Publications by authors named "T A Schwann"
Coronary-pulmonary artery fistulas (CPAFs) are rare entities that can cause significant left-to-right shunting and complicate routine coronary artery bypass grafting. There are no best practice guidelines and a scarcity of reports regarding concomitant treatment of CPAF with coronary artery disease. We present a case of bilateral CPAFs in a 60-year-old man with symptomatic coronary artery disease treated successfully with coronary artery bypass, epicardial ligation, and transpulmonary closure of CPAF with patch reconstruction.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Although many options exist for multivessel coronary revascularization, controversy persists over whether multiarterial grafting (MAG) confers a survival advantage over single-arterial grafting (SAG) with saphenous vein in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). This study sought to compare longitudinal survival between patients undergoing MAG and those undergoing SAG.
Methods: All patients undergoing isolated CABG with ≥2 bypass grafts in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database (2008-2019) were linked to the National Death Index.
Background: Coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs), coronary arteriovenous malformations (CAVMs), and spontaneous coronary artery dissections (SCADs) are rare clinical entities, and much is unknown about their natural history, prognosis, and management.
Methods: A systematic search of MEDLINE, Embase, and Cochrane Library databases was performed in March 2023 to identify published papers related to CAAs, CAVMs, and SCADs.
Results: CAAs are found in 0.
Article Synopsis
- A study on postdischarge mortality rates in sepsis survivors found that 42% of patients died within an average of 1.41 years after leaving the hospital.
- The mortality rate was highest shortly after discharge, decreasing over time, with 91% survival at 1 month compared to 48% at 10 years.
- Factors like organ dysfunction, elevated urea nitrogen levels, and older age increased the risk of mortality, whereas higher hemoglobin levels were linked to decreased mortality, with the significance of these factors changing over time post-discharge.