Heart Surgery Today

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.

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.