Constrictive pericarditis can result from a stiff pericardium that prevents satisfactory diastolic
filling. The distinction between constrictive pericarditis and other causes of heart failure …

Postsurgical intrapericardial adhesions are still considered an unavoidable consequence of
cardiothoracic operations. They increase the technical difficulty and the risk of reoperations …

Postoperative adhesions occur widely in various tissues, bringing the risk of secondary
surgery and increased medical burden. Hydrogel barriers with Janus-adhesive ability can …

Abstract Purpose of Review The unique pathophysiological changes of constrictive
pericarditis (CP) can now be identified with better imaging modalities, thereby helping in its …

Background In clinical heart failure (HF), inefficient propagation of blood through the left
ventricle (LV) may result from suboptimal vortex formation (VF) ability of the LV during early …

Adhesions formation after surgery for congenital heart defects can complicate follow-up
procedures due to bleeding from detached adhesion bands, injury to cardiac structures or …

BACKGROUND: The prevention of the pericardial adhesions largely accountable for the
technical difficulty and risk of injury inherent to resternotomy continues to gain in importance …

The left ventricle (LV) pumps oxygenated blood from the lungs to the rest of the body through
systemic circulation. The efficiency of such a pumping function is dependent on blood flow …

The aim of this study was to develop a material capable of rapidly absorbing bodily fluids
and forming a resilient, adhesive, viscoelastic hydrogel in situ to prevent post-surgical …

The left ventricle function is to pump the oxygenated blood through the circulatory system.
Ejection fraction is the main noninvasive parameter for detecting heart disease (healthy> …