Christian Heim,Philipp P Müller,Michael Weyand et al.
Christian Heim et al.
Background Marfan's syndrome (MFS) is a connective tissue disorder, caused by a mutation in the FBN-1 gene and affecting multiple organ systems including the vascular system. During pregnancy, women with MFS have an increased risk of aortic...
Awake Surgical Mitral Valve Repair after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement [0.03%]
经导管主动脉瓣置换术后清醒下施行二尖瓣修复手术
Aina Hirofuji,Hirotsugu Kanda,Yuya Kitani et al.
Aina Hirofuji et al.
Transcatheter aortic valve replacement has become a popular choice for cases with severe aortic stenosis. However, when severe mitral regurgitation is comorbid in high-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis, therapeutic options must be w...
Meike Schwendt,Johannes Kroll,Thilo Fleck et al.
Meike Schwendt et al.
We report the case of a 3-month-old girl presenting with end-stage dilated cardiomyopathy and therapy-resistant cardiogenic shock. A left ventricular assist device (LVAD) Berlin Heart EXCOR was implanted, her organs recovered, and she was l...
Keisuke Shibagaki,Chikara Shiiku,Hiroyuki Kamiya et al.
Keisuke Shibagaki et al.
An anomalous origin of the left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare congenital heart disease. Among the variants, an anomalous origin of the left anterior descending coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALADPA...
Mathias Van Hemelrijck
Mathias Van Hemelrijck
Training in cardiac surgery is a cumbersome topic. Over the last years, major cardiac surgical operations have been found to decrease due to the increasing number in transcatheter interventions. Becoming a cardiac surgeon has become partly ...
Allegra Transcatheter Heart Valve inside a Degenerated Sutureless Aortic Bioprosthesis [0.03%]
经导管心脏瓣膜置入退变的无涤纶带生物瓣中
Maximilian Vondran,Bernd Abt,Holger Nef et al.
Maximilian Vondran et al.
Transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation (VIV) is increasingly being used to successfully treat degenerated surgical aortic valve bioprostheses (SAVs). The new self-expanding transcatheter heart valve Allegra, from New Valve Technol...
Aorto-Right Atrial Fistula after Minimally Invasive Tricuspid Valve Repair: A Report of Two Cases [0.03%]
微创三尖瓣修复术后右房主动脉瘘二例报告
Kouhei Ishidou,Aina Hirofuji,Naohiro Wakabayashi et al.
Kouhei Ishidou et al.
We experienced two cases of postoperative iatrogenic aorto-right atrial fistula (ARAF) after tricuspid valve repair (TVR) using minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) technique. In both the cases, the flow of ARAF passed through the sinu...
Cardiac Phlegmon: Infectious Endocarditis Causing Ventricular Wall Rupture [0.03%]
心脏肺脓肿：感染性心内膜炎导致的室壁破裂
Felix Fleißner,Igor Tudorache,Matthias Christgen et al.
Felix Fleißner et al.
Background Rupture of the cardiac ventricular wall is a rare and essentially lethal complication of infectious endocarditis valvularis. Case Description We report a case of a 49-year-old female patient with infectious endocarditis of the ao...
Conservative Treatment of Iatrogenic Ascending Aortic Hematoma Post-Rotablator Coronary Procedure [0.03%]
旋磨术后出现医源性升主动脉血肿的保守治疗
Maxime Doutriaux,Benjamin Pariente,Jad Zahnan et al.
Maxime Doutriaux et al.
Background Aortic intramural hematoma due to coronary artery dissection is a rare and serious complication during percutaneous coronary intervention. Case Presentation A 78-year-old female patient was admitted for diagnostic coronarography ...
Successful Treatment of Driveline Infection with Vacuum-Assisted Closure Therapy and Instillation Therapy [0.03%]
利用负压封闭引流技术和灌洗技术成功治疗驱动线感染
Juliane Kilo,Julia Dumfarth,Daniel Höfer et al.
Juliane Kilo et al.
Background Driveline infection is a serious complication in left ventricular assist device (LVAD) patients. We report the case of a patient who was successfully treated by combining instillation and vacuum-assisted closure (VAC) therapy. Ca...