Left atrial appendage occlusion during cardiac surgery: a strategy beyond atrial fibrillation?
Updated narrative review of the current evidence on surgical left atrial appendage occlusion.
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Tricuspid valve replacement using a right atrial appendage neovalve: when a bioprosthesis is not required.
Case series study with 1-year follow-up on tricuspid valve replacement using the patient’s native right atrial appendage instead of an artificial prosthesis.
Cardiac transplantation in 2026: more donors, more complex recipients, and a new pathway to the graft
1st Cardiac Transplantation Symposium held in A Coruña, within the 9th Congress of the Spanish Transplantation Society, focusing on donation, recipient selection, preservation, mechanical circulatory support, and new strategies to improve outcomes after heart transplantation.
ACHD 2025: the heart as a palimpsest
Brief review of the new guidelines for the management of adults with congenital heart disease
Impact of concomitant coronary revascularization in patients undergoing surgery for type A aortic dissection
Short- and long-term impact of the need for coronary revascularization in patients undergoing surgery for acute type A aortic dissection, based on data from the European Registry of Type A Aortic Dissection (ERTAAD).
Leadless pacing in patients undergoing valve interventions: is it worth it?
Systematic review and meta-analysis evaluating the potential benefit of leadless pacing systems over conventional devices in patients undergoing surgical or transcatheter valve interventions.
Endoscopic radial artery harvest: expanding the body of scientific evidence?
Randomized superiority trial comparing endoscopic versus open radial artery graft harvest. The primary endpoint was donor-limb function at 3 months, assessed with a patient-reported questionnaire, whereas the secondary endpoint evaluated the presence of neurologic deficit after both approaches.
Implantation of a transatrial balloon-expandable valve in severe mitral annular calcification: keys to an increasingly adopted hybrid technique
Analysis of several surgical videos on transatrial implantation of balloon-expandable prostheses in severe MAC. The essential procedural steps are reviewed, and technical pearls based on the author’s own experience are shared.
Prophylactic permanent pacemaker implantation after transcatheter aortic valve replacement: is it worth getting ahead of events?
Subanalysis of the PROMOTE study assessing the incidence and clinical impact of prophylactic permanent pacemaker implantation for conduction disturbances after TAVR.
Repair versus replacement? outcomes of mitral repair in obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy
This study analyzes the Mayo Clinic experience comparing 2 cohorts of patients with degenerative mitral valve (MV) disease undergoing repair, with and without obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (oHCM), the latter treated with concomitant septal myectomy.