{"title":"Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair with Intercostal Cryoablation: A Case Report.","authors":"Luisa Humpfle, Andreas Böning, Bernd Niemann","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1800969","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1800969","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background</b> Minimally invasive lateral thoracotomies may cause severe postoperative pain and discomfort. We describe an intraoperative intercostal cryo-neuronal pain block as one possibility for postoperative pain relief. <b>Case description</b> A 63-year-old male patient underwent minimally invasive mitral valve repair. To reduce postoperative pain, an intercostal cryo-neuronal ablation was performed. The consecutive course was pain-free. <b>Conclusion</b> Intraoperative cryo-neuronal nerve block may be a standard procedure during minimally invasive cardiac surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e40-e42"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11668554/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886225","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Mohamed Elbayomi, Raphael Groß, Pathare Presheet, Abbas Agaimy, Mattias May, Micheal Wayend, Christian Heim
{"title":"A Firing Cannon: Bilateral Lower Limb Ischemia as a Manifestation of Cardiac Myxoma.","authors":"Mohamed Elbayomi, Raphael Groß, Pathare Presheet, Abbas Agaimy, Mattias May, Micheal Wayend, Christian Heim","doi":"10.1055/a-2489-6334","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2489-6334","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background</b> Cardiac myxomas are the most common primary cardiac neoplasms. <b>Case Description</b> We present a case of a middle-aged lady with cardiac myxoma in her left atrium awaiting semi-elective surgery. During the preoperative period, the patient presented emergently with acute bilateral lower limb ischemia. This lady was fortunate to have these emboli fired towards a tissue with ischemia tolerance capacity. If these emboli had been directed toward the central nervous system, this patient would have experienced devastating complications and even death. <b>Conclusion</b> This presentation opens the debate on the timing of surgical intervention in myxoma patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e43-e47"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11668555/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142886224","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Sebastian Johannes Bauer, Yukiharu Sugimura, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Arash Mehdiani, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari
{"title":"Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation with Concomitant Replacement of the Ascending Aorta.","authors":"Sebastian Johannes Bauer, Yukiharu Sugimura, Moritz Benjamin Immohr, Arash Mehdiani, Artur Lichtenberg, Payam Akhyari","doi":"10.1055/a-2461-3284","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2461-3284","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Dilated cardiomyopathy (DCM) is one of the main causes for end-stage heart failure. Until the transplantation, left ventricular assist devices (LVAD) have become an established treatment. We report a case of a 66-year-old patient with ischemic and DCM and suspected aortic ulcer formation. LVAD was implanted in the same session with a supracoronary aortic replacement. Bilateral cannulation of the subclavian arteries omitted the need of circulatory arrest and proximal aortic cross-clamping. Pneumonia-associated decarboxylation failure prolonged the postoperative intensive care period. The patient was finally discharged home on the 115 <sup>th</sup> postoperative day.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e37-e39"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-12-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11624020/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142802478","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jane Canning, Christopher Occleshaw, Ajay J Iyengar, Julia Moosmann
{"title":"Management of Patent Ductus Arteriosus Endarteritis in Children.","authors":"Jane Canning, Christopher Occleshaw, Ajay J Iyengar, Julia Moosmann","doi":"10.1055/a-2444-9677","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2444-9677","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The risk of patent ductus arteriosus infective endarteritis (PDA-IE) has significantly reduced since the introduction of antibiotics and surgical or interventional treatment strategies. However, diagnosis and adequate, timely management of PDA-IE remains challenging. We present the case of a 9-year-old girl with PDA-IE, illustrating our strategy to minimize complications in pediatric patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e33-e36"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11581959/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142711349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Modified Miniskirt Bentall with an Annular Pericardial Patch for Bentall's Endocarditis.","authors":"Akimasa Morisaki, Yosuke Takahashi, Kenta Nishiya, Toshihiko Shibata","doi":"10.1055/a-2426-9423","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2426-9423","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Surgery for Bentall's endocarditis poses challenges because the infection spreads to the aortic valve annulus, leading to an annular abscess that necessitates reconstruction. We present a straightforward miniskirt Bentall procedure using an annular pericardial patch to treat Bentall's endocarditis with an annular abscess. After removing the former composite graft and debriding the aortic root and annulus, we created a miniskirt-composite graft using a mechanical or bioprosthetic valve, a straight or Valsalva graft, and an annular bovine pericardial patch with a valve prosthetic sizer. The miniskirt-composite graft, along with the underlying annular pericardial patch, was implanted using a double-layered suture technique.