Shridevi Singh, Juliana C Digiacomo, L D George Angus
{"title":"Nina Starr Braunwald: A Woman Pioneer in Cardiothoracic Surgery.","authors":"Shridevi Singh, Juliana C Digiacomo, L D George Angus","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.10.011","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.10.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501669,"journal":{"name":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"1084-1085"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39879349","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Sutureless Aortic Valve: Is It a Bailout Option in the Belligerent Root?","authors":"Davut Cekmecelioglu, Mehmet Alagoz","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501669,"journal":{"name":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"1093"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.009","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39225134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Cardiac Surgery in Patients With Severe Pectus Excavatum: An Uncommon Cause of Low Cardiac Output.","authors":"Kaushalendra Rathore","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.079","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.079","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501669,"journal":{"name":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"1097-1098"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39510621","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Antonio Bozzani, Antonio V Sterpetti, Franco Ragni
{"title":"Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery: Multiple Solutions for a Complex Anomaly of the Aortic Arch.","authors":"Antonio Bozzani, Antonio V Sterpetti, Franco Ragni","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.054","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.054","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501669,"journal":{"name":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"1091-1092"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.054","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39334715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aortic Sinus Morphology in Mitral Stenosis Variants Is a Risk for Native Aortic Thrombosis.","authors":"Patrick I McConnell","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.083","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.083","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501669,"journal":{"name":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"1089"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://sci-hub-pdf.com/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.07.083","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39377508","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Desiree Steimer, Mia DeBarros, M Blair Marshall, Michael Jaklitsch
{"title":"Thoracoscopic Radial Diaphragm Plication.","authors":"Desiree Steimer, Mia DeBarros, M Blair Marshall, Michael Jaklitsch","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.037","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.11.037","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>In appropriately selected patients diaphragm plication improves quality of life by alleviating dyspnea and allowing patients to return to their routine activities. Many plication techniques exist, but the optimal surgical approach remains unclear. We report our experience with a minimally invasive radial diaphragm plication technique. It offers 2 distinct advantages: (1) suture placement avoids the phrenic nerve fibers, allowing for potential nerve recovery, and (2) the interrupted radial sutures improve the distribution of tension along the flaccid muscle and may achieve a more durable repair.</p>","PeriodicalId":501669,"journal":{"name":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"e227-e230"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39848911","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niek Hugen, Edo J Hekma, Niels J M Claessens, Hans J M Smit, Michel M P J Reijnen
{"title":"Efficacy of an Autologous Blood Patch for Prolonged Air Leak: A Systematic Review.","authors":"Niek Hugen, Edo J Hekma, Niels J M Claessens, Hans J M Smit, Michel M P J Reijnen","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.047","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.05.047","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Prolonged air leak after pulmonary surgery remains a clinical challenge and sometimes needs surgical reintervention. An autologous blood patch (ABP) may provide a noninvasive method to stop air leak. Its value, however, is debatable. The aim of this systematic review is to synthesize evidence regarding the efficacy of ABP in patients with prolonged air leak.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A comprehensive search for published studies was performed in the Medline database, Embase, and the Cochrane library. Randomized controlled trials, case-control studies, and case series in which a postoperative ABP was performed were included. Findings from these studies were tabulated and data were synthesized graphically (PROSPERO registration number CRD42020157591).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of eight studies was included in the analysis, comprising 151 patients. Studies demonstrated heterogeneity in ABP timing and practice, and an intermediate to high risk of bias was scored. The majority of studies demonstrated a beneficial effect of the ABP, with a high rate of success of more than 89%. One randomized trial did not find a difference in time to cessation of air leak after ABP compared with conservative tube thoracostomy. The overall complication rate was 10%.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Quality of included studies is limited owing to lack of comparison groups. Synthesized data in this review demonstrate a high rate of successful procedures and acceptable complication rates, and seems encouraging enough to justify a large randomized clinical trial on the use of ABP for patients who have prolonged air leak after thoracic surgery.</p>","PeriodicalId":501669,"journal":{"name":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"1064-1071"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39085670","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Timing for Repair in Outflow Ventricular Septal Defect With Aortic Insufficiency.","authors":"Amitabh Poonia, Priya Giridhara","doi":"10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.045","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1016/j.athoracsur.2021.08.045","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":501669,"journal":{"name":"The Annals of Thoracic Surgery","volume":" ","pages":"1095"},"PeriodicalIF":4.6,"publicationDate":"2022-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"39466859","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}