Early clinical outcomes of two regimens of prophylactic antibiotics in cardiac surgical patients with delayed sternal closure.

Background: Delayed sternal closure (DSC) can be a lifesaving approach for certain patients who have undergone cardiac surgery. The value of the type of prophylactic antibiotics in DSC is still debatable.

Aim: To investigate clinical outcomes of different prophylactic antibiotic regimens in patients who had DSC after cardiac surgery.

Presentation, management and outcome of aorto-esophageal fistula in young patients: two case-reports and literature review.

Aorto-esophageal fistula (AEF) is a rare serious surgical event. The first case developed hematemesis 2 weeks post-sleeve gastrectomy. A covered esophageal stent was placed endoscopically.

Right atrial mass in a patient with COVID-19 pneumonia: A case report.

Lipomatous hypertrophy of the interatrial septum can have an atypical appearance by transthoracic echocardiography. The authors emphasize on the importance of the multimodality imaging approach to reach the appropriate diagnosis in such cases.

Urgent coronary artery bypass graft surgery supported by veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation: a report of two cases.

Mechanical circulatory support (MCS) devices, especially veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) devices, are increasingly used to shore complex cardiac procedures in high-risk patients. We are reporting two cases where patients underwent coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) under support of VA-ECMO in the setting of cardiogenic shock complicating acute myocardial infarction. The patients had different courses, but both survived the initial insult and were weaned successively from VA-ECMO.

Ultrasonic Transit Time Flowmetry in Robotic Totally Endoscopic CABG.

Successful use of transit time flowmetry in robotic totally endoscopic coronary bypass operation is reported to demonstrate its applicability and ease of use in evaluating the function of grafts in such operations.

Detection of myocardial dysfunction in the presence of normal ejection fraction.

Detection of subclinical myocardial involvement is of utmost importance in risk stratification and prognosis; the role of ejection fraction in the detection of subclinical disease may be unhelpful. Our aim was to evaluate the methodology and importance of early detection of myocardial involvement in the presence of normal ejection fraction. Most of the pertinent English and non-English articles published from 1980 to 2006 in Medline, Scopus, and EBSCO Host research databases have been reviewed.