Congenital heart defects (CHD) include structural abnormalities of the heart or/and great
vessels that are present at birth. CHD affects around 1% of all newborns worldwide …

The preoperative serum albumin level has been shown to be associated with adverse
postoperative complications, meaning that hypoalbuminemia may also be a risk factor. We …

Background: Ischemia-reperfusion injury (I/R) strongly affects the prognosis of children with
complicated congenital heart diseases (CHDs) who undergo long-term cardiac surgical …

Background The neutrophil-lymphocyte ratio (NLR) has been recognized as a useful marker
of poor prognosis in non-cardiac surgery patients. But, the prognostic function of NLR in …

Digital health interventions have shown promise in improving patient outcomes and
experiences in various healthcare settings. However, their effectiveness in the context of …

The transition from hospital to home after surgery is a vulnerable time for all cardiac surgical
patients, particularly older adults. This postoperative phase presents multiple physical …

Background. Myocardial ischemia‐reperfusion injury (MIRI) is a very common adverse
reaction after cardiac valve replacement (CVR) under cardiopulmonary bypass, which …

Background Evaluating patients' risk for acute kidney injury (AKI) is crucial for positive
outcomes following cardiac surgery. Our aims were first to select candidate risk factors from …

Telocytes, which possess distinct body shapes and long telopodes, are allocated in the
vascular wall. As a fundamental cell type, telocytes construct a three-dimensional network to …

Background The relationship between hyperlactatemia and prognosis after cardiopulmonary
bypass (CPB) is controversial, and some studies ignore the presence of lactic acidosis in …