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Isolated Tricuspid Operations: Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Analysis
CONCLUSIONS: Isolated tricuspid repair was associated with lower adjusted mortality and morbidities than replacement. Beating heart operation was associated with lower adjusted major morbidities. Pre-operative MELD scores may identify high-risk patients, and referral to higher volume centers may help improve outcomes.PMID:36696939 | DOI:10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.12.041
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - January 25, 2023 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Qiudong Chen Michael E Bowdish Jad Malas Amy Roach George Gill Georgina Rowe Jason Thomas Dominic Emerson Alfredo Trento Natalia Egorova Joanna Chikwe Source Type: research

Aspergillus fumigatus endocarditis in a splenectomized patient with no risk factors
Publication date: Available online 9 January 2020Source: IDCasesAuthor(s): Abhimanyu Aggarwal,, Karen Hogan,, Armando Paez,AbstractAspergillus endocarditis is a rare cause of culture-negative fungal endocarditis, after Candida endocarditis. Typical risk factors include intravenous drug use, immunosuppression, prior cardiac surgery or presence of prosthetic heart valves, hematopoietic stem cell or solid organ transplantation. Common presentations include signs and symptoms consistent with endocarditis but with negative bacterial blood cultures. Here, we present a case report of a 49-year-old male without known risk factors ...
Source: IDCases - January 9, 2020 Category: Infectious Diseases 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

Surgical outcomes in Behcet’s disease patients with severe aortic regurgitation
ConclusionsThe findings suggest that mechanical root replacement combined with a low post-operative C-reactive protein level maintained through adjunctive immunomodulation therapy may lead to optimal surgical outcomes in Behcet’s disease associated with severe aortic regurgitation.
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 10, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Source Type: research

Surgical outcomes in Behcet's disease patients with severe aortic regurgitation.
CONCLUSIONS: The findings suggest that mechanical root replacement combined with a low post-operative C-reactive protein level maintained through adjunctive immunomodulation therapy may lead to optimal surgical outcomes in Behcet's disease associated with severe aortic regurgitation. PMID: 30315793 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
Source: The Annals of Thoracic Surgery - October 10, 2018 Category: Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Authors: Ghang B, Kim JB, Jung SH, Chung CH, Lee JW, Song JM, Kang DH, Kim DH, Kim J, Yoo B, Choo SJ Tags: Ann Thorac Surg Source Type: research

Dental implants in patients at high risk for infective endocarditis: a preliminary study
Abstract: The safety of dental implant placement in patients at high risk for infective endocarditis (IE) has never been shown. The outcome of osseointegrated implants in patients with artificial heart valves or with a history of an infected valve is not known. In this article we describe our experience of dental implant placement in patients at high risk for IE. A retrospective study was conducted on patients at high risk for IE who underwent dental implant placement. All the patients received prophylactic antibiotic treatment before the surgical procedure, in accordance with the relevant American Heart Association guidel...
Source: International Journal of Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery - June 2, 2014 Category: ENT & OMF Authors: M. Findler, T. Chackartchi, E. Regev Tags: Oral Medicine Source Type: research