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Alfred Kocher technique for prevention of patient-prosthesis mismatch in paediatric patients.

Multimed Man Cardiothorac SurgNov 11, 2026

A 7-year-old girl requiring aortic valve replacement had a functionally unicuspid aortic valve. Although the Ross procedure is generally favored in children, an intraoperative bicuspid pulmonary valve made durable…

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In a child unsuitable for a Ross procedure, posterior aortic root enlargement using the Alfred Kocher technique can permit implantation of a larger mechanical prosthesis; assess pulmonary valve anatomy because an…

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Arterial-to-End-Tidal CO₂ Gradient Direction as a Differential Diagnostic Clue During Sudden Hypercapnia in Thoracoscopic Surgery with Capnothorax: A Report of 2 Cases.

Two men undergoing thoracoscopic surgery with CO₂ insufflation developed abrupt rises in end-tidal CO₂ (EtCO₂). In the first, the rise coincided with severe hypotension and bradycardia; arterial blood gas showed PaCO₂…

Am J Case RepNov 10, 2026Read case
Case ReportCardiothoracic SurgeryOpen access

Cannula exchange for refractory cannula infections during Berlin Heart EXCOR support: a case report.

A 4-year-old girl with truncus arteriosus and severe heart failure received Berlin Heart EXCOR (BHE) support after complex cardiac surgery.

J Artif OrgansNov 10, 2026Read case
Case ReportCardiology

Perinatal multidisciplinary management for neonates with prenatally-diagnosed congenital complete heart block undergoing early epicardial pacemaker implantation: a retrospective single-center case series.

This retrospective single-center series described four neonates with prenatally diagnosed isolated congenital complete heart block who required early epicardial pacemaker implantation.

J Matern Fetal Neonatal MedNov 4, 2026Read case
Case ReportCardiology

Left Ventricular Free-Wall Injury During Emergency Pericardial Drainage After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention-Related Coronary Perforation.

A 63-year-old woman developed shock and an enlarging pericardial effusion after PCI for a severely calcified right coronary artery lesion complicated by perforation, which was sealed with a covered stent.

Am J Case RepNov 6, 2026Read case
Case ReportCardiothoracic SurgeryOpen access

Aortic Mycetoma with Exserohilum .

A patient developed neurologic symptoms two months after root-sparing repair of an ascending aortic aneurysm and aortic valve replacement.

Methodist Debakey Cardiovasc JNov 4, 2026Read case
Case ReportCardiothoracic Surgery

Off-pump subtotal pericardiectomy using ultrasonic aspirator in constrictive pericarditis.

A patient with constrictive pericarditis underwent subtotal pericardiectomy without cardiopulmonary bypass because of advanced age and underlying liver cirrhosis.

Multimed Man Cardiothorac SurgNov 5, 2026Read case
Case ReportCardiothoracic Surgery

Concomitant Robotic Pericardial Window and Mediastinal Tumour Biopsy Under Intraoperative Ultrasound Guidance.

An 83-year-old woman presented with an undiagnosed mediastinal mass and a symptomatic, loculated pericardial effusion. She underwent a robotic pericardial window and mediastinal tumour biopsy performed together under…

Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac SurgNov 3, 2026Read case
Case ReportOncology (Medical)

Multidisciplinary Single Stage Surgical Management of Advanced Breast Carcinoma With Concomitant Left Atrial Myxoma.

A 58-year-old woman with locally advanced invasive mucinous breast carcinoma had a progressive fungating mass despite neoadjuvant chemotherapy and radiotherapy.

Interdiscip Cardiovasc Thorac SurgNov 3, 2026Read case
Case ReportPlastic Surgery

Fascial Patch Reconstruction of a Gastric Conduit Defect Using an Anterolateral Thigh-Vastus Lateralis Composite Free Flap: A Case Report.

A 71-year-old man with a retrosternal gastric conduit developed a full-thickness rupture during coronary artery bypass grafting through median sternotomy.

MicrosurgeryNov 2, 2026Read case
Case ReportOncology (Medical)Open access

Preoperative Temporal Elevation of Cytokeratin 19 Fragment in Thymoma With Extensive Necrosis: A Case Report.

A 73-year-old man presented with chest pain, and CT showed a mediastinal mass with pleural effusion. White blood cell count, C-reactive protein, and cytokeratin 19 fragment (CYFRA) were elevated; CYFRA was 61.3 ng/mL.

Thorac CancerNov 1, 2026Read case
Case ReportCardiothoracic Surgery

Carotid artery bypass and supraclavicular subclavian artery cannulation for cerebral malperfusion in aortic dissection.

A patient with acute type A aortic dissection extending from the aortic root to the right common femoral artery presented with cerebral malperfusion.

Multimed Man Cardiothorac SurgNov 5, 2026Read case

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