The “Guidelines on the Management of Valvular Heart Disease” were initially published as
the “Guidelines on Non-pharmacological Treatment of Valvular Heart Disease” in 2002 …

The Japanese Circulation Society (JCS) published the “Guidelines for elective percutaneous
coronary intervention [PCI] in patients with stable coronary disease” in 2000. In 2006 …

Abstract OBJECTIVES The European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation
(EuroSCORE) II was developed to improve the overestimation of surgical risk associated …

目的研究AKICS, Cleveland, SRI, Mehta 和EURO 评分模型在心脏外科手术后急性肾损伤(AKI),
需肾脏替代治疗的AKI (RRT⁃ AKI) 和死亡的预测价值, 比较不同模型的预测能力 …

Purpose We aimed to identify the risk factors of critical bleeding and investigate the safety of
recombinant activated factor VII (rFVIIa) in aortic surgery under hypothermic circulatory …

Background: Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is increasingly being performed
in very elderly patients, although its efficacy and validity remain unclear. This study …

Background Increased B-type natriuretic peptide (BNP) and decreased free triiodothyronine
(fT3) are associated with increased mortality after cardiac surgery. However, previous …

Background Computed tomography (CT) is a useful tool for the identification of calcified
lesions in the aorta. However, no quantitative evaluation has been established to assess the …

A 69-year-old man with effort angina was admitted to our institution. Echocardiography
showed poor left ventricular systolic function with akinesis of the anterior wall and severe …

Risk prediction of cardiovascular surgery is a topic of major interest, and risk stratification of
surgical procedures using a superior algorithm would help improve the quality control of …