New “Y”-Incision Aortic Root Enlargement: Yang’s Procedure
Review of the surgical technique for “Y”-incision aortic root enlargement and its short-term outcomes in 119 patients.
New Device for Saline Test in Aortic Valve Repair
Description of an experience with a novel device for evaluating aortic valve competence during repair procedures by root pressurization with saline solution.
Left Ventricular Assist Devices and Implantable Defibrillators: Together, But Not Mixed
This multicenter, observational, and retrospective study analyzes the utility and complications associated with implantable cardioverter-defibrillators (ICDs) in patients with long-term left ventricular assist devices (LVADs).
Stroke After TAVI: A Persistent Issue
Analysis of neurological complications within the first five years following transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) using data from the SwissTAVI registry.
Ventricular Restoration Surgery: Reviving the STICH Hypothesis
Experience from the San Donato Group on Ventricular Restoration Surgery and Comparison with the Classic STICH Study Cohort.
Atrial functional mitral regurgitation repair: are all functional regurgitations the same?
A retrospective analysis of outcomes and progression following the repair of “pure” atrial functional mitral regurgitation at a high-volume hospital in the United States.
Anticoagulation following postoperative atrial fibrillation: what is the evidence?
Expert opinions review guideline evidence on anticoagulation after postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF).
Democratizing Mitral Valve Repair Through New Technologies
One-Year Outcomes of a Self-Suturing System for Neochord Implantation and Rapid Knotting, Applied to Both Neochords and Annuloplasty Sutures, in Mitral Valve Repair
