In peripheral cannulation for minimally invasive cardiac surgery, body mass index, cannula size and operation time can be considered as risk factors for leg ischemia.
the number of patients undergoing robotic MV repair in Japan is estimated to increase. We expect that our report will be a landmark national study. We present the early and midterm clinical outcomes of patients undergoing TERMVR; we also evaluated their postoperative complications and long-term outcomes. Methods This study was approved by the Institutional Review Board of NewHeart Watanabe Institute, Japan. Written informed consent was given by all participants before the study. The da
The “crossed swords sign,” demonstrating the divergent jet, is visualized on 2-dimensional color Doppler imaging and indicates complicated mitral regurgitation (MR). We describe the cases of two patients with varying patterns of the crossed swords sign. In the first patient, the crossed swords sign was detected during the holosystolic phase. In the second patient, the direction of the MR jet changed according to the phase of systole: The crossed swords sign was formed by two regurgitation jets during different phases of systole. The crossed swords sign implies two patterns and is useful for the accurate diagnosis of complex MR.
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