The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Oct 2019
Comparative StudyHigh-dose heparin is associated with higher bleeding and thrombosis rates in pediatric patients following cardiac surgery.
To determine the association between unfractionated heparin (UFH) dose and the rate of postoperative bleeding and thrombosis events in pediatric cardiac patients. We tested the hypothesis that high-dose UFH is associated with higher rates of bleeding and thrombosis. ⋯ Bleeding remote from immediate postsurgical bleeding occurs uncommonly in pediatric patients following cardiac surgery. Anticoagulation with high-dose UFH is associated with higher bleeding rates as well as higher thrombosis rates. Indications for high-dose UFH should be carefully considered to reduce the rate of bleeding in this population.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Oct 2019
Local failure after stereotactic body radiation therapy or wedge resection for colorectal pulmonary metastases.
Several options are available for the local treatment of colorectal pulmonary metastases; however, the efficacy of each treatment has not been well characterized. We compared the risk of local recurrence after wedge resection or stereotactic body radiation therapy for pulmonary metastases of colorectal origin. ⋯ Pulmonary colorectal metastases treated with stereotactic body radiation therapy have a higher risk of local recurrence than those treated with wedge resection. Stereotactic body radiation therapy should be reserved for patients with comorbidities precluding surgical resection.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Oct 2019
The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network: Early experience and lessons learned.
The Thoracic Surgery Social Media Network (TSSMN) is a social media collaborative formed in 2015 by The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and The Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery to bring social media attention to key publications from both journals and to highlight major accomplishments in the specialty. Our aim is to describe TSSMN's preliminary experience and lessons learned. ⋯ We demonstrate that TSSMN further enhances the ability for the journals to connect with their readership and the cardiothoracic community. Ongoing studies to correlate social media attention with article reads, article-level metrics, citations, and journal impact factor are eagerly awaited.