The Annals of thoracic surgery
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Case Reports
Silicone y-stent placement on the carina between bronchus to the right upper lobe and bronchus intermedius.
Airway stenting using a silicone stent has become widespread for the palliation of airway stenosis. We often encounter patients with tumors involving the carina between the bronchus to the right upper lobe and bronchus intermedius. ⋯ We report three cases of malignant disease inserted with a Y-stent so that the bronchial limbs of the stent saddle the involved carina between the bronchus to the right upper lobe and bronchus intermedius. The respiratory symptoms improved immediately after the procedure.
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Hybrid revascularization has been used in minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting and percutaneous coronary intervention for multivessel coronary artery disease (CAD). Very few endoscopic robotic coronary bypasses on the beating heart have been reported. The aim of this study was to assess hybrid revascularization by endoscopic robotic coronary artery bypass on the beating heart with percutaneous coronary intervention in a staged approach. ⋯ Our preliminary study shows that hybrid coronary revascularization by endoscopic robotic coronary artery bypass grafting on a beating heart and subsequent stent placement is a feasible integrated approach for patients with multivessel CAD.
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The aim of this retrospective study was to evaluate the clinical outcome of treating or not treating moderate-or-more functional tricuspid regurgitation in patients with functional mitral regurgitation undergoing mitral valve surgery. ⋯ Tricuspid annuloplasty is an easy and safe procedure, mandatory in case of at least moderate functional tricuspid regurgitation to achieve better mid-term outcome in patients with functional mitral regurgitation undergoing mitral valve surgery.