Death Announcement

It is with deep sorrow that we report the death of the Brazilian Journal of Cardiovascular Surgery's Editor-in-Chief, the cardiovascular surgeon Dr. Domingo Braile, at the age of 81 years. His contribution to science and medical education is immeasurable. May the Braile family feel comforted in this difficult time. Read more

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Case Report: Surgical Treatment of High-Flow Coronary Fistulas for the Pulmonary Artery

Thales Cantelle Baggio; Larissa Sebold; Igor Cordeiro de Oliveira

Chylous Ascites Developing after Open Thoracoabdominal Aortic Aneurysm Repair in a Patient with Marfan Syndrome

Hakan Kara

Left Ventricular Dissecting Hematoma Caused by Tissue Stabilizer

Ashwini Kumar Pasarad; Madhusudhan Madihalli Gopivallabha; Akshay Kumar Singh; Kishore Kolkebaile Sadanand

Giant Aneurysm of The Non-Coronary Sinus of Valsalva

Murat Ugurlucan; Yahya Yildiz; Ekrem Guler; Mustafa Ozer Ulukan; Didem Melis Oztas; Emin Can Ata; Aydin Kahraman; Korhan Erkanlı; Halil Turkoglu

Does Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus Increase Postoperative Complications in Patients Submitted to Cardiovascular Surgeries?

Cauê Padovani; Regiane Maria da Costa Arruda; Luciana Maria Malosá Sampaio

Adult Congenital Heart Disease Outpatient Clinic. Descriptive Analysis of A 12-Year Experience in Brazil

Fernando Amaral; Paulo Henrique Manso; Maria Fernanda Balthazar Jacob; André Schmidt

Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation: Cutting Through the Edges

Amer Harky; Christiana Bithas; Jeffrey Shi Kai Chan; Mostafa Snosi; Dimitrios Pousios; Andrew D Muir

Safety and Results of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

Luíza Matos Garlini; Fernanda Donner Alves; Adriano Kochi; Priccila Zuchinali; Leandro Zimerman; Mauricio Pimentel; Ingrid Schweigert Perry; Gabriela Corrêa Souza; Nadine Clausell

The Prognostic Value of C-reactive Protein to Albumin Ratio in Patients with Isolated Degenerative Aortic Valve Stenosis Undergoing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

Serkan Kahraman; Arda Can Dogan; Gokhan Demirci; Ali Riza Demir; Emre Yilmaz; Hicaz Zencirkiran Agus; Ali Kemal Kalkan; Fatih Uzun; Mehmet Erturk

The Evolution of Mitral Valve Surgery: the Future in the Hand of Robots

Amer Harky; Hiu Tat Kwok; Ka Siu Fan

Prevention of Pulmonary and Venous Thromboembolism Post Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery – Literature Review

Mansour Jannati; Alireza Abdi Ardecani

Predictive Value of Neutrophil-Lymphocyte Ratio for Long-Term Cardiovascular Event Following Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

Orçun Gürbüz; Gencehan Kumtepe; Hakan Ozkan; Ilker Hasan Karal; Yusuf Velioğlu; Abdulkadir Ercan; Ahmet Yüksel; Serdar Ener

Asymptomatic Huge Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Located in the Interventricular Septum

Taner İyigün; Mugisha Markior Kyaruzi; Veysel Kutay; Seda Tükenmez Karakurt

Giant Left Atrium Associated with Massive Thrombus Formation 14 Years after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

Krzysztof Bartus; Radoslaw Litwinowicz; Boguslaw Kapelak; Grzegorz Filip; Karol Wierzbicki; Randall J. Lee

Primary Biatrial Cardiac Rhabdomyosarcoma

Tetsuro Uchida; Yoshinori Kuroda; Mitsuaki Sadahiro

Type II Aortopulmonary Window with Isolated Left Subclavian Artery from Left Pulmonary Artery

Vishal Agrawal; Abdul Majid; Imelda Jain; Megha Sheth; Amit Mishra

Comparative Study between Surgical Repair of Atrial Septal Defect via Median Sternotomy, Right Submammary Thoracotomy, and Right Vertical Infra-Axillary Thoracotomy

Zeng-Rong Luo; Qiang Chen; Ling-Li Yu; Liang-Wan Chen; Zhong-Yao Huang

Cannot Extubate a Newborn Patient after an Arterial Switch Operation? Check Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals!

