The Journal of thoracic and cardiovascular surgery
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Mar 2023
A novel predictive model for poor in-hospital outcomes in patients with acute kidney injury after cardiac surgery.
Patients with cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury are at risk of renal replacement therapy and in-hospital death. We aimed to develop and validate a novel predictive model for poor in-hospital outcomes among patients with cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury. ⋯ We developed and validated a promising predictive model for in-hospital composite outcomes among patients with cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury and demonstrated interleukin-16 and interleukin-8 as useful predictors to improve risk stratification for poor in-hospital outcomes among those with cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Mar 2023
Editorial CommentCommentary: You want to do WHAT with my patient?!?
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Mar 2023
Meta AnalysisCoronary artery bypass with single versus multiple arterial grafts in women: A meta-analysis.
The study objective was to investigate the impact of multiple arterial grafting on long-term all-cause mortality in women undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting. ⋯ The use of multiple arterial grafting in women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting is associated with lower long-term mortality, although the difference is mostly driven by small series. Further studies, including randomized trials, are needed to evaluate the efficacy of multiple arterial grafting in women undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting.
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J. Thorac. Cardiovasc. Surg. · Mar 2023
Multicenter StudyPrevalence and anatomical characteristics of subsuperior segment in lung lower lobe.
The subsuperior segment is an atypical pulmonary segment of the lung lower lobe. With the increased application of segmentectomy, it has received increased attention from thoracic surgeons. Studies of the subsuperior segment are scarce and mostly on the basis of small-sample autopsy studies, whose described characteristics are inconsistent with intraoperative observations. Our objective was to accurately define the subsuperior segment and elucidate its prevalence and anatomical characteristics in detail. ⋯ Using a multicenter large-sample study, we calculated a 32.04% prevalence and systematically detailed the anatomical characteristics of the subsuperior segment in the lung lower lobe, corrected previous reports, and supplemented pulmonary anatomical studies.