[Operation of Ebstein anomaly in adulthood - our experience].

Introduction: The outcome of the operation of the Ebstein anomaly in adulthood depends on the experience of the surgical team.

Methods And Results: We operated 38 adult patients with Ebstein anomaly at the age of 34.8 ± 12.

Single-site access robot-assisted epicardial mapping with a snake robot: preparation and first clinical experience.

CardioARM, a highly flexible "snakelike" medical robotic system (Medrobotics, Raynham, MA), has been developed to allow physicians to view, access, and perform complex procedures intrapericardially on the beating heart through a single-access port. Transthoracic epicardial catheter mapping and ablation has emerged as a strategy to treat arrhythmias, particularly ventricular arrhythmias, originating from the epicardial surface. The aim of our investigation was to determine whether the CardioARM could be used to diagnose and treat ventricular tachycardia (VT) of epicardial origin.

Evaluation of aspirin's effect on platelet function early after coronary artery bypass grafting.

Objective: Aspirin therapy decreases mortality and ischemic complication rates after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). However, platelet inhibition after oral aspirin seems to be insufficient in the early postoperative period. There are incomplete data reporting aspirin efficacy early after CABG.