Transposition of the great arteries with intact septum: the British experience
Survival outcomes, reintervention, and hospital resource utilization in transposition of the great arteries with intact septum in the United Kingdom
New Times and New Anticoagulants: What a Cardiac Surgeon Needs to Know
Literature Review on Direct-Acting Anticoagulants: Pharmacokinetic and Pharmacodynamic Characteristics, and Their Use in Various Pre- and Postoperative Contexts of Cardiac Surgery
Results of ECMO Support in COVID-19 Patients: Expert Commentary
Expert analysis by Dr. Mario Castaño, coordinator of our society’s ECMO-COVID registry, on the temporal evolution of in-hospital survival of COVID-19 patients requiring ECMO support in the United States.
Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation: Etiologic Factor or Prognostic Marker?
This retrospective study evaluates and describes short-, medium-, and long-term outcomes in patients with postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) compared to those without this arrhythmia.
Pacemaker after TAVI: From a Minor Setback to Reduced Survival
A multicenter study based on NEOPRO and NEOPRO-2 registries analyzes the prognostic impact and predictors of pacemaker implantation following Medtronic Evolut® and Acurate NEO® self-expanding TAVI.
The size matters: assessment of different methods for evaluating donor-recipient mismatch and their prognostic significance in pediatric heart transplantation
This retrospective study, based on data from the international Pediatric Heart Transplant Society registry, evaluates donor-recipient size mismatch using different parameters and its impact on 1- and 5-year graft survival and post-transplant morbidity.
Bioprostheses in the current era
A retrospective study of a national database in Taiwan that examines durability outcomes for all bioprosthetic valves implanted in the aortic and/or mitral position from 2001 to 2017.
Recovering the Flow: Functional Approach to Aortic Wall Pathophysiology to Predict Risk of Disease Development
Non-systematic review calling for a paradigm shift in the conceptualization of aortic pathology, incorporating functional studies of aortic flow linked to the occurrence of both chronic and acute pathologies.
