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Neonatal hemostatic immaturity complicates anticoagulation during cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). Current practice largely follows the strategy of 400 U/kg from adult protocols, as neonatal-specific guidelines and…
Read casePrimary hyperhidrosis substantially impairs quality of life. Conventional sympathectomy risks compensatory hyperhidrosis through trunk disruption, whilst selective sympathectomy preserves the trunk while dividing…
An older adult presented with severe acute ischemic stroke from a mural thrombus on the posterior wall of the mid-basilar artery.
A patient undergoing robotic left upper lobectomy for a Pancoast tumour developed an intraoperative pulmonary artery bleed.
A 36-year-old woman with severe dilated cardiomyopathy underwent heart transplantation and subsequently developed subarachnoid hemorrhage and septic shock.
A patient was diagnosed with a papillary fibroelastoma involving the mitral valve. Three-dimensional transesophageal echocardiography (3D TEE) was used to characterize the suspected lesion and assess its anatomy…
A 23-year-old man presented with dyspnea, fatigue, and cough. CT showed a lobulated mass anterior to the distal trachea and main carina; bronchoscopy demonstrated carinal widening, significant stenosis of both mainstem…
A male patient was found incidentally to have a hydatid cyst arising from the posterior wall of the left ventricle. The cyst was completely removed en bloc through a left ventriculotomy.
A 59-year-old patient with Barlow’s disease presented with severe mitral regurgitation from asymmetric anterior leaflet prolapse.
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