Background Increased life expectancy and younger patients’ desire to avoid lifelong
anticoagulation requires a better understanding of bioprosthetic valve failure. This study evaluates …

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE: Platybasia, or abnormal obtuseness of the basal angle,
was first measured on plain skull images. At present, evaluation of the brain and skull more …

BACKGROUND: Early experience with lung transplantation (LTx) using organs from donors
after cardiac death (DCD) has been promising, although widespread adoption has been …

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) is rarely used as a bridge to lung
transplantation (BTT) because of its associated morbidity and mortality. However, recent …

Acute pulmonary embolism (PE) compromises oxygenation and is typically considered a
contraindication to lung donation for transplantation. We report the use of ex vivo lung perfusion …

Background Heparin is routinely administered to brain-dead donors before cardiac arrest,
although it is not universally allowed for donation after cardiac death (DCD) donors due to …

CONCLUSIONS We report this unusual case because it demonstrates a rare mechanism of
MR after LTx requiring surgical repair. Close observation of left ventricular and mitral annular …

We report 2 unusual cases of hypervascular masses in the parapharyngeal space. The first
case involved a poorly differentiated metastatic carcinoma of oropharyngeal origin that …

PURPOSE: Persistent pleural effusions after lung transplantation (LTx) can lead to lung
entrapment and respiratory compromise. Decortication for entrapment carries considerable …

The SSYLVIA trial’s results clearly add to the nascent body of literature evaluating vertebral
artery stenting. 1 Even in the absence of’gold standard’surgical procedures such as …