VA-ECMO after congenital heart surgery: when to initiate it and when to discontinue it?
Retrospective single-centre study analysing 23 years of experience at a German referral centre with the use of veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (VA-ECMO) as circulatory support following congenital heart surgery.
Are we reaching cardiac resynchronisation too late in patients with a systemic right ventricle?
The largest international cohort to date assessing the role of cardiac resynchronisation therapy in patients with a systemic right ventricle due to congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries or TGA repaired with an atrial switch procedure.
TAVR vs isolated SAVR in low-risk patients: 5-year comparative outcomes from the Evolut Low Risk trial
Post hoc subanalysis of the Evolut Low Risk trial comparing 5-year outcomes in 1164 low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis undergoing isolated aortic valve replacement, either transcatheter (TAVR) or surgical (SAVR).
Beyond TAVI: what the 2025 valvular heart disease guidelines change for cardiac surgeons
A surgeons’ notebook article summarizing the main surgical implications of the 2025 ESC/EACTS guidelines on valvular heart disease and exploring how these recommendations may be translated into daily clinical practice.
Hybrid alternative for postinfarction VSR: the SurCOP strategy
Description and outcomes of a hybrid strategy for the management of postinfarction VSR.
RecoverHeart: estimating myocardial recovery before implanting a ventricular assist device
Multicenter development and external validation study, with a prominent contribution from the Utah group, proposing a calculator to estimate—before implantation—the individual probability of significant reverse remodeling in patients with advanced heart failure treated with a durable left ventricular assist device.
Biological circulatory support: cardiac xenotransplantation as a bridge in infants
Preclinical study of pig-to-baboon cardiac xenotransplantation as a bridge to allotransplantation.
Can a simple angle compromise a coronary bypass graft? The importance of geometry in sequential arterial revascularization
This study examines the impact of the angle formed at the sequential anastomosis to a diagonal branch (D-angle) in patients undergoing total arterial coronary revascularization with different graft configurations. Variations in the width of this angle may compromise flow through the distal segment of the graft.
