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Bifulco O, Malvindi PG, Berretta P, Brugiatelli L, Cefarelli M, Alfonsi J, D’Alfonso A, Zingaro C, Di Eusanio M. Minimally Invasive Trans-Axillary versus Full Sternotomy Mitral Valve Repair: A Propensity Score-Matched Analysis on Mid-Term Outcomes. MEDICINA (KAUNAS, LITHUANIA) 2023; 60:29. [PMID: 38256290 PMCID: PMC10821199 DOI: 10.3390/medicina60010029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/27/2023] [Revised: 12/15/2023] [Accepted: 12/20/2023] [Indexed: 01/24/2024]
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Background and Objectives: Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is an established approach for the treatment of heart valve pathologies and is associated with excellent technical and early postoperative outcomes. Data from medium- and long-term longitudinal evaluation of patients who underwent mitral valve repair (MVr) through transaxillary approach (TAxA) are still lacking. The aim of this study is to investigate mid-term results in patients who underwent TAxA MVr. Materials and Methods: Prospectively collected data of patients who underwent first-time MVr for MV regurgitation between 2017 and 2022, were reviewed. A total of 308 patients received TAxA, while in 220 cases, traditional full sternotomy (FS) was performed. Concomitant aortic and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) procedures, infective endocarditis or urgent operations were excluded. A propensity match (PS) analysis was used to overcome preoperative differences between the populations. Follow-up data were retrieved from outpatients' clinic, telephone calls and municipal administration records. Results: After PS-matching, two well-balanced cohorts of 171 patients were analysed. The overall 30-day mortality rate was 0.6% in both cohorts. No statistical difference in postoperative complications was reported. TAxA cohort experienced earlier postoperative extubation (p < 0.001) with a higher rate of extubation performed in the operating theatre (p < 0.001), shorter intensive care unit (ICU) stay (p < 0.001), and reduced hospitalization with 51% of patients discharged home (p < 0.001). Estimated survival at 5 years was 98.8% in TAxA vs. 93.6% in FS cohort (Log rank p = 0.15). The cumulative incidence of reoperation was 2.6% and 4.4% at 5 years, respectively, in TAxA and FS cohorts (Gray test p = 0.49). Conclusions: TAxA approach for MVr was associated with low rates of in-hospital mortality and major postoperative complications being furthermore associated with shorter mechanical ventilation time, shorter ICU stay and reduced hospitalization with a higher rate of patients able to be discharged home. At mid-term, TAxA was associated with excellent survival and low rate of MV reoperation.
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- Cardiac Surgery Unit, Lancisi Cardiovascular Center, Ospedali Riuniti delle Marche, Polytechnic University of Marche, 60126 Ancona, Italy (M.D.E.)
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Laraia KN, Pepe RJ, Sabatino ME, Dewan KC, Yoo J, Yang NK, Chao JC, Takebe M, Sunagawa G, Ikegami H, Lemaire A, Russo MJ, Lee LY. Ambulatory Electrocardiography Monitoring for Early Discharge After Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery. J Surg Res 2023; 292:182-189. [PMID: 37633247 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.07.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2023] [Revised: 07/11/2023] [Accepted: 07/13/2023] [Indexed: 08/28/2023]
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INTRODUCTION We sought to compare outcomes after early discharge in patients with and without predischarge diagnosis of arrhythmia following minimally invasive valve surgery (MIVS). MATERIALS AND METHODS We retrospectively reviewed ambulatory electrocardiography (AECG) datasheets and medical records of patients discharged with 14-d AECG monitoring from our facility between October 2019 and March 2022 ≤ 3 d after MIVS. Baseline and clinical characteristics, arrhythmias during AECG monitoring, and 30-d adverse outcomes were reported for the population and stratified by presence or absence of predischarge arrhythmia. RESULTS Of 41 patients discharged ≤3 d postoperatively of MIVS, 17 (41.5%) experienced predischarge arrhythmias and 24 (58.5%) did not. The population was predominantly male and White with a median age of 62 y [57, 70]. Baseline and clinical characteristics did not differ between subgroups. Most patients (92.7% [n = 38]) experienced one or more tachyarrhythmias during the AECG monitoring period. There were similar proportions of patients experiencing atrial fibrillation in both groups, but patients with predischarge arrhythmias had higher burden of atrial fibrillation on AECG monitoring (27.60% [6.57%, 100%] versus 1.65% [0.76%, 4.32%]; P = 0.004). The predischarge arrhythmia subgroup had higher proportions of patients experiencing nonsustained ventricular tachycardia but lower proportions experiencing supraventricular tachycardia. There were no mortalities within 30 d of surgery. Six (14.6%) patients were readmitted within 30 d with equal proportions of readmissions between subgroups (P = 0.662). CONCLUSIONS Early discharge timelines and noninvasive monitoring techniques can allow patients to return to their normal activities quicker in the comfort of their own home with no increased risk of morbidity or mortality.
