - October 11, 2017 Category: Emergency Medicine Tags: Blog Posts Source Type: research
Clinical Outcomes of Mitral Valve Reoperations in the United States: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database
ConclusionsDespite a high-risk patient profile, surgical outcomes of reoperative MVS were acceptable, particularly in elective cases with prior mitral valve surgery and without endocarditis.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 24, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research
Clinical Outcomes of Mitral Valve Reoperations in the United States: An Analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons National Database.
CONCLUSIONS: Despite a high-risk patient profile, surgical outcomes of reoperative MVS were acceptable, particularly in elective cases with prior mitral valve surgery and without endocarditis.
PMID: 30365952 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 23, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Kilic A, Acker MA, Gleason TG, Sultan I, Vemulapalli S, Thibault D, Ailawadi G, Badhwar V, Thourani V, Kilic A Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research
A Comparison of Three Different Bioinformatics Analyses of the 16S –23S rRNA Encoding Region for Bacterial Identification
Conclusion
The higher resolution at the species level identification provided by 16S–23S rRNA encoding region NGS makes its use in routine diagnostic microbiology potentially attractive. Particularly, data analysis is one of the most important steps of a diagnostic workflow, which requires an optimal pipeline for the interpretation of the sequencing data in a short time. This study demonstrates that de novo assembly and subsequent BLASTN analysis using an in-house developed database compared to OTU clustering and mapping approaches is the most accurate and fastest approach for identification of bacterial pathogens....
Source: Frontiers in Microbiology - April 15, 2019 Category: Microbiology Source Type: research
A Blood Filter Fights Deadly Inflammatory Response
A new blood filtration technology may prove to be life-saving for patients whose normally healthy inflammatory response to injury or illness has gone into overdrive, resulting in fatally high levels of cytokines in their blood. In an interview with MD+DI, Dr. Phillip Chan, MD, PhD, CEO of CytoSorbents Corp., explained that inflammation, and the production of substances called cytokines that drive inflammation, are the body’s natural response to heal injury or infection. But sometimes, the inflammatory response is so severe in such conditions as sepsis and infection, burn injuries, trauma, pancreatitis, li...
Source: MDDI - October 9, 2019 Category: Medical Devices Authors: Susan Shepard Tags: Cardiovascular Source Type: news
Infective endocarditis: trends, surgical outcomes, and controversies.
Authors: Jamil M, Sultan I, Gleason TG, Navid F, Fallert MA, Suffoletto MS, Kilic A
Abstract
The number of hospitalizations and surgical cases of infective endocarditis (IE) are increasing. The aim of this study was to review these trends, surgical outcomes, and controversies related to IE. A search of MEDLINE of studies published between 1960 and 2018 was conducted. Search terms included "infective endocarditis", "history of", "trend", "epidemiology", "outcome", "medical management", "surgery", "indication", and "re-operative surgery", or any combination thereof. The United States has the highest incidence of IE i...
Source: Journal of Thoracic Disease - January 8, 2020 Category: Respiratory Medicine Tags: J Thorac Dis Source Type: research
Medical malpractice in aortic valve and mitral valve replacement surgery in North America
CONCLUSIONS: In addition to excellent surgeon patient/family communication, administering surgical treatment in a timely manner, diagnosing and acting on concomitant medical conditions, and close patient monitoring may diminish medical malpractice litigation involving aortic and mitral valve replacement operations.PMID:34338496 | DOI:10.23736/S0021-9509.21.11945-7
Source: The Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery - August 2, 2021 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Ashwin Palaniappan Frank W Sellke Source Type: research
