Article Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: November 1, 2016
Recent findings on the incidence and pathophysiology of bioprosthetic valve thrombosis require revisiting existing guidelines against routine echoc...
Article Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: November 1, 2016
Robotic lobectomy can be successfully taught by dividing the procedure into a series of surgical maneuvers or steps.
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 27, 2016
Key clinical point: This study identifies key clinical features of the pathophysiology of exercise intolerance in chronic thromboembolic disease (C...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 27, 2016
Key clinical point: Lung transplant recipients who received extended-criteria donor (ECD) lungs have lower rates of 1-year survival than recipients...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 26, 2016
Key clinical point: Intraoperative transesophageal echocardiography has modest sensitivity but high specificity for detecting ventricular septal d...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 26, 2016
Key clinical point: Transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement technology has reached a critical point that requires cardiac surgeons to as...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: September 22, 2016
COLUMBUS, OHIO – Disparities in amputation rates suggest a need to address access to care and improve communication and education with regard to amput...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: August 22, 2016
Key clinical point: Cardiac surgeons should use multiple arterial coronary artery bypass grafting (MAG) more frequently because it achieves superio...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: August 19, 2016
Key clinical point: Volatile inhaled anesthesia may affect neurodevelopment in infants with hypoplastic left heart syndrome. Major finding: Differe...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: August 17, 2016
Key clinical point: A combined type Y-shaped self-expandable coated metallic stent is a new approach for treatment of airway fistulas. Major findin...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: July 19, 2016
Key clinical point: Cardiac MRI with virtual angioscopy (VA) can perform pre- and postoperative assessment in pediatric patients with anomalous cor...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: July 15, 2016
Key clinical point: The biomarker syndecan-1 may aid in determining acute kidney injury risk for children having cardiac surgery.
Major finding: C...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: July 15, 2016
Key clinical point: No specific technique for bilateral internal thoracic artery (BITA) graft in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) has an adv...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: July 15, 2016
Key clinical point: Four-branched total aortic arch replacement can achieve acceptable early and late results.
Major finding: Overall in-hospital...
News Author: Richard Mark Kirkner Publish date: July 15, 2016
Key clinical point: Surgeons must think of outcomes for operations to correct aortic arch disease in children in the context of decades, not years...
