Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · May 2022
Multicenter StudyPreoperative Anemia is Associated With Worse Long-Term Survival After Lung Cancer Resection: A Multicenter Cohort Study of 5,029 Patients.
Although some evidence to suggest an association between preoperative anemia and reduced overall survival exists, contemporary studies investigating the impact of preoperative anemia on outcomes after resection for primary lung cancer are lacking. ⋯ Although anemia was not an independent predictor of short-term outcomes, it was independently associated with significantly reduced survival for patients undergoing resection for lung cancer. Further work is required to understand why anemia reduces long-term survival and whether pathways for anemic patients can be adapted to improve long-term outcomes.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · May 2022
Case ReportsRole of Transesophageal and Epicardial Echocardiography to Assess Surgical Repair in Double-Outlet Left Ventricle.
A double-outlet left ventricle (DOLV) is a congenital cardiac anomaly that rarely is encountered. This case report demonstrates the echocardiographic features of DOLV in the form of the pulmonary artery arising completely from the left ventricle with D-looped ventricles, especially when evaluated by intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography (TEE), along with the correlation of characteristic features with cardiac computerized tomography. ⋯ To the authors' knowledge, this was the first report of intraoperative TEE in the case of DOLV. In addition, the use of intraoperative echocardiography to rule out coronary compression as a cause for post-repair ventricular tachycardia, by use of TEE to rule out ventricular dysfunction and regional wall motion abnormalities, as well as epicardial echocardiography to demonstrate normal coronary blood flow, has been reported.
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J. Cardiothorac. Vasc. Anesth. · May 2022
Editorial CommentWe Enter the Bridge and Start to Run Out of Time.