23-year experience on diagnosis and surgical treatment of benign and malignant cardiac tumors.

Introduction: Although myxoma is the most frequent cardiac tumor, other conditions should be taken into consideration in the differential diagnosis. Transthoracic echocardiography (TTE), followed by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) remain the principal methods for cardiac tumor screening and visualizing. The aim of the study was to compare the diagnostics, surgical treatment and prognosis of malignant and benign cardiac tumors.

[Evaluation of surgical treatment of mitral valve defect in patients with chronic renal failure].

Unlabelled: Renal failure of patients qualified for open-heart surgical treatment seems to be very important problem since years. The operation with extracorporeal circulation is large burden for kidneys and there is huge risk of intensifying of existing failure. The aim of the study was the evaluation of renal parameters, complications occurrence and mortality of patients with chronic renal failure (ChRF) (grade II--mild ChRF) subjected to mitral valve replacement.

[Early and subsequent results of operation of trivalvular diseases].

Unlabelled: The aim of the thesis is the evaluation of efficacy of surgical treatment for complex valvular heart diseases. An inclusion criterion to this analysis was the performance of a mitral valve replacement (MVR) and aortic valve replacement (AVR) for an artificial valve and a tricuspid valve replacement or plastic operation (TVR or pl. TV).