Publications by authors named "Enrico Carone"
Background: Few data exist about the efficacy of radiofrequency (RF) maze procedures in elderly patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing surgery for mitral valve disease. The aim of the present investigation was to evaluate the effects of AF ablation associated with mitral valve surgery on the recovery and long-term maintenance of sinus rhythm in elderly patients aged > 75 years. Moreover, we evaluated the effects on survival.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The usefulness of radiofrequency (RF) ablation in restoring sinus rhythm in patients with permanent atrial fibrillation (AF) undergoing surgery for mitral valve has been demonstrated. But whether sinus rhythm recovery affects long-term survival is less clear.
Methods: This study included 301 consecutive patients (126 men and 175 women, age 69±6 years) undergoing radiofrequency ablation of persistent atrial fibrillation along with mitral valve surgery.
Background: Although mitral valve repair is at present the technique of choice in mitral regurgitation (MR) due to degenerative valve disease, long term results in patients with active mitral infective endocarditis (IE) are still under evaluation.
Methods: In the study were included 34 consecutive patients (22 males; mean age, 60 years; range 32-84 years) referred to our institution between January 1, 2005 to December 31, 2011 who were treated with valve repair for mitral valve (MV) active infective endocarditis. Eighteen patients underwent isolated MV repair.
Background. Aim of present investigation was to analyze survival and recurrence rate in patients with active endocarditis referred to our centre for surgical treatment. Methods.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFAtrial fibrillation after cardiac surgery: incidence, risk factors, and economic burden.
J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth
December 2010
Objective: To evaluate the incidence of postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF), the predisposing factors, the results of treatment before discharge, and the impact on duration and costs of hospitalization.
Design: A prospective observational study.
Methods: Patients who underwent cardiac surgery from January 1, 2007 to December 31, 2007.
A case of asymptomatic aortic valve fibroelastoma was diagnosed by transthoracic and transesophageal echocardiography in a 77-year-old man. A 2nd tumor was found at surgery. Both fibroelastomas were removed surgically without aortic valve replacement.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFPurpose: Surgical treatment of the thoracic aorta may become challenging when a rapid switch from left heart bypass (LHB) to cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is required.
Description: We designed a BICIRCUIT system using a centrifugal pump, a heparinized CPB circuit with a hollow fiber oxygenator, two 3/8 x 3/8 x 3/8 connectors (one placed at the bell inlet draining blood from the left atrium or the venous reservoir and the second placed at the bell outlet directing blood to the oxygenator or femoral artery). Our priming volume was 1100 mL; when switching from LHB to CPB, no additional priming volume was required.
Objectives: The technique of choice for myocardial revascularization in elderly patients remains a debated issue. We evaluated the potential advantages of the use of left internal thoracic artery-radial artery composite grafts compared with conventional coronary artery bypass grafts in elderly patients.
Methods: We prospectively enrolled 160 patients aged more than 70 years scheduled to undergo isolated myocardial revascularization.