Correction to: Resection of a plasma cell granuloma combining a conventional posterolateral left-sided thoracotomy with a minimally invasive valve approach.

The corresponding author name should read as "Kvitting JP" in PubMed and other indexing websites.

Resection of a plasma cell granuloma combining a conventional posterolateral left-sided thoracotomy with a minimally invasive valve approach.

Plasma cell granuloma (PCG) is a rare benign tumor that is difficult to differentiate from malignancy. Depending on the location of the PCG, surgical management can be challenging. We describe a patient with a PCG involving the left lower lobe extending into the left atrium, that was resected en bloc using a conventional posterolateral thoracotomy combined with a surgical approach predominantly used for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.

Surgical management of outflow tract obstruction after transapical mitral valve implantation.

Left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction due to systolic anterior motion of the anterior mitral valve leaflet (AML) is a known complication after mitral valve repair or transfemoral/transapical mitral valve implantation (TMVI). We present a patient with a previous mitral valve repair who developed LVOT obstruction after TMVI in whom the AML was surgically resected using a transaortic approach.

A metabolic protective strategy could improve long-term survival in patients with LV-dysfunction undergoing CABG.

Objective: Adverse outcome after CABG is closely related to postoperative heart failure precipitated by ischemia and myocardial infarction. Restrictive use of inotropes is therefore desirable. Patients with preoperative left ventricular dysfunction are a high-risk group in this respect.

Measurement of physical work capacity in patients with chronic aortic regurgitation: a potential improvement in patient management.

Background: Timing of surgery in aortic regurgitation (AR) is important. Exercise testing is recommended upon uncertainty about functional limitations but reports on cardiopulmonary exercise testing (CPET) in populations with pure chronic AR are scarce.

Method: Twenty-eight patients referred for surgery because of chronic AR (13 in NYHA I, 10 in NYHA II and five in NYHA III) were tested by CPET pre- and 6 months postoperatively.

Myocardial uptake and release of substrates in patients operated for unstable angina: impact of glutamate infusion.

Objective: To study cardiac uptake and release of substrates and the influence of intravenous glutamate in patients operated for unstable angina requiring intravenous nitrates.

Design: Nineteen patients were randomized to blinded infusion of glutamate or saline. Arterial-coronary sinus differences of substrates were measured before cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) and during early reperfusion.