… Atrial fibrillation has been described as a frequently encountered cardiac complication of
noncardiac thoracic surgery in the postoperative period. Other arrhythmias, myocardial …

… (IL) is an intervention offered to patients with UVFP to alleviate … in patients with UVFP secondary
to cardiothoracic surgery … that CTS patients undergoing injection laryngoplasty for UVFP …

… undergoing partial pneumonectomies or other cardiothoracic surgeries being the most
susceptible to getting postoperative pneumonia. Thereby, Bhattacharyya et al concluded that …

… Finally, by reducing the risk of aspiration, inpatient injection laryngoplasty may allow inpatients
… Given that cardiothoracic surgical patients are often fragile and their pulmonary status is …

… Hoarseness associated with abrupt cardiac aggravation has been recorded in patients with
long-standing PDA, lending credence to the above assertion. 11,12) The degree of recovery …

… Moreover, in our particular cohort the cardiothoracic patients frequently have comorbidities
that require anticoagulation or antiplatelet therapy. Common comorbidities that increase …

… Furthermore, cardiothoracic patients frequently experience postsurgical arrhythmias and
hemodynamic instabilities that limit their physiologic reserve to overcome life-threatening …

… Ten patients required cardiac anesthesia for the IL procedure due to the presence of
significant cardiac comorbidities. Of the 14 patients not fed a regular diet prior to IL, 10 (71%) …

… Inclusion criteria included patients acutely treated with injection laryngoplasty from January
1, 2006, to March 31, 2010, for a unilateral vocal cord paralysis that occurred after a thoracic …

… in some cardiac patients. Additionally, … injection laryngoplasty may have been related to
the timing of the follow up VFSS, being 9 months after the procedure, at a time when the injected …