Ibrahim Cansaran Tanidir; Erkut Ozturk; Murat Sahin; Sertac Haydin; Alper Guzeltas

Effects of Lidocaine Oropharyngeal Spray Applied Before Endotracheal Intubation on QT Dispersion in Patients Undergoing Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: A Prospective Randomized Controlled Study

Murat Bilgi; Yusuf Velioğlu; Hamit Yoldas; Mehmet Cosgun; Ahmet Yüksel; Ibrahim Karagoz; Isa Yildiz; Abdulhamit Es; Duygu Caliskan; Kemalettin Erdem; Abdullah Demirhan

Transaneurysmal Repair of a Giant Calcified Submitral Left Ventricular Aneurysm

Sachin Sanagar; Shantesh Kaushik; Sanjeev Jadhav; Saurabh Tiwari; Rahul Gupta

Unusual Presentation of Patent Ductus Arteriosus in Elderly Patient

Slobodan V. Micovic; Ivan M. Nesic; Miroslav D. Milicic; Petar M. Vukovic

Late Cardiac Tamponade in a Patient Victim of Penetrating Trauma – Case Report

Adnaldo da Silveira Maia; Alexandre Bichara da Cunha; Magnum Adriel Santos Pereira; Natalia Pompeu Chaves; Ricardo Silva de Morais; Lázaro Araújo de Almeida

Simultaneous Thoracoscopic Approach in a Patient with Long-Standing Persistent Atrial Fibrillation and Primary Lung Cancer: the First Described Case

Aleksandr Zotov; Sergei Vachev; Daniil Borisov; Aleksandr Troitskiy; Robert Khabazov

The Largest Reported Giant Ascending Aortic Aneurysm Presented with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome

Murat Biçer; Ahmet Yüksel; Iris Irem Kan

Kissing Lesion of Mitral Valve - A Case Report

Javid Raja; Rupesh Kumar; Krishna Prasad Gourav

A Sufentanil-Based Rapid Cardiac Anesthesia Regimen in Children Undergoing Percutaneous Minimally-Invasive Intraoperative Device Closure of Ventricular Septal Defect

Zeng-Chun Wang; Qiang Chen; Ling-Shan Yu; Liang-Wan Chen; Gui-Can Zhang

Type 2 Myocardial Infarction Resulted from the Left Thoracic Stomach

Yaming Shi; Yongzhong Zong

Successful Repair of Infantile Scimitar Syndrome with Contralateral Pulmonary Vein Stenosis in an Infant

Mehmet Akif Onalan; Bahar Temur; Selim Aydın; Ersin Erek

Tricuspid Valve Repair with Autologous Pericardium in a Patient with Infective Endocarditis

Henry Leonardo Robayo Amórtegui; Javier Páez Cristancho; Igor Donís-Gómez

Surgical Strategies and Results for Repair of Pulmonary Atresia with Ventricular Septal Defect and Major Aortopulmonary Collaterals: Experience of a Single Tertiary Center

Sertac Haydin; Serhat Bahadır Genç; Erkut Ozturk; Okan Yildiz; Mustafa Gunes; Ibrahim Cansaran Tanidir; Alper Guzeltas

Prognostic Value of Coronary Dominance in Patients Undergoing Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

Emre Selcuk; Deniz Cevirme; Onursal Bugra

Update on Management of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

Rafael de March Ronsoni; Arthur Zanfrilli Marques Souza; Tiago Luiz Luz Leiria; Gustavo Glotz de Lima

Which is the Optimal Frozen Elephant Trunk? A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis of Outcomes in 2161 Patients Undergoing Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm Surgery Using E-vita OPEN PLUS Hybrid Stent Graft versus ThoraflexTM Hybrid Prosthesis

Amer Harky; Matthew Fok; Mohamad Bashir

Constrictive Pericarditis with Extensive Calcification and Caseous Necrosis

Marco Antônio Volpe; Jorge Edwin Morocho Paredes; Emerson Maron; Isaac Samuel Moscoso Sanchez; João Alberto Pastor de Oliveira; Luiza Zita D’Albuquerque Silveira

