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Introduction: Those with established symptomatic cardiopulmonary disease should attend secondary prevention programs. Attendance at these programs is known to differ by sex and by smoking status, with females and those who smoke being less likely to attend. However, little is known about whether the risk factors of being female and smoking are cumulative, and how outcomes from secondary prevention differ by these subgroups.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFSurgical treatment of a giant hydatid cyst in the interventricular septum.
Multimed Man Cardiothorac Surg
January 2025
Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Marmara University Pendik Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey.
The surgical procedure detailed in this case report focuses on the treatment of a large cardiac hydatid cyst located in the intraventricular septum. The surgical intervention comprised a comprehensive approach involving a median sternotomy and cardiopulmonary bypass. A localized mass below the tricuspid valve at the basal region of the interventricular septum was revealed.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: Delirium is an acute state of confusion associated with adverse postoperative outcomes. Delirium is diagnosed clinically using screening tools; most cases go undetected. Identifying a delirium biomarker would allow for accurate diagnosis, application of therapies, and insight into causal pathways.
View Article and Find Full Text PDFReliability and validity of the Londrina activities of daily living protocol in individuals with systemic sclerosis.
Clin Rheumatol
January 2025
Faculty of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation, Cardiopulmonary Department, Dokuz Eylül University, Izmir, Turkey.
Purpose: To investigate the validity and reliability of the Londrina ADL Protocol in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).
Methods: The study included 39 individuals with SSc and 30 healthy participants aged 18-70 years. Performance-related ADL assessment was performed with the Londrina ADL Protocol which was performed twice by the same rater and energy expenditure during the test with the Dynaport Move Monitor device.
Preservation of Cardiac Xenografts in a Model of Infant Human Cardiac Transplantation.
Xenotransplantation
January 2025
Division of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Surgery, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA.
Introduction: There is no standard protocol for management of organ preservation for orthotopic, life-sustaining cardiac xenotransplantation, particularly for hearts from pediatric sized donors. Standard techniques and solutions successful in human allotransplantation are not viable. We theorized that a solution commonly used in reparative cardiac surgery in human children would suffice by exploiting the advantages inherent to xenotransplantation, namely the ability to reduce organ ischemic times by co-locating the donor and recipient.
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