Brachial Plexus Injury (BPI) is an uncommon complication of median sternotomy capable of causing a permanent or transitory sensitivity and/or motor function impairment in the upper limbs. During a cardiac surgery through sternotomy, for the assessment of the thoracic cage configuration and the site of mediastinal structures, a broader surgical field may be required. If the sternal retractors ar...

CARDIAC arrest is a frightening complication which may confront a surgeon at any operation. It is fortunate that it is relatively uncommon, but there is a danger of false security. Eye surgeons face this complication less frequently than general or thoracic surgeons, but few ofthose who have practised for many years have not met cases of actual or threatened cardiac arrest. Kirsch, Samet, Kugel...

We determined the knowledge of parents of 200 pediatric patients for bacterial endocarditis prophylaxis (BEP ), using an eight question survey pertaining to their knowledge of their child's cardiac disease, medications, and BEP. The patient's cardiac lesion and current medications were verified at the time of admission for diagnostic or interventional cardiac catheterization. Each patient's...

Furthermore, patients admitted to hospital with a medical condition (e.g. cardiac failure) may also develop a surgical complication (e.g. perforated duodenal ulcer) that requires surgical expertise and transfer to a surgical team’s care. However, we now recognise that some patients are at particularly high risk of physiological deterioration or developing a complication (Table 1). Table 1: Pat...

Background: Atrial fibrillation (AF) is the most common complication in patients undergoing cardiac surgery. However, pathogenesis of postoperative AF (POAF) elusive, and research related to this topic sparse. Our study aimed identify key gene modules genes conduct a circular RNA (circRNA)-microRNA (miRNA)-messenger (mRNA) regulatory network analysis POAF on basis bioinformatic analysis.

Mycotic cerebral aneurysm is a relatively rare but very serious complication of infective endocarditis. Infective endocarditis is a rare but a potentially fatal complication of pregnancy. We report here two very rare cases of infective endocarditis associated with mycotic cerebral aneurysm in peripartum women. In one case, cardiac surgery was performed prior to cerebral surgery and after delive...