Pulmonary and pleura damage in the process cardiosurgical intervention: etiology, pathogenesis, prevention (Review) by Yu. V. Belov, P. F. Litvitsky, I. A. Vinokurov

“…The risk factors are: preoperative respiratory disease, body mass index over 30 kg/m2, intraoperational heart ice encasing, duration of cardiopulmonary bypass period. From a heart surgeon and pathophysiologist prospective, the paper discusses the mechanisms of lung tissue destruction and patient preparation to reduce the incidence and/severity of complications. …”
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Voice activation visualization of cardiovascular angiography and 3D coronary arteries in surgery by Khaleel, Hasan Hadi, O. K. Rahmat, Rahmita Wirza, Dimon, Mohd Zamrin

“…The system was tested by a consultant heart surgeon on a real data and he approved the credibility of the system.…”
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Investigation of Indoor Air Quality in a Hospital: A Case Study from Şanlıurfa, Turkey by Tuba Rastgeldi Doğan

“…The performed measurements were revealed that the levels of PM2.5 and PM10 in surgery, urology, neurology, heart surgeon and eye diseases polyclinic were higher than the threshold limits in international standards set by WHO and ASHAE. …”
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Post-right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduit: short- and intermediate-term outcomes: a single-center study by Yasmin Abdelrazek Ali, Alaa Roushdy, Mohammed Abdullah Hegab, Amr Mansour Mohammed

“…Abstract Background Surgery for congenital heart disease has progressed by leaps and bounds in the last few decades, but the right ventricular outflow tract continues to pose a challenge to the congenital heart surgeon. Objectives We aim to describe the outcomes of patients with CHD who had surgical placement of right ventricle to pulmonary artery conduits with a focus on the risk factors for redo-surgery. …”
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The Risk Factors of Prolonged Mechanical Ventilation after Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery by Shahram Amini, Negar Morovatdar, Seyedeh Parisa Karrari, Akram Asadpour, Mohammad Abbasi Tashnizi, Ali Asghar Moeinipoor, Mathias Hossain Aazami, Mahdieh Jafari

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Miniesternotomia: um acesso seguro para a cirurgia cardíaca by Leonardo Andrade MULINARI, André Luiz Tyszka, Francisco Diniz Affonso da COSTA, Roberto Gomes de CARVALHO, Arlindo Zacarias SILVA Jr, Roberto GIUBLIN, José Carlos MULASKI, Iseu Affonso da COSTA, Danton R. da Rocha LOURES

“…Therefore, it should be part of every heart-surgeon's repertoire.…”
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The lack of specialized pediatric cardiac surgeons in Lebanon: a humanitarian catastrophe by Jana Zeineddine, Carolla El Chamieh, Elie Bou Sanayeh

“…Unfortunately, in Lebanon, a country that has been assailed by devastating social and economic crises, many specialized Lebanese pediatric heart surgeons fled abroad to secure more stable careers. …”
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The Role of Cardiovascular Magnetic Resonance in Pediatric Congenital Heart Disease by Taylor Andrew M, Hughes Marina L, Ntsinjana Hopewell N

“…Ongoing technological advancements in both data acquisition and data presentation have enabled CMR to be integrated into clinical practice with increasing understanding of the advantages and limitations of the technique by pediatric cardiologists and congenital heart surgeons. Importantly, the combination of exquisite 3D anatomy with physiological data enables CMR to provide a unique perspective for the management of many patients with CHD. …”
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3D Printing in Surgical Management of Double Outlet Right Ventricle by Shi-Joon Yoo, Shi-Joon Yoo, Glen S. van Arsdell

“…Furthermore, 3D print models can also be used for rehearsal of the intended procedure before the actual surgery on the patient so that the outcome of the procedure is precisely predicted and the procedure can be optimally tailored for the patient’s specific anatomy. 3D print models are invaluable resource for hands-on surgical training of congenital heart surgeons.…”
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Surgery for Adult Patients with Congenital Heart Disease: Results from the European Database by Vladimiro L. Vida, Lorenza Zanotto, Laura Torlai Triglia, Lucia Zanotto, Bohdan Maruszewski, Zdzislaw Tobota, Francesco Bertelli, Claudia Cattapan, Tjark Ebels, Daniele Bottigliengo, Dario Gregori, George Sarris, Jurgen Horer, Giovanni Stellin, Massimo A. Padalino, Giovanni Di Salvo, on the behalf of the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA)

“…To evaluate frequency, type and outcomes of cardiac surgery in ACHD, we gathered data from the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association Database of 20,602 adult patients (≥18 years) with a diagnosis of congenital heart disease who underwent cardiac surgery, between January 1997 and December 2017. …”
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Establishment of cardiac rehabilitation program in Yazd-Iran: An experience of a developing country by Mahdieh Ghanbari-Firoozabadi, Mohammadreza Vafaii Nasab, Fatemeh Boostani, Masoud Mirzaei, Fatemeh Amrollahi, Jamal Entezari, Maryam Askari

