Local amiodarone delivery via an extracellular collagen matrix patch to reduce new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation [0.03%]
Kevin G Cornwell,Peter J Jackson,Clayton A Kaiser et al.
Kevin G Cornwell et al.
Objective: Systemic amiodarone is commonly used to treat new-onset postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) after cardiac surgery with risk for significant toxicity. This study explored the feasibility and safety of using...
Comparison of survival outcomes of neoadjuvant immunochemotherapy versus chemotherapy in locally advanced esophageal squamous cell carcinoma [0.03%]
Xinrun Cui,Yaqi Wang,Shi Yan et al.
Xinrun Cui et al.
Background: Esophageal squamous cell carcinoma (ESCC) poses significant therapeutic challenges, with poor prognosis despite standard treatments including neoadjuvant chemoradiotherapy or chemotherapy. Emerging evidence su...
Aro Daniela Arockiam,Ziad Zalaquett,Akiva Rosenzveig et al.
Aro Daniela Arockiam et al.
Anticoagulation with bivalirudin is associated with improved biocompatibility in patients supported on microaxial flow pumps [0.03%]
Michaela Asher,Emma Morganroth,Amit Iyengar et al.
Michaela Asher et al.
Objective: To evaluate whether an institutional shift from anticoagulation with heparin to bivalirudin in Impella 5.5 patients altered bleeding or thrombotic rates, transfusion dependency, or device biocompatibility. ...
Clinical outcomes of pediatric heart transplantation: A 25-year follow-up experience in a Japanese institute [0.03%]
Jun Narita,Ryo Ishii,Atsuko Kato et al.
Jun Narita et al.
Objective: Advances in medical management have markedly improved early and late outcomes after pediatric heart transplantation. Although survival data are well established in Western countries, evidence from Asia remains ...
Surgical nodal sampling established by Commission on Cancer Standard 5.8 is essential for accurate lung cancer staging [0.03%]
Raheem Bell,Amanda B Francescatti,Daniel Boffa et al.
Raheem Bell et al.
Objective: Accurate mediastinal staging is critical for the effective treatment of non-small cell lung cancer because lymph node involvement significantly influences prognosis and therapeutic decisions. We sought to evalu...
Deniz Piyadeoglu,Busra Cangut,Stephanie G Worrell
Deniz Piyadeoglu
Machine learning-enhanced preoperative assessment of spontaneous ventilation risk in diverse video-assisted thoracoscopic surgeries [0.03%]
Xiaohan Ren,Fengfa Yang,Jiayu Li et al.
Xiaohan Ren et al.
Objectives: Despite its widespread use, spontaneous ventilation can lead to intraoperative hypoxemia or hypercapnia. In this retrospective study, we developed and validated a preoperative clinical data-based model to pred...
Echocardiographic correlates of pressure-volume-derived indices: Advancing intraoperative assessment of right ventricular function [0.03%]
Vahid Kiarad,Usman Ahmed,Paul Heerdt et al.
Vahid Kiarad et al.
Objectives: To evaluate the relationship between intraoperative 3-dimensional (3D) echocardiographic measures of right ventricular (RV) function and invasively derived RV-pulmonary arterial (RV-PA) coupling metrics obtain...
Achieving timely treatment for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer: Factors associated with delayed surgical resection and proposed quality benchmarks [0.03%]
Haley I Tupper,Joyita Bhattacharjee,Varada Sarovar et al.
Haley I Tupper et al.
Objective: Timely care is a key quality indicator. Resection delayed beyond 8 weeks for early-stage non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) negatively impacts prognosis, yet diagnosis-to-treatment time has steadily increased. ...