John J. Collins

TL;DR: Preoperative risk stratification with the use of body mass index and serum albumin may help to identify subgroups of patients at high risk for adverse outcomes after cardiac operations.

TL;DR: There is rapid resolution of moderately elevated pulmonary arterial pressures after cardiac transplantation, and echocardiographic analysis showed that transplant recipients had an enlarged right ventricle on day 1 after surgery, and a volume overload contraction pattern and tricuspid regurgitation was present in the majority.

TL;DR: Patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting were randomly assigned to receive prophylactic timolol or placebo, given in a double-blind fashion, and both groups were comparable for frequency of preoperative supraventricular arrhythmias, left ventricular ejection fraction, duration of cardiopulmonary bypass, aortic cross-clamp time, number of bypass grafts, and total duration of monitoring.

TL;DR: Aortic valve replacement carries an acceptable mortality rate in elderly patients and advance stage of the disease process represented by NYHA class IV was a significant predictor of mortality for the whole group, stressing the need for earlier referral for surgery.

TL;DR: Rapid noninvasive diagnosis of aortic dissection and avoidance of routine angiography appear to improve survival by expediting surgical intervention and thus decreasing the risk of aORTic rupture.