Chiara Comoglio

TL;DR: Univariate analysis indicated that age, sex, type and mode of surgical procedure, antibiotic prophylaxis, and duration of mechanical ventilation were not significantly associated with wound infection.

TL;DR: In this article, an extracorporeal membrane ventilator device with or without pump support was used as a bridge to lung transplantation for patients with severe, unresponsive respiratory insufficiency.

TL;DR: Human cardiac progenitors obtained from the auricles of patients were cultured as scaffoldless engineered tissues fabricated using temperature‐responsive surfaces and embedded in self‐produced extracellular matrix preserving their phenotype and multipotency in the absence of significant apoptosis.

TL;DR: Bacteria associated with pacemaker and implantable cardioverter defibrillator-related infections, staphylococci in about 60% of the cases, show poor susceptibility to antibiotics, presenting three out of four methicillin-resistant features, and systemic antibiotics must not be delayed awaiting the complete removal of the implanted system.

TL;DR: A 66-year-old man who had surgical intervention for a core valve malfunction 3 months after transfemoral implantation has percutaneous aortic valve implantation (PAVI) because of the presence of numerous risk factors, such as obesity and myelodysplasia.