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e29-e32"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11548989/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142629555","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Recurrent Syncope and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation Due to a Papillary Fibroelastoma.","authors":"Teresa Escherich, Markus Czesla, Parwis Massoudy","doi":"10.1055/s-0044-1787873","DOIUrl":"10.1055/s-0044-1787873","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Symptoms of papillary fibroelastomas are often related to thromboembolic events but are rarely caused by a mechanical impairment of blood supply by the tumor itself. We describe a case of a papillary fibroelastoma in a 91-year-old female patient leading to a cardiac arrest through intermittent occlusion of the left coronary artery.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e23-e24"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-07-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11221990/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141499260","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Zulfugar T Taghiyev, Lili-Marie Beier, Vadim Moustafine, Matthias Bechtel, Justus T Strauch, Andreas Boening
{"title":"Transcaval and Intracardiac Extension of Type A Thymoma and Myxoma: A Report of Two Rare Cases.","authors":"Zulfugar T Taghiyev, Lili-Marie Beier, Vadim Moustafine, Matthias Bechtel, Justus T Strauch, Andreas Boening","doi":"10.1055/a-2334-7158","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2334-7158","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We report two cases of rare invasive tumors presenting with transvenous and intracardiac extensions. In one instance, an unusual invasive thymoma type A penetrated into the heart chamber; the other case was an extension of a myxoma into the right atrium that was associated with superior vena cava syndrome. Our interest was stimulated by the rarity of these clinicopathological observations and the unusual clinical features of diagnostic and therapeutic methods presented by these cases.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e25-e28"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-06-25","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11236442/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141581080","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Emre Polat, Sina Stock, Tamer Owais, Evaldas Girdauskas
{"title":"Minimally-Invasive Approach in the Setting of a Malignant Primary Cardiac Tumor.","authors":"Emre Polat, Sina Stock, Tamer Owais, Evaldas Girdauskas","doi":"10.1055/a-2298-0497","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1055/a-2298-0497","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>A 71-year-old man with dilated cardiomyopathy without clinical complaints revealed a suspicious finding in checkup. After a multimodality cardiac imaging, the suspicion of a malignant primary cardiac tumor in the left ventricle was substantiated and the patient underwent minimally-invasive cardiac surgery for tumor resection. Postoperative chemotherapy with multiple cycles of liposomal doxorubicin was established and supported by proton beam radiotherapy. Two-year follow-up revealed no disease recurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e16-e19"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-04-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11039063/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140865302","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Vlander Costa, Tulio Caldonazo, Paola Montanhesi, Johannes Fischer, Murat Mukharyamov, Hristo Kirov, Torsten Doenst
{"title":"Minimally Invasive Correction of Failed Percutaneous Atrial Septal Closure with Device Embolization.","authors":"Vlander Costa, Tulio Caldonazo, Paola Montanhesi, Johannes Fischer, Murat Mukharyamov, Hristo Kirov, Torsten Doenst","doi":"10.1055/a-2276-9898","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2276-9898","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>We present the case of a minimally invasive surgical correction for failed percutaneous atrial septal defect (ASD) closure in a 57-year-old female patient with residual ASD, tricuspid regurgitation, atrial fibrillation, and embolization of one of two occluders to the superior mesenteric artery. Our surgical approach consisted of anterolateral minithoracotomy, aortic and femoral vein cannulation, cryoablation, cardiac device removal, closure of ASD with autologous pericardium, and tricuspid repair. The procedure was uneventful and patient was discharged home on postoperative day 4.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e12-e15"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-15","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10942831/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140144269","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Hiroki Matsumiya, Koji Kuroda, Teppei Hashimoto, Fumihiro Tanaka
{"title":"Pedicled Omentoplasty for Treatment of Rheumatoid Nodule Pneumothorax: A Case Report.","authors":"Hiroki Matsumiya, Koji Kuroda, Teppei Hashimoto, Fumihiro Tanaka","doi":"10.1055/a-2234-7907","DOIUrl":"10.1055/a-2234-7907","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p><b>Background</b> No consensus exists regarding surgical intervention for rheumatoid nodule-related pneumothorax. Clinical policy decisions rely on individual clinicians' experience and are usually intractable. <b>Case Description</b> A 50-year-old man with a difficult-to-treat rheumatoid arthritis-related pneumothorax was successfully treated with pedicle omentoplasty without recurrence at approximately 2 years posttreatment. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report of a patient where pneumothorax did not recur due to firm adhesions despite fluctuating postoperative rheumatoid nodules, as captured by regular computed tomography imaging follow-ups. <b>Conclusion</b> Pedicled omentoplasty is effective for rheumatoid nodule-related pneumothorax as it reduces pneumothorax recurrence.</p>","PeriodicalId":41729,"journal":{"name":"Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeon Reports","volume":"13 1","pages":"e8-e11"},"PeriodicalIF":0.3,"publicationDate":"2024-02-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10861315/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139725676","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}