Emanuele Malta

RF92 USEFULNESS OF PATIENT-SPECIFIC NEAR-INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY-BASED ALGORITHMS FOR THE INTRAOPERATIVE MANAGEMENT DURING CARDIAC SURGERY

Giuseppe Filiberto Serraino, Federica Jiritano, C. Garrasi, Giuseppe Musolino et autres

Background: After a systematic review showing poor and conflicting results about the clinical effectiveness of near-infrared spectroscopy (NIRS)-based patient-specific goal-directed algorithms for the prevention of organ failure, sepsis and death in cardiac surgery patients, the proposal of this study was to evaluate …

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Thrombocytopenia after sutureless aortic valve implantation: Comparison between Intuity and Perceval bioprostheses

Federica Jiritano, Lucia Cristodoro, Emanuele Malta, Pasquale Mastroroberto

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An Integrated Approach to von Willebrand Disease and Surgical Myocardial Revascularization

Lucia Cristodoro, Egidio Bevacqua, Emanuele Malta, Pasquale Mastroroberto et autres

Cardiac surgery in patients with preexisting bleeding disorders can be a challenge. Cardiopulmonary bypass can lead to bleeding disorders, above all in patients with coagulopathy. We report the case of a 42-year-old woman, with type I von Willebrand disease, who underwent off-pump …

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What you would not expect after a difficult intra-aortic balloon pump removal

Federica Jiritano, Michele Rossi, Emanuele Malta, Pasquale Mastroroberto

We report a case of malfunction of a sheetless intra-aortic balloon pump due to rupture of the internal metal wire rather than the plastic balloon itself. In fact, the balloon envelope remained intact up to the extraction, keeping the two parts of …

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Competitive flow between a vein and an arterial graft at transit-time flow measurement

Michele Rossi, Federica Jiritano, Emanuele Malta, Attilio Renzulli

We report the intraoperative finding, at a transit-time flow measurement, of competitive flow between a venous and an arterial graft in a 72-year old woman who underwent uncomplicated coronary artery bypass grafting 3. The blood flow in the left internal mammary artery …

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Inhibition by dipyridamole of neutrophil adhesion to vascular endothelium during coronary bypass surgery

Massimo Chello, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Emanuele Malta, Francesco Cirillo et autres

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Primary Chylopericardium in a Heroin Addict

Massimo Chello, Pasquale Mastroroberto, Francesco Cirillo, Emanuele Malta

We describe a case of primary chylopericardium following acute Staphylococcus aureus endocarditis in a 33-year-old female heroin addict. The patient underwent surgical ligation of the thoracic duct after a low-fat diet failed to control the fluid accumulation. Three months postoperatively, the patient …

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