Objectives: To elucidate the epidemiology, complication profiles, hospital outcome, and
predisposing factors of CNS complications occurring during venoarterial extracorporeal …

Objectives: To assess in-hospital neurologic (CNS) complications in adult patients undergoing
veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for respiratory failure. Design: …

Background Acute fulminant myocarditis (AFM) may represent a life-threatening event,
characterized by rapidly progressive cardiac compromise that ultimately leads to refractory …

OBJECTIVE: It is uncertain whether mitral valve replacement is really inferior to mitral valve
repair for the treatment of chronic ischemic mitral regurgitation. This multicenter study aimed …

In an attempt to better understand breast tumors sensitivity or resistance to anticancer drugs,
the main drug-metabolizing enzyme systems were evaluated in both breast tumors and …

Background Venoarterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) for refractory
cardiogenic shock (RCS) is increasingly used in adult patients, but age represents a …

Background We compared short-term results of a hybrid versus a standard surgical bilateral
thoracoscopic approach employing radiofrequency (RF) sources in the surgical treatment of …

Background We evaluated the safety and effectiveness of the hybrid thoracoscopic endocardial
epicardial technique for the treatment of lone atrial fibrillation. Methods Between 2009 …

Background: The use of the intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP) as a support device remains
controversial due to the fact that a number of studies have shown no benefit in end mortality …

The hybrid approach combines an epicardial ablation with a percutaneous endocardial
ablation in a single-step or sequential procedure. This study provides an overview of the hybrid …