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- Kayla N Laraia
- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey; Department of Surgery, Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital, New Brunswick, New Jersey.
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PURPOSE OF REVIEW This review discusses current guidelines and evidence-based care for the preoperative optimization of patients who are undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and for enabling rapid discharge after surgery. RECENT FINDINGS Since the Enhanced Recovery After Cardiac Surgery Society (ERAS Cardiac) issued guidelines for perioperative care, in 2019, there has been a significant body of research that has added to and provided further guidance regarding preoperative optimization and accelerated recovery after CABG. SUMMARY A review of the current literature provides a framework for a pragmatic approach to preoperative optimization, utilizing the time from referral to surgery to mitigate multiple aspects of the patient condition, leading to improved patient outcomes and reduced length of stay and cost to the healthcare system.
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- University of Ottawa Heart Institute, Division of Cardiac Rehabilitation and Prevention
- The Ottawa Hospital, Department of Psychology, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
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Fatehi Hassanabad A, Imran Hamid U, Sardari Nia P. An international survey-based assessment of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery. INTERDISCIPLINARY CARDIOVASCULAR AND THORACIC SURGERY 2023; 37:ivad154. [PMID: 37713462 PMCID: PMC10550782 DOI: 10.1093/icvts/ivad154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2023] [Revised: 07/26/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 09/17/2023]
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OBJECTIVES Minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) has been shown to be safe and feasible however its adoption has lagged globally. The international consortium is lacking a set of guidelines that are specific to MIMVS. The aim of this study was to capture the practices of MIMVS in different centres. METHODS A survey was constructed containing 52 multiple-choice and open-ended questions about various aspects of MIMVS. The survey was sent to centres that routinely and frequently perform MIMVS. All surgeons provided informed consent for participating in the survey and publication of data. RESULTS The survey was sent to 75 known surgeons from whom 32 (42%) completed the survey. All survey responders performed >25 MIMVS cases annually. Twenty (68%) of the surgeons thought that simulation training, MIMVS fellowship and proctorship are all essential prior to commencing an MIMVS program. Eleven (34%) of the surgeons stated that 50-100 MIMVS cases are required to overcome the learning curve, followed by 6 (18%) who said 21-30 cases should suffice. Eighteen (62%) of the surgeons had adopted a fully endoscopic approach for their MIMVS, followed by 15 (51%) surgeons who had performed cases via endoscopic-assisted strategies, 5 (17%) surgeons had conducted the operation under direct visualization and 6 (20%) surgeons had used a robot for their MIMVS. CONCLUSIONS The study highlights a marked variability on training and approach to MIMVS. Consensus guidelines should be established to allow standardization of MIMVS.
