Publications by authors named "Giuseppina Surace"
Continuous Glucose Monitoring System After Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery: A Feasibility Study.
Asian Cardiovasc Thorac Ann
May 2024
Article Synopsis
- Blood glucose level variability can lead to complications in cardiovascular surgery, and this study aimed to assess the reliability of the Dexcom G6® continuous glucose monitoring device in that context.
- A prospective study involving 36 patients showed a strong correlation (global agreement of 0.85) between Dexcom readings and standard blood glucose measurements, even in the presence of paracetamol.
- Dexcom G6 demonstrated good accuracy, particularly in the ward setting, reducing patient discomfort and nursing time compared to traditional capillary measurements.
We aimed to analyze the outcome and identify predictors of hospital mortality in patients with refractory cardiac arrest (CA) complicating acute coronary syndromes (ACS) and requiring veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) treatment. Between Jan-2005 and Dec-2019, 51 patients underwent urgent VA-ECMO implantation for CA in ACS. Patients were divided in two groups: "in-hospital" cardiac arrest (IHCA) and "out-of-hospital" cardiac arrest (OHCA).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFBackground: The aim of this study was to determine perioperative factors influencing neurologic outcome in a single-center cohort of patients undergoing elective aortic arch operations.
Methods: From January 2005 to June 2015, 791 consecutive patients received open aortic arch operations with either antegrade selective cerebral perfusion (ASCP) (636 patients [80.4%]) or deep hypothermic circulatory arrest (DHCA) (155 patients [19.
Background: Aortic pathology progression and/or procedure related complications following endovascular repair should always be considered mostly in older patients. We herein describe a hybrid procedure for treatment of rapidly expanding thoracoabdominal aneurysm following endovascular treatment of a descending thoracic aortic aneurysm in an older patient.
Case Presentation: A 82-year-old man at 18 months after endovascular surgery for a contained rupture of descending thoracic aortic aneurysm revealed a type IV thoracoabdominal aneurysm with significant increase of the aortic diameters at superior mesenteric and renal artery levels.