Rationale: Primary graft dysfunction (PGD) is the main cause of early morbidity and mortality
after lung transplantation. Previous studies have yielded conflicting results for PGD risk …

BACKGROUND: Esophagogastrectomy (EG) is a formidable operation with significant
morbidity and mortality rates. Risk factor analyses have been performed, but few studies have …

Intraoperative diagnosis is essential for providing safe and effective care during cancer
surgery 1 . The existing workflow for intraoperative diagnosis based on hematoxylin and eosin …

BACKGROUND: No recipient risk index exists predicting short-term mortality after orthotopic
heart transplantation (OHT). We utilized United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) data to …

Background Given the shortage of suitable donor hearts for cardiac transplantation and the
growing interest in donation after circulatory death (DCD), our institution recently began …

Background— Pulmonary hypertension (PH) secondary to left heart failure portends a poor
prognosis and is a relative contraindication to heart transplantation at many centers. We …

When the heart fails, there is often a constellation of biochemical alterations of the β-adrenergic
receptor (βAR) signaling system, leading to the loss of cardiac inotropic reserve. βAR …

Glioblastoma multiforme (GBM) is the most aggressive brain tumor. Standard treatment
includes surgery, radiation and chemotherapy. Prognosis is dismal with an average survival of …

As many as 20% of patients undergoing cardiac surgery will have acute respiratory distress
syndrome during the perioperative period, with a mortality as high as 80%. If patients at risk …

Objective: Awake craniotomy (AC) has seen an expanded role in brain tumor surgery over
the past few decades. AC allows intraoperative cortical mapping and the continuous …