The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Sep 2024
Laparoscopic Revisional Antireflux and Hiatal Hernia Surgery Results in a Higher Rate of Complications and Severity at 90-days Than Primary Surgery.
Data on graded complications and their frequency after laparoscopic revisional antireflux and hiatal hernia surgery compared with primary surgery are lacking. We describe 30- and 90-day morbidity using the Clavien-Dindo classification. ⋯ Revisional surgery results in similar total complications at 30 days, but additional complications can occur out to 90 days.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Sep 2024
Single ventricle palliation in congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries: an international multicentre study.
Single ventricle palliation may be performed in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries due to hypoplasia of 1 ventricle or anatomic complexity rendering biventricular repair unfeasible. There have been only a few small studies of the outcomes of single ventricle palliation in the setting of congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries. ⋯ Single ventricle palliation in patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries is associated with excellent long-term survival and low rates of heart failure and atrioventricular valve failure. In patients who would require complex surgery to achieve a biventricular repair, single ventricle palliation appears to be a good alternative.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Sep 2024
SciScribe: Automating & Contextualizing Literature Reviews in Cardiac Surgery.
The task of writing structured content reviews and guidelines has grown stronger and more complex. We propose to go beyond search tools and toward curation tools by automating time-consuming and repetitive steps of extracting and organizing information. ⋯ Emergent language processing techniques are opening new avenues to accelerate and enhance the literature review process, for which we have demonstrated a use case implementation in cardiac surgery. SciScribe automates and accelerates this process, mitigates errors associated with repetition and fatigue, and contextualizes results by linking relevant external data sources instantaneously.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Sep 2024
Early Outcomes in Heart Transplantation using Donation after Circulatory Death Donors in Patients Bridged with Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices.
Donation after circulatory death heart transplantation potentially increases donor allografts, especially for patients with lower listing status. We assessed the outcomes of donation after circulatory death heart transplantation in patients bridged with durable left ventricular assist devices. ⋯ Durable left ventricular assist devices may be associated with a higher risk of developing an early inflammatory response in donation after circulatory death heart transplantation; however, 1-year survival was similar between groups.