Second harvest of Congenital Heart Surgery Database in Türkiye: Current outcomes.

Background: This second harvest of the Congenital Heart Surgery Database intended to compare current results with international databases.

Methods: This retrospective study examined a total of 4007 congenital heart surgery procedures from 15 centers in the Congenital Heart Surgery Database between January 2018 and January 2023. International diagnostic and procedural codes were used for data entry.

First Harvest of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery Multicenter Database in Turkey: Novel Application of Real-Time Online Reporting.

Objectives: A new congenital heart surgery database (CKCV) with real-time online reporting function was recently developed in Turkey. All standard international parameters were used, but Aristotle Comprehensive Complexity score was modified. In this study, the first analysis of the CKCV Database is reported.

Are the Early Postoperative Outcomes of Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Surgery in Elderly Women Worse Compared to Men's?

Objective:: To investigate the impact of gender difference in early postoperative outcomes in elderly patients (aged 70 or older) undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting surgery.

Methods:: Between October 2009 and December 2013, a total of 223 elderly patients (aged 70 or older) undergoing isolated primary coronary artery bypass grafting surgery were included in this retrospective observational cohort study. Patients were divided into two groups according to their gender.

Long-term outcomes of pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis.

Background: Constrictive pericarditis is a rare and disabling disease that can result in chronic fibrous thickening of the pericardium. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the long-term outcomes following treatment of constrictive pericarditis by pericardiectomy.

Methods: Between September 1992 and May 2014, 47 patients who underwent pericardiectomy for constrictive pericarditis were retrospectively examined.

[Coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas: a report of three cases].

Congenital coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas are rare anomalies and they generally have an asymptomatic course. We presented three symptomatic patients (2 men, 1 woman; age range 46 to 53 years) who underwent surgical repair via the epicardial approach for coronary-to-pulmonary artery fistulas. Treatment was successful in two patients.

Postoperative outcomes after off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting in EuroSCORE low- and high-risk women.

Background: Many previous studies have reported that women who undergo coronary artery bypass grafting have higher perioperative morbidity and mortality rates than men. The use of off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCAB) has been suggested to decrease morbidity and mortality because the deleterious effects of cardiopulmonary bypass, particularly in high-risk patients, are avoided. The reduction in unwanted postoperative complications in women undergoing OPCAB surgery has not been extensively investigated.

Complete atrioventricular block due to a hydatid cyst located in the interventricular septum: a case report.

We report a case of complete atrioventricular block and tricuspid valve insufficiency due to a cardiac hydatid cyst located in the interventricular septum that occurred in a 19-year-old male patient. Surgery was carried out with the help of cardiopulmonary bypass. The cyst was excised, and the interventricular septum was closed with an autologous pericardial patch treated with glutaraldehyde.

Direct reimplantation technique via a right minithoracotomy for scimitar syndrome: a case report.

Scimitar syndrome (SS) is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly defined by an anomalous right pulmonary vein draining of the right lung into the inferior vena cava. We describe a direct reimplantation technique and atrial septal defect closure using cardiopulmonary bypass via a right minithoracotomy on a 24 year-old female SS patient who had an accompanying sinus venous atrial septal defect.

Off-pump bypass grafting in patients with significant left main coronary artery stenosis.

The aim of this study was to investigate and determine whether patients with significant (> or = %50) left main coronary artery stenosis could undergo coronary bypass on the beating heart and compare the results to those obtained using the conventional method. Prospectively collected data of patients with significant left main coronary artery disease who had undergone coronary bypass on the beating heart (group A, n = 100) or with the conventional method (group B, n = 100) were evaluated retrospectively. EuroSCORE values, preoperative and operative details, postoperative morbidity and mortality, and early results were compared.

Is 100% beating heart coronary by-pass justified?

Coronary by-pass on a beating heart may provide a safer form of surgical revascularization by avoiding the well-documented side effects of cardiopulmonary by-pass. In addition, off-pump bypass is suggested to be a good alternative to on-pump especially in high risk patients. This study reviews the feasibility of coronary by-pass on the beating heart in all patients referred to surgery.