Concurrent Validity of the Static and Dynamic Measures of Inspiratory Muscle Strength: Comparison between Maximal Inspiratory Pressure and S-Index

Guilherme de Souza Areias; Luan Rodrigues Santiago; Daniel Sobral Teixeira; Michel Silva Reis

Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation and Concomitant Dor Procedure: a Single Center Experience

Andreas Schaefer; Yvonne Schneeberger; Liesa Castro; Bjoern Sill; Yousuf Alassar; Meike Rybczynski; Markus J Barten; Hanno Grahn; Hermann Reichenspurner; Sebastian A Philipp; Alexander M Bernhardt

The Role of Vaccinium Myrtillus in the Prevention of Renal Injury in an Experimental Model of Ruptured Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

Şaban Ergene; Doğuş Hemşinli; Sedat Ozan Karakişi; Tolga Mercantepe; Levent Tumkaya; Adnan Yilmaz

Unusual Hydatid Cysts: Cardiac and Pelvic-Ilio femoral Hydatid Cyst Case Reports and Literature Review

Nazim Kankilic; Mehmet Salih Aydin; Tansel Günendi; Mustafa Göz

Is there any Link Between Vitamin D and Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Cardioversion?

Belma Yaman; Levent Cerit; Hatice Kemal Günsel; Zeynep Cerit; Songül Usalp; Ümit Yüksek; Uğur Coşkun; Hamza Duygu; Onur Akpınar

The Relationship Between Epicardial Adipose Tissue Thickness and Presence of Left Atrial Thrombus in Mitral Stenosis Patients

Ender Ozal

Impact of Vacuum-Assisted Venous Drainage on Forward Flow in Simulated Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits Utilizing a Centrifugal Arterial Pump Head

Daniel Peres Guimarães; Luiz Fernando Caneo; Gregory Matte; Luciana P. Carletto; Valéria Camargo Policarpo; Ana Vitória C. X. Castro; Matheus H. C. Miranda; Priscila S. Costa; Marcelo B. Jatene; Idagene Cestari; Fabio B. Jatene

Current Issue

Volume 35 - Issue 2 / 2020

EDITORIAL

1 - COVID-19: GENERAL GUIDELINES FOR CARDIOVASCULAR SURGEONS (standard guidelines – subject to change)

Leila Barros; Luiz Antonio Rivetti; Beatriz Helena Furlanetto; Eduardo Miranda Teixeira; Alexandre Welikow

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):I-III

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2 - 50 Years of Children’s HeartLink and the Partnerships in Brazil

Ulisses Croti; Valdester Cavalcante Junior; Marcelo Biscegli Jatene; Andreas Tsakistos; Bistra Zheleva

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):IV-VI

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3 - Trends in Utilization and In-hospital Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery

Javier de Miguel-Díez; Rodrigo Jiménez-García; Ana López-de-Andrés

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):VII-IX

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ORIGINAL ARTICLE

4 - Hemodynamic and Imaging Assessment of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with the Inovare® Proseal using Multislice Computed Tomography

Apoana Gomes Fiori; Matheus Simonato; Alfredo Eyer; José Honório Palma da Fonseca; Diego Felipe Gaia

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):127-133

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5 - Impact of Vacuum-Assisted Venous Drainage on Forward Flow in Simulated Pediatric Cardiopulmonary Bypass Circuits Utilizing a Centrifugal Arterial Pump Head

Daniel Peres Guimarães; Luiz Fernando Canêo; Gregory Matte; Luciana P. Carletto; Valéria Camargo Policarpo; Ana Vitória C. X. Castro; Matheus H. C. Miranda; Priscila S. Costa; Marcelo B. Jatene; Idagene Cestari; Fábio B. Jatene

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):134-140

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6 - German Aortic Valve Score in Risk Assessment for Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in a Brazilian Center

Sérgio C. Rayol; Michel Pompeu B. O. Sá; Luiz Rafael P. Cavalcanti; Roberto G. S. Diniz; Álvaro M. Perazzo; Antônio C. A. Escorel Neto; Konstantin Zhigalov; Arjang Ruhparwar; Alexander Weymann; Ricardo C. Lima

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):141-144

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7 - Is the Newly Defined R2CHA2DS2-Vasc Score a Predictor for Late Mortality in Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement?

