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Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2021 Feb 28. Epub 2021 Feb 28.

Division of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery, Kepler University Hospital, JKU, Linz, Austria.

Objectives: Percutaneous pulmonary valve prostheses and right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery conduits are at risk for infective endocarditis (IE). In children and adults with a congenital heart disease, a pulmonary valve implant is frequently necessary. Prosthetic valve endocarditis is a conservatively barely manageable, serious life-threatening condition. Read More

Ann Thorac Surg 2021 Mar 2. Epub 2021 Mar 2.

Department of Cardiac Surgery, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA.

Background: Thromboelastography (TEG) predicts bleeding in pediatric patients undergoing cardiac surgery. We hypothesize that TEG parameters at rewarming correlate with post-protamine values and that rewarming TEG is associated with surrogate endpoints for postoperative bleeding in pediatric patients undergoing complex cardiac surgery.

Methods: In a retrospective study of pediatric (≤18yrs) patients (N=703) undergoing complex cardiac surgery procedures, TEG obtained during rewarming and following protamine administration were compared using linear regression. Read More

Swiss Dent J 2021 Mar;131(3):245-251

Klinik für Oral Health & Medicine, Universitäres Zentrum für Zahnmedizin Basel UZB und Universität Basel.

Surgical interventions in the dental practice as well as interventions in the ear, nose and throat area, the skin, the respiratory, gastrointestinal or urogenital tract can lead to transient bacteremia. As a result, an infectious endocarditis (IE) may occur. Overall, this is a rare occurrence, but it is associated with high morbidity and mortality. Read More

Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 2021 Mar 4. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Division of Pediatric Cardiology, Sanger Heart and Vascular Institute, Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, North Carolina, USA.

An infant with ductal dependent pulmonary blood flow who underwent neonatal ductal stenting and, 4 months later, developed ductal stent endocarditis due to Streptococcus gallolyticus subsp. pasteurianus was described. The infection was associated with a moderate aortic pseudoaneurysm and the patient was treated with antibiotics as well as surgical aortic pseudoaneurysm repair. Read More

Adv Ther 2021 Mar 4. Epub 2021 Mar 4.

Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain.

Introduction: Rapid deployment aortic valve replacement has been recently introduced in clinical practice. Different studies have reported a significant reduction in surgical times with excellent hemodynamic profiles and short-term results. However, an increase in permanent pacemaker requirements compared with conventional aortic valve replacement has been described. Read More