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- Ali Fatehi Hassanabad
- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, Canada
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Nottingham University Hospital, Nottingham, UK
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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Doenst T, Schneider U, Caldonazo T, Toshmatov S, Diab M, Siemeni T, Färber G, Kirov H. Cardiac Surgery 2022 Reviewed. Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023; 71:356-365. [PMID: 37196662 DOI: 10.1055/s-0043-57228] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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PubMed displayed almost 37,000 hits for the search term "cardiac surgery AND 2022." As before, we used the PRISMA approach and selected relevant publications for a results-oriented summary. We focused on coronary and conventional valve surgery, their overlap with interventional alternatives, and briefly assessed surgery for aorta or terminal heart failure. In the field of coronary artery disease (CAD), key manuscripts addressed prognostic implications of invasive treatment options, classically compared modern interventions (percutaneous coronary intervention [PCI]) with surgery (coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]), and addressed technical aspects of CABG. The general direction in 2022 confirms the superiority of CABG over PCI in patients with anatomically complex chronic CAD and supports an infarct-preventative effect as underlying mechanism. In addition, the relevance of proper surgical technique to achieve durable graft patency and the need for optimal medical treatment in CABG patients was impressively illustrated. In structural heart disease, the comparisons of interventional and surgical techniques have been characterized by prognostic and mechanistic investigations underscoring the need for durable treatment effects and reductions of valve-related complications. Early surgery for most valve pathologies appears to provide significant survival advantages, and two publications on the Ross operation prototypically illustrate an inverse association between long-term survival and valve-related complications. For surgical treatment of heart failure, the first xenotransplantation was certainly dominant, and in the aortic surgery field, innovations in arch surgery prevailed. This article summarizes publications perceived as important by us. It cannot be complete nor free of individual interpretation, but provides up-to-date information for decision-making and patient information.
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- Torsten Doenst
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University Jena, University Hospital, Jena, Germany
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Yost CC, Rosen JL, Mandel JL, Wong DH, Prochno KW, Komlo CM, Ott N, Goldhammer JE, Guy TS. Feasibility of Postoperative Day One or Day Two Discharge After Robotic Cardiac Surgery. J Surg Res 2023; 289:35-41. [PMID: 37079964 DOI: 10.1016/j.jss.2023.03.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/24/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/16/2023] [Indexed: 04/22/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The robotic platform reduces the invasiveness of cardiac surgical procedures, thus facilitating earlier discharge in select patients. We sought to evaluate the characteristics, perioperative management, and early outcomes of patients who underwent postoperative day 1 or 2 (POD1-2) discharge after robotic cardiac surgery at our institution. METHODS Retrospective review of 169 patients who underwent robotic cardiac surgery at our facility between 2019 and 2021 identified 57 patients discharged early on POD1 (n = 19) or POD2 (n = 38) and 112 patients who underwent standard discharge (POD3 or later). Relevant data were extracted and compared. RESULTS In the early discharge group, median patient age was 62 [IQR: 55, 66] (IQR = interquartile range) years, and 70.2% (40/57) were male. Median Society of Thoracic Surgeons predictive risk of mortality score was 0.36 [IQR: 0.25, 0.56] %. The most common procedures performed were mitral valve repair [66.6%, (38/57)], atrial mass resection [10.5% (6/57)], and coronary artery bypass grafting [10.5% (6/57)]. The only significant differences between the POD1 and POD2 groups were shorter operative time, higher rate of in-operating room extubation, and shorter ICU length of stay in the POD1 group. Lower in-hospital morbidity and comparable 30-day mortality and readmission rates were observed between the early and standard discharge groups. CONCLUSIONS POD1-2 discharge after various robotic cardiac operations afforded lower morbidity and similar 30-day readmission and mortality rates compared to discharge on POD3 or later. Our findings support the feasibility of POD1-2 discharge after robotic cardiac surgery for patients with low preoperative risk, an uncomplicated postoperative course, and appropriate postoperative management protocols.
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- Colin C Yost
- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Surgery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Virginia
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- Sidney Kimmel Medical College, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Section of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Department of Surgery, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut
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- Department of Surgery, Northwell Health Staten Island, New York, New York
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- Department of Anesthesiology, Thomas Jefferson University Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Northeast Georgia Physicians Group Cardiovascular Surgery and Thoracic Surgery, Gainesville, Georgia
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Chikwe J. Editor's Choice: Inflection Points. Ann Thorac Surg 2022; 114:1-4. [PMID: 35753708 DOI: 10.1016/j.athoracsur.2022.05.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/27/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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- Joanna Chikwe
- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Smidt Heart Institute, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California.
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Williamson CG, Ebrahimian S, Sakowitz S, Tran Z, Kim ST, Benharash P. Outcomes of Expedited Discharge Following Isolated Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 2022; 36:3766-3772. [DOI: 10.1053/j.jvca.2022.06.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/14/2022] [Revised: 06/06/2022] [Accepted: 06/13/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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