Pectus and Cardiac Surgery: The Key Lies in Timing
A multicenter review of the experience with concomitant repair of pectus excavatum and correction of congenital heart defects in a single surgical procedure.
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Characteristics and Real Outcomes of All Acute Aortic Dissections in a Country
Retrospective study from the Danish national registry analyzing the characteristics and outcomes of all acute aortic dissections between 2006 and 2015.
Isolated mitral valve endocarditis: repair or replacement?
This retrospective, single-center study conducted by the Cleveland Clinic’s endocarditis working group examines pathological, bacteriological characteristics and short- and long-term surgical outcomes of mitral valve repair versus replacement in isolated mitral endocarditis.
Early Extubation After Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: It’s Not the Destination, It’s the Journey
A single-center study evaluated the outcomes of early extubation in the operating room (OR) compared to intensive care unit (ICU) extubation in patients undergoing myocardial revascularization surgery.
Frozen Elephant Trunk in Type A Aortic Dissection Deployed from Zone 0
A retrospective study examining the use of the “frozen elephant trunk” technique in patients with type A aortic dissection, implanted from zone 0, comparing outcomes and the distal positioning of the stent-grafts relative to their length.
Total Artificial Heart: A Therapy That Fails to Gain Traction
A retrospective study analyzing the evolution of all SynCardia® total artificial heart (TAH) implants as a bridge to transplantation in the United States from 2005 to 2018.
Winning Without Convincing: Bayesian Analyses and Non-Inferiority Studies in Trials Comparing TAVR and Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Review of a Bayesian Meta-Analysis of Non-Inferiority Studies Comparing Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement with Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation.
Reintervention after MitraClip® implantation: a new MitraClip® or mitral surgery?
A prospective review of a national US database evaluates outcomes for patients undergoing reintervention following initial transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER).
Can impaired exercise capacity help predict increased mortality risk in adults with congenital heart disease?
This study, derived from the Swedish National Registry, aims to analyze the correlation between exercise capacity and survival in a cohort of adult patients with congenital heart disease.
Multiplying Arterial Graft Anastomoses: The Role of Composite and Sequential Grafts
This study evaluates the patency of the internal mammary artery (IMA) graft to the left anterior descending artery (LAD) based on different IMA graft configurations: standalone, composite, and sequential.