Intraoperative Music to Promote Patient Outcome (IMPROMPTU): A Double-Blind Randomized Controlled Trial.

Introduction: Perioperative music can have beneficial effects on postoperative pain, anxiety, opioid requirement, and the physiological stress response to surgery. The aim was to assess the effects of intraoperative music during general anesthesia in patients undergoing surgery for esophagogastric cancer.

Materials And Methods: The IMPROMPTU study was a double-blind, placebo-controlled, randomized multicenter trial.

Three-dimensional-mapping-guided permanent conduction system pacing in paediatric patients with congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries.

Aims: In congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CCTGA) the right ventricle (RV) is systemic. Atrioventricular block (AVB) and systolic dysfunction are frequently observed. Permanent pacing of the subpulmonary left ventricle (LV) may worsen RV dysfunction.

Long-term follow-up after recanalisation of aortic arch atresia.

Aims: Aortic arch atresia (AAA) is one of the rarest obstructive defects. The presence of this anomaly in adult age is uncommon. The typical anatomic feature consists of a complete occlusion of the membranous obstruction resulting in an acquired atresia without flow continuity between the proximal and distal segments.

Eisenmenger syndrome and other types of pulmonary arterial hypertension related to adult congenital heart disease.

: Eisenmenger syndrome (ES) is the most advanced form of pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD). It is characterised by a severe rise in pulmonary vascular resistance resulting in shunt reversal and cyanosis. : In this paper, an overview of ES and other types of PAH related to CHD (PAH-CHD) in adults is provided.