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.
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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
Congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis: what does the future hold?
A systematic review, meta-analysis, and microsimulation study investigating short- and long-term outcomes of congenital supravalvular aortic stenosis.
Right Mammary or Radial Artery as a Second Arterial Graft: Do You Prefer Mom or Dad?
A systematic review and meta-analysis comparing the use of double internal mammary artery versus internal mammary and radial artery on long-term survival following myocardial revascularization.
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.
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.