Surgical aortic valve replacement etiologies, hemodynamics, and outcomes in 1346 patients from the Malaysian heart centre.

Background: This study examined the characteristics and outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) both isolated and in combination with other cardiac surgery in Malaysia from 2015 to 2021.

Methods: This was a retrospective study of 1346 patients analyzed on the basis of medical records, echocardiograms and surgical reports. The overall sample was both considered as a whole and divided into aortic stenosis (AS)/aortic regurgitation (AR)-predominant and similar-severity subgroups.

Risk Factors for Sternal Wound Infection after Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting in Patients with and without Diabetes.

Diabetes mellitus (DM) is a well-known risk factor for sternal wound infections (SWIs). However, SWIs are also known to occur in patients without DM. This study aimed to examine the difference in risk factors for SWIs after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) between non-diabetic and diabetic patients.

Single-stage open repair of severe asymmetric pectus excavatum and mitral valve replacement in connective tissue disease.

We present a 14-year-old boy with Loey-Dietz syndrome with severe mitral regurgitation, pectus excavatum and scoliosis. The Haller index was 25. The heart was displaced into the left hemithorax.