Effect of prone positioning ventilation on pulmonary function in neonates during venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation.

Background: The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) technology has significantly decreased mortality rates associated with neonatal pulmonary hypertension and respiratory failure. Prone positioning ventilation (PPV) is a commonly used technique in critically ill infants, designed to improve thoracic pressure gradients, re-expand dorsal lung segments, and increase oxygenation in approximately 70-80% of patients suffering from acute respiratory distress syndrome. This study aimed to evaluate the effects of PPV on pulmonary function in neonates undergoing venous-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO).

Elevated Renal-Resistive Index as an Indicator of Acute Kidney Injury Associated With Neonatal Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation.

Objective: The authors aimed to assess the relationship between elevated renal-resistive index (RRI) and acute kidney injury (AKI) related to extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in neonatal patients.

Design: This was a retrospective study.

Setting: The study was conducted at a teaching hospital.

The midterm effect of exercise capacity and quality of life in adult patients who underwent hybrid transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects.

Objective: To investigate the midterm effect of exercise capacity and quality of life (QoL) of adult patients who underwent transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs) and explore the gap in the quality of life and cardiopulmonary function between those patients and healthy people.

Methods: From January 2010 to January 2015, 58 adult patients who underwent transthoracic device closure of VSD and 60 healthy people matched for age and sex were selected and analyzed. Echocardiography and exercise capacity tests were performed, and the MOS 36-item short-form health survey (SF-36) was used to investigate the changes in QoL.

Quality of life analysis of children with patent ductus arteriosus after closure treatment: A single-centre study.

Aim: To explore the changes in quality of life (QoL) in children who underwent patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) closure and the difference in the QoL between the post-operative patients and healthy children.

Methods: The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 scale was used to assess the QoL of 48 children before and after receiving PDA closure and 50 healthy children who underwent physical examination in our hospital.

Midterm Prognosis of Sexagenary Patients after Transcatheter Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defects: a Single-Chinese Center Experience.

Introduction: The objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy and midterm prognosis of transcatheter device closure of atrial septal defects (ASDs) in sexagenary patients in China.

Methods: Forty-six sexagenary patients who underwent transcatheter device closure of ASDs in our hospital were included in this study. The patients' preoperative and postoperative clinical symptoms, echocardiographic results, and quality of life were investigated and analyzed.

Evaluation of analgesic and sedative effects of remifentanil-based fast-track anesthesia in children undergoing transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects.

Background: This study aimed to evaluate the analgesic and sedative effects of remifentanil-based fast-track cardiac anesthesia in children undergoing transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs).

Methods: A retrospective analysis was conducted on 62 children who underwent transthoracic device closure of VSDs from May 2019 to August 2019. The patients were divided into two groups based on the anesthesia methods: group F was given remifentanil-based fast-track cardiac anesthesia, and Group C was given conventional anesthesia.

Comparison of Health-Related Quality of Life in Adults Undergoing Transthoracic and Transcatheter Device Closure for Ventricular Septal Defects.

This study aims to compare and analyze the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of adult patients with ventricular septal defects (VSDs) who underwent transthoracic or transcatheter device closure.The HRQoL data of 30 patients who underwent transthoracic device closure for VSDs and 30 who underwent transcatheter device closure for VSDs were retrospectively evaluated before and one year after the procedure. The Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form (SF-36), the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS), and a self-designed questionnaire were used as evaluation tools.

Midterm postoperative prognosis of patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension treated with treprostinil.

Background: To investigate the midterm postoperative prognosis of patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with moderate or severe pulmonary hypertension (PAH) using subcutaneous injection of treprostinil.

Methods: A retrospective study was conducted on 61 patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with moderate or severe PAH who had undergone mechanical mitral and/or aortic valve replacement from April 2018 to October 2018. The patients were divided into the treprostinil group and the conventional treatment group according to whether they received treprostinil.

Sufentanil Reduces Emergence Delirium in Children Undergoing Transthoracic Device Closure of VSD After Sevoflurane-Based Cardiac Anesthesia.

Objective: The aim of this study was to evaluate whether sufentanil can reduce emergence delirium in children undergoing transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD) after sevoflurane-based cardiac anesthesia.

Methods: From February 2019 to May 2019, 68 children who underwent transthoracic device closure of VSD at our center were retrospectively analyzed. All patients were divided into two groups: 36 patients in group S, who were given sufentanil and sevoflurane-based cardiac anesthesia, and 32 patients in group F, who were given fentanyl and sevoflurane-based cardiac anesthesia.

Effect of remifentanil-based fast-track anesthesia on postoperative analgesia and sedation in adult patients undergoing transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defect.

Objective: To investigate the effect of remifentanil-based fast-track anesthesia on analgesia and sedation after transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defects (VSDs) in adult patients.

Methods: A retrospective analysis was performed on 59 patients aged 21-53 years who underwent transthoracic device closure of VSDs from January 2019 to September 2019. According to the different anesthesia strategies, the patients were divided into the R group (using remifentanil-based anesthesia, n = 33) and the S group (using sufentanil-based anesthesia, n = 26).

Health-Related Quality of Life in Children and Adolescents with Simple Congenital Heart Defects before and after Transcatheter Intervention Therapy: A Single-Center Study.

Objective: To explore the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of children and adolescents with simple congenital heart defects before and after the transcatheter intervention.

Methods: The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 scale was used to assess the quality of life of 78 children and adolescents before and after the transcatheter intervention and to evaluate the parents' perception of their children's quality of life.

Comparison of Postoperative Changes in Inflammatory Marker Levels Between Transthoracic and Transcatheter Device Closures of Atrial Septal Defects in Children.