“…The CR team includes cardiologists and heart surgeons as physicians, and physical medicine rehabilitation specialist, outpatient and inpatient resident medical officers, psychiatrists, nutritionists, psychologists, physiotherapists and social workers. …”
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Benchmarking in Congenital Heart Surgery Using Machine Learning-Derived Optimal Classification Trees by Bertsimas, Dimitris, Zhuo, Daisy, Levine, Jordan, Dunn, Jack, Tobota, Zdzislaw, Maruszewski, Bohdan, Fragata, Jose, Sarris, George E

“…Methods: The European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association Congenital Database data subset (31 792 patients) who had undergone any of the 10 “benchmark procedure group” primary procedures were analyzed. …”
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A dynamic Norwood mortality estimation: Characterizing individual, updated, predicted mortality trajectories after the Norwood operationCentral MessagePerspective by James M. Meza, MD, MSc, Eugene H. Blackstone, MD, Madison B. Argo, MD, Lucy Thuita, MS, Ashley Lowry, MS, MEd, Jeevanantham Rajeswaran, PhD, Anusha Jegatheeswaran, MD, PhD, Christopher A. Caldarone, MD, James K. Kirklin, MD, William M. DeCampli, MD, PhD, Kamal Pourmoghadam, MD, Peter J. Gruber, MD, PhD, Brian W. McCrindle, MD, MPH

“…Methods: From the Congenital Heart Surgeons' Society Critical Left Heart Obstruction cohort, 360 neonates underwent Norwood operations from 2005 to 2016. …”
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Adverse Outcomes Prediction for Congenital Heart Surgery: A Machine Learning Approach by Bertsimas, Dimitris, Zhuo, Daisy, Dunn, Jack, Levine, Jordan, Zuccarelli, Eugenio, Smyrnakis, Nikos, Tobota, Zdzislaw, Maruszewski, Bohdan, Fragata, Jose, Sarris, George E

“…</jats:p></jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods:</jats:title><jats:p> We built machine learning (ML) models to predict mortality, postoperative mechanical ventilatory support time (MVST), and hospital length of stay (LOS) for patients who underwent CHS, based on data of more than 235,000 patients and 295,000 operations provided by the European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association Congenital Database. We used optimal classification trees (OCTs) methodology for its interpretability and accuracy, and compared to logistic regression and state-of-the-art ML methods (Random Forests, Gradient Boosting), reporting their area under the curve (AUC or c-statistic) for both training and testing data sets. …”
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Virtual treatment planning in three patients with univentricular physiology using computational fluid dynamics—Pitfalls and strategies by Marie Schafstedde, Marie Schafstedde, Marie Schafstedde, Marie Schafstedde, Pavlo Yevtushenko, Sarah Nordmeyer, Sarah Nordmeyer, Peter Kramer, Anastasia Schleiger, Natalia Solowjowa, Felix Berger, Felix Berger, Felix Berger, Joachim Photiadis, Yaroslav Mykychak, Mi-Young Cho, Stanislav Ovroutski, Titus Kuehne, Titus Kuehne, Titus Kuehne, Jan Brüning

“…These treatment options were applied as suggested by treating cardiologists and congenital heart surgeons with longstanding experience in interventional and surgical treatment of patients with univentricular physiology. …”
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Transcatheter mitral valve replacement in native mitral valve with severe mitral annular calcification: Skirting the Sapien 3 to reduce the risk of paravalvular leaks by Alberto Pozzoli, Tiziano Torre, Giovanni Pedrazzini, Giovanni Pedrazzini, Stefanos Demertzis, Stefanos Demertzis, Enrico Ferrari, Enrico Ferrari

“…BackgroundMitral annular calcification (MAC) may represent a significant challenge for heart surgeons with an extremely high perioperative risk during mitral valve (MV) surgery. …”
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The role of the multidisciplinary health care team in the management of patients with Marfan syndrome by von Kodolitsch Y, Rybczynski M, Vogler M, Mir TS, Schüler H, Kutsche K, Rosenberger G, Detter C, Bernhardt AM, Larena-Avellaneda A, Kölbel T, Debus ES, Schroeder M, Linke SJ, Fuisting B, Napp B, Kammal AL, Püschel K, Bannas P, Hoffmann BA, Gessler N, Vahle-Hinz E, Kahl-Nieke B, Thomalla G, Weiler-Normann C, Ohm G, Neumann S, Benninghoven D, Blankenberg S, Pyeritz RE

“…We provide accounts of medical goals and standards for each core discipline, including pediatricians, pediatric cardiologists, cardiologists, human geneticists, heart surgeons, vascular surgeons, vascular interventionists, orthopedic surgeons, ophthalmologists, and nurses; and of auxiliary disciplines including forensic pathologists, radiologists, rhythmologists, pulmonologists, sleep specialists, orthodontists, dentists, neurologists, obstetric surgeons, psychiatrist/psychologist, and rehabilitation specialists. …”
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Современная оценка качества хирургической помощи пациентам с врожденными пороками сердца с помощью инструментов ECHSA Congenital Database... by О. Корноухов, А. Каримов, В. Ильин

“…European Congenital Heart Surgeons Association (ECHSA) Congenital Database), дают современное представление об эффективности кардиохирургической помощи, а также демонстрируют качественную позицию сервиса клиники среди показателей других коллективов, работающих в этой области. …”
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