INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen A cardiac surgical procedure is the most acute application of basic dynamic physiology that exists in medical care. Basic physiologic concepts of electromechanical activation and association,…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen Clinical pharmacology associated with cardiac surgery is an important part of patient management. Patients in the perioperative period receive multiple therapeutic agents that affect cardiovascular and…
INTRODUCTION Print Section Listen The development of major surgery was retarded for centuries by a lack of knowledge and technology. Significantly, the general anesthetics ether and chloroform were not developed…
Abstract Kounis syndrome (KS) consists of an association between hypersensitivity reactions triggered by various environmental and pharmacological factors and acute coronary syndromes. Blood supply may be compromised by either vasospasm…
Abstract Coronary perforation is a rare but potentially lethal complication of percutaneous coronary intervention. Management of coronary perforations is mainly conditioned by the extension of coronary rupture and location of…
Abstract Patients in cardiogenic shock due to severe failure of a mitral bioprosthesis have extremely high risk for repeat standard cardiac surgery. This patient population may benefit the most form…
Highlights • The development of many chronic total obstruction (CTO) techniques together with the hardware advancements have led to the improvement of the success rate of CTO percutaneous coronary interventions…
Abstract Background Reduced leaflet motion (RLM) of transcatheter aortic valves (TAV) is observed in up to 4% of cases with similar frequency in surgical valves, with an overall incidence that…
Abstract Background Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a safe and effective alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) for the treatment of severe aortic valve stenosis (AS). The impact…
Abstract Background/purpose Catheter-based renal sympathetic denervation (RDN) has been introduced to lower blood pressure (BP) and sympathetic activity in patients with uncontrolled hypertension with at best equivocal results. It has…