Muhsin Kalyoncuoglu; Semi Ozturk

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):145-154

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8 - A Simple Predictive Factor for Mortality in Fontan Surgery: Serum Hypo-Osmolality

Baburhan Ozbek; Nursen Tanrıkulu

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):155-159

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9 - The Effect of Diclofenac on Bleeding, Platelet Function, and Consumption of Opioids Following Cardiac Surgery

Irena Osojnik; Mirt Kamenik

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):160-168

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10 - Safety and Results of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Patients with Cardiac Implantable Electronic Devices

Luíza Matos Garlini; Fernanda Donner Alves; Adriano Nunes Kochi; Priccila Zuchinali; Leandro Zimerman; Mauricio Pimentel; Ingrid Schweigert Perry; Gabriela Corrêa Souza; Nadine Clausell

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):169-174

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11 - Mean Platelet Volume-to-Platelet Count Ratio, Mean Platelet Volume-to-Lymphocyte Ratio, and Red Blood Cell Distribution Width-Platelet Count Ratio as Markers of Inflammation in Patients with Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm

Yusuf Kenan Tekin; Gülacan Tekin

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):175-180

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12 - Effect of Papaverine on Left Internal Mammary Artery Flow: Topical Spraying versus Perivascular Injection Method

S L Girish Gowda; H V Jayanth Kumar; G S Veeresh; Anand Kuriyan Mathew; Manjunath Cholenahally Nanjappa

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):181-184

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13 - Minithoracotomy vs. Conventional Mitral Valve Surgery for Rheumatic Mitral Valve Stenosis: a Single-Center Analysis of 128 Patients

Igor Chernov; Soslan Enginoev; Dmitry Koz’min; Gasan Magomedov; Dmitry Tarasov; Michel Pompeu B. O. Sá; Alexander Weymann; Konstantin Zhigalov

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):185-190

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14 - Is there any Link Between Vitamin D and Recurrence of Atrial Fibrillation after Cardioversion?

Belma Yaman; Levent Cerit; Hatice Kemal Günsel; Zeynep Cerit; Songül Usalp; Ümit Yüksek; Uğur Coşkun; Hamza Duygu; Onur Akpınar

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):191-197

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15 - Predicting Outcomes of Penetrating Cardiovascular Injuries at a Rural Center by Different Scoring Systems

Ali Ahmet Arikan; Emre Selçuk; Fatih Avni Bayraktar

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):198-205

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REVIEW ARTICLE

16 - Update on Management of Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Cardiac Surgery

Rafael de March Ronsoni; Arthur Zanfrilli Marques Souza; Tiago Luiz Luz Leiria; Gustavo Glotz de Lima

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):206-210

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17 - Acute Kidney Injury Associated with Cardiac Surgery: a Comprehensive Literature Review

Amer Harky; Mihika Joshi; Shubhi Gupta; Wan Yi Teoh; Francesca Gatta; Mostafa Snosi

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):211-224

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MULTIMEDIA

18 - Batista Procedure with the Aid of Intraoperative Epicardial Echocardiography

Ken Nakamura; Tetsuro Uchida; Azumi Hamasaki; Mitsuaki Sadahiro

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):225-228

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CASE REPORT

19 - A Very Rare Combination: two Scimitar Veins and a Myocardial Bridge

Freddy Ponce Tirado; Nora Pierina Fernandez Faconi; Ricardo Barros Corso; Isaac Azevedo Silva

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):229-231

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20 - Compression of the Left Atrium and Pulmonary Veins Due to Ascending and Descending Aortic Aneurysms

Muzaffer Kahyaoglu; Cetin Gecmen; Mehmet Altug Tuncer

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):232-234

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21 - Asymptomatic Huge Cardiac Hydatid Cyst Located in the Interventricular Septum

Taner İyigün; Mugisha Markior Kyaruzi; Veysel Kutay; Seda Tükenmez Karakurt

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):235-238

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LETTER OF EDITOR

22 - Are Pre and Postoperative Platelet to Lymphocyte Ratio and Neutrophil to Lymphocyte Ratio Associated with Early Postoperative AKI Following CABG?

Mesut Engin

Braz J Cardiovasc Surg. 2020;35(2):329

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