Issue 3/2021
Content (32 Articles)
Embracing uncertainty: an empathy and resilience-based approach to cardiothoracic surgery in a post-pandemic era
Bashi V. Velayudhan
Atrial septal defect closure: rethinking device vs surgery
Shamsher Singh Lohchab, Sunil Sharma
Cell-free DNA in the surveillance of heart transplant rejection
Dhruva Sharma, Ganapathy Subramaniam, Neha Sharma, Preksha Sharma
Temporary mechanical circulatory support: insights and evolving strategies
Anvay Mulay, Talha Meeran, Ashish Gaur, Sandeep Sinha, Pravin Kulkarni, Neeraj Kamat, Satish Javali, Amish Jasapara, Vijay Shetty
Surgical management of empyema thoracis – experience of a decade in a tertiary care centre in India
Santhosh Regini Benjamin, Rijoy Kolakkada Panakkada, Shalom Sylvester Andugala, Birla Roy Gnanamuthu, Vinay Murahari Rao, Deepak Narayanan, Aamir Mohammad, Mallampati Sameer
Dual left anterior descending artery: diagnostic criteria and novel classification
Pankaj Jariwala, Kartik Pandurang Jadhav, Saratchandra Koduganti
Increasing role of cardiac surgeons in managing cardiac perforations during ever-expanding percutaneous interventions: a mini-review
Kaushalendra Rathore
Migraine-like headaches associated with nickel allergy requiring removal of atrial septal defect closure device
Prasanth Sadasivan Nair, Joseph Swaminadan Jaya, Andrea Comella, Julian Anderson Smith, Richard Harper, Prashant Prakash Joshi
Frozen elephant trunk in acute type A aortic dissection: surgical techniques and the extracorporeal circuit management
Mohammed Idhrees, Mohammed Ibrahim, Arunkumar, Murali Krishnaswami, Aju Jacob, Bashi Velayudhan
Tuberculous osteomyelitis of tibial diaphysis following saphenous vein graft harvest for coronary artery bypass: a case report
Sumit Arora, Jatin Talwar, Vikramadittya Singh, Vikas Gupta
Complex bronchial ruptures in blunt thoracic trauma: management and outcome
Hassan Jamal Eddine, Walid Abu Arab, Ahmed AlSaleh, Haisam Saad, Salah Termos
A rare case of Kawasaki disease with giant coronary artery aneurysm
Prateek Vaswani, Yatin Arora, Manoj Kumar Sahu, Devagourou Velayoudam
Narrowing of the dark valve: aortic stenosis in alkaptonuria
Ketak Nagare, Mohammed Idhrees, Mohammed Ibrahim, Aju Jacob, Bashi Velayudhan
Use of ivabradine for treatment of junctional ectopic tachycardia in post congenital heart surgery
Dhruva Sharma, Ganapathy Subramaniam, Neha Sharma
Mitral valve leaflet diverticulum with vegetation—a rare complication in rheumatic heart disease
Ankur Agarwal, Krishna Kumar Mohanan Nair, Ajitkumar Valaparambil
Tetralogy of Fallot correction with transannular patch reconstruction in a patient with an anomalous right coronary artery and an unusual course of the right ventricular branch
Sabrina Anne Gonzalez, Sivakumar Sivalingam
Recurrent ascending aortic pseudoaneurysms: rare but a feared complication
Kaushalendra Rathore
Bilateral pneumothoraces secondary to an isolated midline zone 1 cervical stab injury
Srikanth Kasturi, Arvind Muthirevula, Amulya Siddarameshwar Gadennavar, Vijay Cholenahalli Lingaraju
LVAD as a bridge to decision complicated with pump thrombosis and infection
Diego Iglesias-Álvarez, Vikrant Pathania
Hybridizing the hybrid: a “serendipitous bridge” to heart transplantation in a child with hypoplastic left heart syndrome
Sanjog Rawtani, Misty Reis, Sanjiv K. Gandhi
Extended resection for unexpected invasion of the left sided lung cancer into the liver: combined lung, diaphragm, and liver resection
Güntuğ Batıhan, Şeyda Örs Kaya
Virtual crossmatch–prodigal saviour of cardiac transplants in India
Talha Meeran, Anvay Mulay, Ashish Gaur, Sandeep Sinha, Rajeshwari Basavanna
Intracardiac relation of extrahepatic persistent right umbilical vein
Sowmya Venkata Ramanan, Sameer Mohammed, Baiju Sasi Dharan
Aberrant origin of right vertebral artery from the arch of aorta
Jayanta Das, Tapesh Bhattacharyya, Sayantani Sinha, Soumendranath Ray
A maze of pearls in the chest
Kishan Magatapalli, Nitin Kashyap, Klein Dantis, Preetam Sahani
Asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis—operate or watch?
Pradeep Narayan
Survival analysis—part 3: intermediate events and the importance of competing risks
Salil Vasudeo Deo, Vaishali Deo, Varun Sundaram
The ageing cardiac surgeon—neither a bane, nor a boon, but a problem that needs to be addressed
Sudipto Bhattacharya
A shining star of congenital heart surgery—a tribute to Dr. William I Norwood Jr (1941–2020)
Smruti Ranjan Mohanty