General thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Nov 2013
Historical ArticleHow to educate and evaluate cardiothoracic surgeon.
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Nov 2013
Case ReportsMature teratoma of the posterior mediastinum: report of a case.
Mediastinal teratoma generally arises in the anterior mediastinum. Posterior mediastinal teratomas have been rarely reported to date, especially in adults. We report a case of posterior mediastinal teratoma in a 57-year-old woman. ⋯ The imaging features of posterior mediastinal teratomas are identical to those in the anterior mediastinum, except for their location. To be different from anterior mediastinal teratomas, benign teratomas in the posterior mediastinum are often involved with a major surrounding structure, including aorta, chest wall, and esophagus. When a posterior mediastinal tumor has the typical features of a mature teratoma in the pre-operative findings, the adhesion to the surrounding structure should be considered.
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Gen Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · Nov 2013
Adding coronary artery bypass grafting to aortic valve replacement increases operative mortality for elderly (70 years and older) patients with aortic stenosis.
This retrospective study aimed to determine the effect of simultaneous aortic valve replacement (AVR) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) on operative outcomes and long-term survival in elderly patients with a high prevalence of comorbidity. ⋯ The satisfactory operative and long-term results in our study support a more aggressive simultaneous coronary revascularization combined with AVR for aortic valve stenosis in elderly patients.