Decrease of surgical heart disease treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic (Cardiac Surgery COVID-19 Study - CSC 19 Study).

Introduction: There are gaps of knowledge regarding the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on cardiac surgery hospitalization and treatment.

Aim: To evaluate patient characteristics, patient morbidity, type of procedures, length of hospital stay, early mortality, and outcomes of surgical treatment for the heart diseases during one year after the COVID-19 pandemic compared with the corresponding pre-pandemic year.

Material And Methods: This was a retrospective, observational, single-center study of 2881 consecutive patients, who underwent all types of cardiac surgery procedures.

Long-term survival following postoperative myocardial infraction after coronary artery bypass surgery.

Background: Postoperative myocardial infraction (MI) is a serious complication among patients undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting (CABG). Data on the impact of postoperative MI on patients undergoing CABG, specifically with respect to their long term outcomes are sparse.

Methods: We retrospectively analyzed all patients who underwent isolated CABG between January 2014 and December 2016 and identified those who fulfilled the definition of the type 5MI following CABG according to the Fourth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction.

Successful percutaneous treatment of late outflow graft failure of the left ventricular assist device: a long-term follow-up.

Continuous flow left ventricular assist device (LVAD) outflow graft stenosis constitutes a severe complication. Treatment options include surgical pump exchange, transcatheter procedures, or systemic thrombolysis. We present a case of a spontaneous mechanical twisting of the outflow graft at two distinct points, which was treated by a two-step percutaneous stent implantation.

Ministernotomy or sternotomy in isolated aortic valve replacement? Early results.

Introduction: Aortic valve replacement (AVR) is the gold standard in treating symptomatic aortic valve defects. To improve the healing process and limit the trauma, the minimally invasive approach was introduced.

Aim: To compare the peri- and post-operative results of aortic valve replacement performed via conventional full sternotomy (con-AVR) and of AVR performed via partial upper sternotomy (mini-AVR).

Hyperbaric oxygen therapy as additional treatment in deep sternal wound infections - a single center's experience.

Introduction: Deep sternal wound infection (DSWI) is one of the most serious complications after cardiac surgery procedures, observed in 5% of patients. Current standard medical therapy for DSWI includes antibiotics, surgical debridement, resuturing or negative pressure wound therapy (NPWT). Unfortunately, in some cases these methods are insufficient, and additional therapeutic options are needed.

Atrial septal defect surgery in adults--populational and epidemiological analysis.

Unlabelled: Atrial septal defect (ASD) is one of the most common congenital heart diseases found in adolescents and adults. Shunt may lead to serious further complications, such as pulmonary hypertension and right heart chambers overload. The aim of this study was the analysis of the population of adult patients with ASD together with the frequency of the annuloplasty tricuspid ring implantation in ASD II and the necessity of anterior mitral valve cusp suturing due to the cleft accompanying ASD I.