ConferenceJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · May 2023
OBJECTIVE: This study sought to identify the optimal temperature for moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest in patients undergoing elective hemiarch replacement with antegrade brain perfusion. METHODS: The Society of Thoracic Surgeons adult cardiac surger ...
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ConferenceAnn Surg · January 1, 2023
OBJECTIVES: We describe utilization trends and center volume-outcomes relationship of ER of early stage esophageal cancer using a large hospitalbased registry. SUMMARY OF BACKGROUND DATA: ER is increasingly accepted as the preferred treatment for early sta ...
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ConferenceAnn Thorac Surg · September 2022
BACKGROUND: Coronary endarterectomy (CE) is an uncommon and often unplanned technique used to approach difficult targets during coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). We evaluated the outcomes of CABG with CE (CE-CABG) using The Society of Thoracic Surgeo ...
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ConferenceEur J Cardiothorac Surg · July 30, 2021
OBJECTIVES: The impact of hypothermic circulatory arrest (HCA) temperature on postoperative acute kidney injury (AKI) has not been evaluated. This study examined the association between circulatory arrest temperatures and AKI in patients undergoing proxima ...
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ConferenceJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · April 2021
BACKGROUND: There is poor understanding of the comparative effectiveness of lobar and sublobar resections for limited-stage small cell lung cancer (SCLC). We analyzed the National Cancer Database to examine the outcomes of patients undergoing wedge resecti ...
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ConferenceJ Thorac Cardiovasc Surg · July 2020
BACKGROUND: Endoscopic resection has emerged as a treatment option for T1a esophageal cancer, but the impact of age on patient selection for surgery versus endoscopic resection has not been well studied. We hypothesized that endoscopic resection would be a ...
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ConferenceThe Journal of heart and lung transplantation : the official publication of the International Society for Heart Transplantation · April 1, 2020
PURPOSE: The choice of single (SOLT) or bilateral orthotopic lung transplant (BOLT) for interstitial lung disease (ILD) remains controversial. Our center adopted a staged BOLT approach for higher surgical risk ILD patients, in which they undergo a single l ...
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