Objective: To explore the postoperative changes in inflammatory markers in children who underwent device closure of an atrial septal defect (ASD) via a transthoracic or transcatheter approach.

Methods: The experimental and clinical data were retrospectively collected and analyzed for a total of 53 pediatric patients between September 2018 and December 2018. According to the different treatments, 19 patients who underwent transthoracic device closure were assigned to group A, and the remaining 34 patients who underwent a transcatheter approach were assigned to group B.

Quality of Life in Adults Undergoing Percutaneous Device Closure of Atrial Septal Defect.

To assess changes in the quality of life in adult patients undergoing percutaneous device closure of atrial septal defect (ASD).We used a standard Medical Outcome Study Short Form 36 (SF-36) that includes psychological and physiological aspects to assess and analyze the quality of life of 73 adult patients who underwent percutaneous device closure of ASD.Of the 73 patients who were investigated in this study, 67 completed questionnaires successfully.

Comparison of Short-Term Quality of Life between Percutaneous Device Closure and Surgical Repair via Median Sternotomy for Atrial Septal Defect in Adult Patients.

Objective: To compare the quality of life and psychological state of patients after receiving different closure treatments for atrial septal defect (ASD) and to explore some factors affecting the quality of life of patients after ASD closure.

Methods: Fifty-five patients who underwent percutaneous device closure of ASD (group A) and fifty-five patients who underwent surgical repair via median sternotomy of ASD (group B) were followed up from before to one year after surgery to assess their quality of life. We used the Medical Outcomes Study 36-Item Short-Form (SF-36) and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale (HADS) to evaluate the quality of life of patients.

Transthoracic closure of ventricular septal defects guided by transesophageal echocardiography.

Background: This study aims to investigate the effectiveness and safety of transthoracic closure of ventricular septal defects totally guided by transesophageal echocardiography.

Methods: A total of 119 patients (62 males, 57 females; mean age 2.1±5.

Effect of Treprostinil on the Early Postoperative Prognosis of Patients with Severe Left Heart Valvular Disease Combined with Severe Pulmonary Hypertension.

Objective: To investigate the effect of treprostinil on the early postoperative prognosis of patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with severe pulmonary hypertension (PAH).

Methods: A retrospective study including 55 patients with severe left heart valvular disease combined with severe PAH who underwent left heart valve replacement in our hospital between January 2019 and May 2019 was conducted. Patients were divided into two groups (treprostinil group and control group), and the clinical data of patients in the two groups were compared and analyzed.

A meta-analysis of perventricular device closure of doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defects.

Background: To investigate the safety and efficacy of perventricular device closure of doubly committed subarterial ventricular septal defects (dcsVSDs).

Methods: PubMed and Scopus were searched for studies in English that focused on perventricular device closure of dcsVSDs and were published up to the end of September 2019. We used a random-effects model to obtain pooled estimates of the success and complication rates.

Effects of the Sounds of Different Mechanical Mitral Valves on Quality of Life at Different Follow-Up Times: A Single-Center Study.

Objective: To compare the effects of the sounds of different types of mechanical mitral valves on the quality of life (QoL) of patients at different follow-up times.

Methods: We collected data from 150 patients who underwent mechanical mitral valve replacement. Three time points were assessed, including at discharge, the third postoperative month (POM3), and the twelfth postoperative month (POM12).

Comparison of quality of life in patients who underwent mechanical mitral valve replacement: star GK vs SJM.

Background: We want to compare the impact on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) between the Star GK and the SJM valve in the Chinese population.

Methods: We retrospectively enrolled a total of 172 patients who had undergone mechanical mitral valve replacement (MVR) (SJM valve in 87 patients and Star GK valve in 85 patients) at our institution from January 2013 to December 2015. We measured the sound pressure level, and used 2 self-administered questionnaires and the Chinese version of SF-36 to measure the HRQoL and valve-specific questions to evaluate patient anxiety.

Resveratrol attenuates neuroinflammation after deep hypothermia with circulatory arrest in rats.

Deep hypothermia with circulatory arrest (DHCA) in cardiac surgery may exert a significant burden on the neuroinflammation which can cause brain injury. Resveratrol is a natural product and acts as a neuroprotective agent to suppress inflammatory response in brain. Even so, the specific mechanism regarding brain protective effect of resveratrol in DHCA is still unclear.

Health-related quality of life in children and adolescents undergoing intraoperative device closure of isolated perimembranous ventricular septal defects in southeastern China.

Objectives: To investigate the health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in children and adolescents who underwent intraoperative device closure of perimembranous ventricular septal defects (pmVSDs).

Methods: From October 2017 to January 2018, a total of 126 children and adolescents with isolated pmVSDs who underwent intraoperative device closure were enrolled in this study. We used the Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory Measurement Models 4.

Health-related quality of life in adults undergoing transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defect.

Objective: To evaluate the health-related quality of life (HRQoL) of adult patients who underwent transthoracic device closure of ventricular septal defect (VSD).

Methods: During the perioperative and postoperative period, a standard scale involving eight dimensions was used to analyze the HRQoL of 85 adult patients who underwent thoracic device closure of VSD and 80 healthy adults located locally were randomly selected as the control group in our center.

Results: A total of 80 patients' and 80 healthy adults' questionnaires were received with complete feedback.

Effect of the Different Mechanical Mitral Valve Sounds on the Patients' Quality of Life.

Background: The purpose of this study was to compare the opening and closing sounds of three different mechanical mitral valves and to analyze their effects on the quality of life of patients.

Methods: Ninety patients who underwent mechanical mitral valve replacement (MVR) were divided into three groups: those who received Advancing the Standard (ATS), St. Jude Medical (SJM), or Carbomedics (CM) mechanical valves.