Case Report: Totally endoscopic minimally invasive mitral valve surgery during pregnancy: a case series.

A totally endoscopic minimally invasive approach is widely used for cardiac valve surgery in normal adults. However, minimally invasive cardiac surgery during pregnancy is rarely reported. In addition to traditional median thoracotomy, totally endoscopic minimally invasive approaches can now be used for pregnant patients.

Del-Nido cardioplegia in cardiac surgery for elderly patients: a propensity score-matched analysis.

Objectives: To compare the safety and efficacy of del-Nido cardioplegia (DNC) with traditional 4:1 cold blood cardioplegia (CBC) in coronary artery bypass grafting and/or valve surgeries in elderly patients.

Methods: The present study is a retrospective case-series study that included 302 consecutive patients aged 70 years and over who underwent on-pump valve surgery and/or coronary artery bypass graft (CABG). DNC was administered to 90 patients and CBC to 212 patients.

Totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement: Techniques and early results.

Objective: To demonstrate the technical details of total endoscopic aortic valve replacement using a standard prosthesis, compare the clinical effect and safety of endoscopic aortic valve replacement and traditional aortic valve replacement.

Methods: From 2020 to 2021, 60 consecutive patients underwent elective isolated aortic valve replacement (AVR). They were divided into two groups: the total endoscopic AVR group (TE-AVR group, 29 patients, nine women, aged 51.

Giant Left Ventricular Myxoma With Obstruction of the Left Ventricular Outflow Tract.

A rare case of giant left ventricular (LV) myxoma with obstruction of the left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) was found incidentally on echocardiography in an asymptomatic 21-year-old woman. The tumor was successfully resected through transatrial septal access.

[One case of laryngeal basal cell adenoma].

A 63-year-old female patient with one year history of dyspnea intermittently, and had dyspnea aggravation for one month accompanied by coughing with blood. She was reated in our hospital in July 31, 2012. Physical examination: bilateral nasal patency, without abnormal secretions and bleeding, pharyngeal mucosa with chronic congestion, without swelling tonsil, normal laryngeal pronunciation, and without hoarseness.

Potent neutralization of influenza A virus by a single-domain antibody blocking M2 ion channel protein.

Influenza A virus poses serious health threat to humans. Neutralizing antibodies against the highly conserved M2 ion channel is thought to offer broad protection against influenza A viruses. Here, we screened synthetic Camel single-domain antibody (VHH) libraries against native M2 ion channel protein.