The presence of systemic left-to-right shunt and increased pulmonary blood flow can result in right heart failure and pulmonary arteriopathy. Correction of left-to-right shunt has been shown to improve cardiac function and physical performance. However, the cardiopulmonary remodeling processes following cessation of left-to-right shunt have yet to be reported. In this...
Background Pancreatitis is a serious complication after cardiac surgery and can lead to significant morbidities and mortality. The incidence of pancreatitis is even higher in patients undergoing heart transplantation than in those undergoing other cardiac surgeries. Nevertheless, the clinical presentations of pancreatitis are frequently atypical in these patients. Case...
Pancreatitis is a serious complication after cardiac surgery and can lead to significant morbidities and mortality. The incidence of pancreatitis is even higher in patients undergoing heart transplantation than in those undergoing other cardiac surgeries. Nevertheless, the clinical presentations of pancreatitis are frequently atypical in these patients. We report a heart...
OBJECTIVES Studies on mechanical-medical bridging for decompensated pulmonary hypertension (PH) are limited. We analysed the outcomes for critical PH patients who underwent extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) support using a bridge-to-recovery (BTR) strategy. This study aimed to identify prognostic factors of BTR and evaluate the outcomes of survivors.
Jun-Neng Roan 1 Ming-Ho Wu 0 0 Department of Surgery, E-Da Hospital , Kaohsiung County , Taiwan 1 Department of Surgery, Tainan Municipal Hospital , Tainan , Taiwan Background: Esophageal
Esophageal perforation after external air-blast trauma is rarely presented in the emergency room. The diagnosis is often delayed more than 24 hours. We review the literature and report a case of esophageal perforation caused by external air-blast injury. Including the present case, a total of 5 cases of esophageal perforation were caused by external air-blast injury in English...
Objective To evaluate the secular trend in incidence of and mortality from Type 1 diabetes mellitus (T1DM) in Taiwan, 1999–2010. Methods All 7,225 incident cases of T1DM were retrospectively retrieved from Taiwan's National Health Insurance Research Database from 1999 to 2010. Trend of bi-annual age- and sex-specific incidence rates of T1DM was calculated and tested with Poisson...
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