GI complications remain a significant concern after cardiac surgery under cardiopulmonary bypass. Higher-risk patients can be identified and treated prophylactically and in the postoperative period.

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Thoracic endoscopic sympathetic blockage yields similar results irrespective of the surgical technique adopted.

A free-floating tumor thrombus in the left atrium is an unusual metastasis of non-small cell lung cancer. Surgical resection of free-floating tumor thrombus prior to adjuvant therapy relieves cardiac symptoms such as exertional dyspnea, and prevents life-threatening complications including systemic embolization, mitral obstruction, or sudden death.

As a consequence of the progress in the development of endovascular techniques, hybrid treatment is becoming a more popular option for the treatment of coarctation accompanied by cardiac diseases. Two-stage procedures and extra-anatomical bypass might be alternative techniques if endovascular procedures are contraindicated or failing.