Electrocardiographic changes during therapeutic hypothermia: observational data from a single centre.

Background: Therapeutic hypothermia is recommended to reduce the risk of hypoxic brain damage and improve short-term survival after cardiac arrest. It also temporarily affects the cardiac conduction system. The aim of this study was to evaluate electrocardiographic changes during therapeutic hypothermia and their impact on the outcome.

Surgical Treatment of Infective Endocarditis in Pulmonary Position-15 Years Single Centre Experience.

: Infective endocarditis in the pulmonary position is a rare disease. Isolated pulmonary valve endocarditis is extremely rare. The aim of our study was to assess patients who were treated surgically for pulmonary endocarditis at our institution from January 2003 to December 2017.

Efficacy of Aortic Valve Replacement through Full Sternotomy and Minimal Invasion (Ministernotomy).

new minimally invasive sternotomy (mini-sternotomy) procedures have improved the treatment outcome and reduced the incidence of perioperative complications leading to improved patient satisfaction and a reduced cost of aortic valve replacement in comparison to the conventional median sternotomy (full sternotomy). The aim of this study is to compare and gain new insights into operative and early postoperative outcomes, long-term postoperative results, and 5-year survival rates after aortic valve replacement through a ministernotomy and full sternotomy. This is a retrospective study of patients who underwent an isolated replacement of the aortic valve via a full sternotomy or ministernotomy from 2011 to 2016.

[Results of surgical treatment of aortic root infection].

Aim Of The Study: To investigate preoperative status and results of surgery of patients with confirmed diagnosis of aortic root infection.

Materials And Methods: We have analyzed data of 21 patients who were operated on at the Heart Surgery Center, Vilnius University, since January 1, 1997, till December 31, 2006. All these patients underwent surgery because of aortic root infection.

[Survival rate of patients with ascending aorta aneurysm and aortic valve regurgitation in the late postoperative period].

Unlabelled: The aim of the study was to evaluate the long-term survival in patients undergoing surgical treatment for chronic aortic aneurysms with aortic regurgitation.

Material And Methods: We analyzed survival data of 188 patients during follow-up period of 1 month to 20 years postoperatively. The patients were divided into the following groups according to the clinical course: Group 1--chronic dissecting aneurysm of ascending aorta with aortic regurgitation (42 patients, 22.

[Septical complications after ascending aorta replacement].

Between December 1972 and January 2002, 201 patients had replacement of the ascending aorta at Vilnius University Heart Surgery Clinic. 171 of them had aortic valve replacement, too, and 30 patients - without aortic valve correction. Septical complications post operation had 24 (11.

[Risk of second and third reoperation on prosthetic heart valves].

As the volume of heart valve replacements increases, more patients are undergoing repeated operations. There are many reasons for reoperations that include incomplete or imperfectly executed primary operation, infection on valve prostheses, valve related complications. Repeated operations have their own specific technical problems, and from them depends mortality and complications rate.