Javier J Mateos, Elena De la Fuente, Pablo Valero, David Martínez, Francisco De la Gala, Jose M Bellón, Patricia Duque, Patricia Piñeiro, Alberto Calvo, Almudena Reyes, Carlos Simón, Francisco J Hortal, Ignacio Garutti
{"title":"Utility of High-Sensitivity Cardiac Troponin Monitoring in Thoracic Surgery for Predicting Severe Postoperative Complications.","authors":"Javier J Mateos, Elena De la Fuente, Pablo Valero, David Martínez, Francisco De la Gala, Jose M Bellón, Patricia Duque, Patricia Piñeiro, Alberto Calvo, Almudena Reyes, Carlos Simón, Francisco J Hortal, Ignacio Garutti","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.023","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.023","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To evaluate the utility of high-sensitivity cardiac troponin (hs-cTn) monitoring in thoracic surgery to predict severe postoperative complications (sPOCs) according to the Clavien-Dindo classification.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Retrospective, observational cohort study.</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Tertiary-level hospital involving multiple departments.</p><p><strong>Participants: </strong>A total of 220 patients who underwent lung resection surgery between November 2018 and October 2021, with preoperative and postoperative troponin measurements.</p><p><strong>Interventions: </strong>hs-cTnI levels (Abbott Alinity) were measured before surgery and within the first 24 hours postoperatively. Myocardial injury (MI) was defined as hs-cTnI greater than 26.2 ng/L postoperatively. In addition, the impact of a postoperative cTnI elevation greater than 20% or a preoperative value below 1.6 ng/L on the occurrence of sPOCs is analyzed. Postoperative complications were recorded for the first 30 days and classified using the Clavien-Dindo classification.</p><p><strong>Main measurements and results: </strong>Patients with sPOCs had higher pre- and postoperative hs-cTnI levels compared to those without complications. Patients with MI had a higher incidence of POCs than those without MI. Additionally, undetectable preoperative hs-cTnI levels were associated with better survival.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Perioperative troponin elevation is associated with worse short-term postoperative outcomes, including a higher incidence of sPOCs and prolonged hospital stays. Preoperative hs-cTnI levels correlate with preoperative morbidity (frailty) in patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143795539","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Atrial Fibrillation, Coronary Artery Disease, and Anticoagulation: Is Two a Crowd?","authors":"Kelly Byrne, Philip Sugden","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752858","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cerebral Autoregulation Monitoring: Time to Prioritize the Brain?","authors":"Nuno V Gomes, Daniel Bolliger","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143795497","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Pro: All Cardiac Arrest Patients Should Be Transferred To a Cardiac Arrest Center.","authors":"Jacopo D'Andria Ursoleo, Fabrizio Monaco","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.019","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.019","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest (OHCA) is characterized by a high prevalence and is burdened by significant mortality and morbidity. While underlying atherosclerotic coronary artery disease accounts for the majority of the cases in the Western world owing to lifestyle and dietary customs, several other conditions and diseases can lead to OHCA. Although patient survival rates have doubled over the past 3 decades, only marginal improvements in terms of overall survival and neurologic outcomes have been observed over the last decade. A growing body of evidence suggests that regional differences in OHCA outcomes may be attributable to differences in hospital infrastructure and healthcare provider expertise, thus contributing to increased awareness of the importance of cardiac arrest centers (CACs). CACs are centers of excellence for post-cardiac arrest care, which provide dedicated, continuous access to specialized multidisciplinary facilities and expert physicians (eg, emergency department, cardiac intensive care unit, coronary angiography laboratory, rehabilitation departments), ultimately seeking to optimize patient management and improve their survival rates and functional outcomes. Here we provide an overview of the complex management of OHCA patients and outline evidence-based benefits that can result from the treatment of OHCA patients in dedicated CACs.</p>","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752436","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Samwel Gitundu, Luis F Gonzalez-Ciccarelli, Brian R Gebhardt, Frederick C Cobey
{"title":"Evaluating the Role of Right Ventricular Free Wall Longitudinal Strain as a Noninvasive Metric for Stroke Volume, Stroke Volume Index, and Right Ventricular Function.","authors":"Samwel Gitundu, Luis F Gonzalez-Ciccarelli, Brian R Gebhardt, Frederick C Cobey","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.016","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.016","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752862","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jordan Holloway, Aaron Guo, Saliya Ratnayaka, Paula Durbin, Bailey Drossman, Michael Essandoh
{"title":"Incremental Value of Transesophageal Echocardiographic Imaging in Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients: A Novel Approach Worth Considering.","authors":"Jordan Holloway, Aaron Guo, Saliya Ratnayaka, Paula Durbin, Bailey Drossman, Michael Essandoh","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752319","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Perfusionists, Surgeons, and Anesthesiologists: A History of Successful Multidisciplinary Collaboration: What's Next?","authors":"Eugene A Hessel, Robert C Groom, Thoralf M Sundt","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.013","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143795536","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Dominic V Pisano, Alexander Shapeton, Jamel Ortoleva
{"title":"The Pitfalls of Comparing Different Mechanical Circulatory Support Modalities.","authors":"Dominic V Pisano, Alexander Shapeton, Jamel Ortoleva","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.017","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.017","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ziyad O Knio, Jordan M Stefko, Aarthi Reddy, Atul Dilawri, Cortessa L Russell
{"title":"Diagnostic Challenges and Associated Morbidity with Antibody-negative, Serotonin Release Assay-positive Heparin-induced Thrombocytopenia.","authors":"Ziyad O Knio, Jordan M Stefko, Aarthi Reddy, Atul Dilawri, Cortessa L Russell","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.008","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.008","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752861","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Madan Mohan Maddali, Is'haq Al Aamri, Mohammed Hamed Al Ghafri, Thushara Dharshana Munasinghe, Mohammed Ismail Al-Yamani, Maziar Gholampour Dehaki
{"title":"Incidental Diagnosis of Myasthenia Gravis in an Infant Uncovered by Thymic Hyperplasia Causing Airway Complications During Cardiac Surgery.","authors":"Madan Mohan Maddali, Is'haq Al Aamri, Mohammed Hamed Al Ghafri, Thushara Dharshana Munasinghe, Mohammed Ismail Al-Yamani, Maziar Gholampour Dehaki","doi":"10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2025.03.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":15176,"journal":{"name":"Journal of cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2025-03-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143752864","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":4,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}