Interactive cardiovascular and thoracic surgery
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Jan 2016
Intraoperative improvement in left ventricular peak systolic velocity predicts better short-term outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
Left ventricular function is expected to improve after transcatheter aortic valve implantation due to the acute reduction in afterload, but does not occur in all patients. We hypothesized that the immediate intraoperative response in systolic left ventricular longitudinal motion during the procedure could be a predictor of short-term outcome. ⋯ An immediate improvement in the longitudinal peak systolic velocity during the transcatheter aortic valve implantation procedure predicted a better short-term outcome and may be useful in identifying patients who are at risk of a less favourable outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation.
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Interact Cardiovasc Thorac Surg · Jan 2016
Perventricular device closure of ventricular septal defects: results in patients less than 1 year of age.
To present and share our experience in perventricular device closure of ventricular septal defects in patients less than 1 year old. ⋯ Perventricular device closure of ventricular septal defects showed safety and high efficiency in patients less than 1 year of age, compared with conventional surgical repair with cardiopulmonary bypass, and provided a short period of rehabilitation and excellent cosmetic result.