Kara, Hakan
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
Chylous ascites is the pathologic accumulation of chylous fluid in the peritoneal cavity, caused by lymphomas, metastatic malignancies, and abdominal surgeries, rarely due to surgical trauma of the cisterna chyli or its major branches. A 24-year-old man with history of Marfan syndrome presented to our hospital with abdominal distention, abdominal p...
Ugurlucan, Murat Yildiz, Yahya Guler, Ekrem Ulukan, Mustafa Ozer Oztas, Didem Melis Ata, Emin Can Kahraman, Aydin Erkanli, Korhan Turkoglu, Halil
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
Aneurysms of the sinuses of Valsalva are defined as dilatation of the aortic root region between the aortic annulus and the sinotubular junction. Isolated aneurysms of the sinus of Valsalva are rare cardiovascular pathologies. They may be congenital, especially secondary to connective tissue disorders or in conjunction with congenital cardiac defec...
Pasarad, Ashwini Kumar Gopivallabha, Madhusudhan Madihalli Singh, Akshay Kumar Sadanand, Kishore Kolkebaile
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
Coronary artery bypass grafting is a commonly performed procedure for coronary revascularization. We describe the successful management of left ventricular dissecting hematoma, caused by the tissue stabilizer, while performing off-pump coronary artery bypass graft procedure.
Baggio, Thales Cantelle Sebold, Larissa Oliveira, Igor Cordeiro de
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
Coronary fistulas are rare anomalies that can affect approximately 1% of the population, presenting few specific symptoms, and are often found occasionally in coronary angiography. Here we describe the case of a 61-year-old patient with complaints of precordialgia and dyspnea since adolescence, with late diagnosis of coronary fistulas with drainage...
Pala, Arda Aybars Iner, Hasan Ercisli, Murat Abdulhamit
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
Caseous calcification of the mitral annulus (CCMA) is known to be a rare variant of mitral annulus calcification, a chronic and degenerative process of the mitral valve fibrous ring. It usually carries a benign prognosis. The following case demonstrates a huge mitral annulus caseoma that complicated with severe mitral regurgitation and was treated ...
Gopivallabha, Madhusudhan M Singh, Akshay Kumar Pasarad, Ashwini Kumar Parashuraman, Ponnuswamy Govindareddy, Anil Kumar
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
Hydatid cystic disease is a significant clinical problem in endemic countries. Hydatid cysts are most commonly located in the liver and lungs. Primary mediastinal hydatid cyst is a rare clinical entity. The diagnosis must be considered in a patient with a mediastinal mass, particularly in endemic regions. Mediastinal hydatid cysts causing paralysis...
Hou, Jian Yue, Yuan Hu, Bo Xu, Guangtao Su, Ruibing Lv, Linhua Huang, Jiaxing Yao, Jianping Guan, Yuanjun Wang, Keke
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
To determine the role of the dishevelled binding antagonist of beta catenin 1 (DACT1) in the cytoskeletal arrangement of cardiomyocytes in atrial fibrillation (AF). The DACT1 expression and its associations with the degree of fibrosis and β-catenin in valvular disease patients were analyzed by immunohistochemistry and Masson's staining. DACT1 was o...
Chaud, Fernando Tucci, Silvio Junior Bassetto, Solange Reis, Rodolfo Borges Dos Rodrigues, Alfredo José Vicente, Walter Vilella de Andrade Evora, Paulo Roberto Barbosa
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
Adrenocortical and renal cell carcinomas rarely invade the right atrium (RA). These neoplasms need surgical treatment, are very aggressive and have poor prognostic and surgical outcomes. We present a retrospective cohort of nine cases of RA invasion through the inferior vena cava (four adrenocortical carcinomas and five renal cell carcinomas). Over...
Bedel, Cihan Selvi, Fatih
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
To evaluate the relationship between neutrophil to lymphocyte ratio (NLR) and platelet to lymphocyte ratio (PLR) with in-hospital mortality in type A acute aortic dissection (AAD). A total of 96 patients who presented to the emergency department between January 2013 and June 2018 with a diagnosis of type A AAD were enrolled in this study. White blo...
Cordeiro, André Luiz Lisboa Carvalho, Sarah Leite, Maria Clara Vila-Flor, André Freitas, Bruno Sousa, Lucas Oliveira, Quetla Guimarães, André Raimundo
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Brazilian journal of cardiovascular surgery
To evaluate the impact of different levels of positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) on gas exchange in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). A randomized clinical trial was conducted with patients undergoing CABG surgery. Patients were randomized into three groups: Group 10, PEEP of 10 cmH2O; Group 12, PEEP of 12 cmH2O; and ...
