Journal of cardiac surgery
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Intermuscular hemangioma is a histological type of hemangioma and rarely originates from the heart. This paper reports a case of giant intermuscular hemangioma of the left ventricle in a 20-year-old male patient.
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Advances in optics and instrumentation with the da Vinci S Surgical System have facilitated minimally invasive and robotic cardiac procedures including mitral valve repair and atrial myxoma excision. We report our retrospective data comparing robotically assisted myxoma excision with standard median sternotomy excision. ⋯ Robotic excision of atrial myxomas is safe and may be an alternative to traditional open surgery in selected patients.
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We report the use of fibrinogen/thrombin-coated equine collagen patch (Tachosil(®) ) as a sealant agent in six patients who underwent heart surgery for congenital heart disease (CHD) and developed an intraoperative lymphatic leakage detected at the time of surgery. The use of fibrinogen/thrombin-coated equine collagen patch proved to be safe and effective in preventing the development of postoperative chylothorax.
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Transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAo-TAVI) has been recently proposed as an alternative to transapical (TA) and transfemoral (TF) approach. We now discuss a technical issue associated with TAo-TAVI related to the use of a delivery system dedicated to the antegrade TA approach. The potential solutions to this issue as well as the potential advantages of the TAo approach are discussed.