Editorial
Why We Should Continue to Publish Case Reports

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      Although this case report provided no definitive answers regarding the cause of bileaflet arrest, it did highlight and alert clinicians to this potential issue. This is the exact role of case reports touted by Dr. Hessel in his recent editorial14 in which he describes them as “hypothesis-generating” and providing the stimulus for future research and investigation. While 2 of the leading American anesthesia journals have discontinued publishing these types of reports, without authors submitting their experiences, how else could rare and poorly understood events like this one be presented to the medical community for consideration?

    • The year in cardiothoracic and vascular anesthesia: Selected highlights from 2013

      2014, Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia
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      This set of indications for mechanical devices have been responsible for gradual paradigm shifts within our specialty and throughout anesthesiology and critical care. The second consequence of this major milestone has been the singular importance of seminal case reports, which, despite the drift to randomized trials within perioperative cardiothoracic practice, retain a vital niche, as outlined in a superb recent editorial in the Journal.13 The transformative power of case reports in our specialty since Gibbon have included Barnard’s description of the first successful heart transplant in 1967, Kaplan’s description of electrocardiographic lead V5 monitoring in 1976, Kaplan’s description of intravenous nitroglycerin in adult cardiac surgical patients, the advent of percutaneous coronary intervention in 1978, vasopressin for hemodynamic rescue in challenging pheochromocytoma resections in 2004, and the recent recognition of hormonal treatment as a therapeutic option for severe gastrointestinal bleeding associated with ventricular assist devices.14–19

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    This editorial reflects the personal opinion of the author and does not necessarily reflect that of the Editorial Board or the Editor-in-Chief.

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