BACKGROUND Surgical management of concomitant pulmonary and cardiac disease remains controversial. There is no consensus on the use of a one- or two-staged procedure, the timing of heparinization and the utilisation of cardio-pulmonary bypass. METHODS We performed a retrospective review of 27 patients who underwent pulmonary and cardiac surgery, from 2000 to 2008, in two institutions. We focu...

32 The Journal of Thoracic and Cardio bjectives: The benefits of statin therapy for patients with coronary artery disease ave been well documented, including those occurring after coronary artery bypass raft surgery. The purposes of this study were to assess statin prescription rates in atients who have undergone coronary artery bypass graft surgery and to identify he determinants of postoperat...

Skeletal muscle metabolic function is known to respond positively to exercise interventions. Developing non-invasive techniques that quantify metabolic adaptations and identifying interventions that impart successful response are ongoing challenges for research. Healthy non-athletic adults (18-35 years old) were enrolled in a study investigating physiological adaptations to a minimum of 16 week...

The effects of antegrade and antegrade with retrograde delivery of cardioplegic solution were evaluated in 60 patients who underwent myocardial revascularisation. All patients had triple vessel coronary artery disease and underwent revascularisation using arterial and vein grafts. Myocardial protection consisted of administration of the St.Thomas' Hospital cardioplegic solution, topical slushed...

Over the past decade, understanding about feedback mechanisms involving the heart, lung and kidney is significantly improved. Each organ injury may trigger hemodynamic, neuro-hormonal and cellular pathway that may damage diverse organs. Recurrent acute on chronic injury may lead to the advanced stage of disease. On the other hand, chronic pathological conditions may decrease functional reserve ...

dear colleagues, welcome to the fourth issue of the journal of cardio-thoracic medicine. we are grateful that with support and cooperation of our dear colleagues, the first year of jctm publication passed successfully. we are expecting to promote the indexing of journal of cardio-thoracic medicine in the following year. in this issue, a valuable review article has been written by dr.corlateanu ...

The structure and the functioning of cardio-pulmonary system is complex and statistical physics appear to be suitable for their characterization. In this review, we examine scaling in cardio-pulmonary physiology. The focus will be on the interpretation of scaling behaviors and their relation to structure-function in the normal and diseased cardio-pulmonary system. First, we overview fluctuation...