Hybrid Ablation: A Strategy Against Persistent Atrial Fibrillation?
A review paper published in JACC on the available evidence regarding hybrid ablation in patients with persistent atrial fibrillation.
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The Value of Time, Even in Type A Aortic Dissection
A retrospective study examining the impact on morbidity and mortality of the time elapsed from symptom onset to surgical intervention in patients with acute type A aortic dissection complicated by malperfusion of one or more regions.
Transapical neochord implantation: a promising future
This study evaluates the five-year clinical and echocardiographic outcomes of patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR) treated with transapical neochord implantation using the NeoChord DS 1000® device.
Fontan-associated liver disease: what is the value of liver fibrosis scores?
A retrospective, observational study of 159 adults with Fontan circulation analyzed the correlation between two liver fibrosis scores, haemodynamic status, degree of liver damage, and long-term mortality.
Uncomplicated Type B Aortic Dissection: TEVAR or Not TEVAR… and When to TEVAR
Retrospective study involving 91 patients with uncomplicated type B aortic dissection. Comparison of patients initially managed with medical treatment, assessing the rate, indications, and characteristics of patients who required invasive procedures during follow-up against those who continued with optimal medical treatment.
Which Grafts for Which Territories? Still Searching for Direction
A sub-analysis of the COMPASS study evaluating one-year patency of various types of coronary grafts through CT angiography, considering technical aspects of revascularization strategy configuration.
Pediatric ventricular assist in Spain: 15 years of experience
This study presents the Spanish experience with durable ventricular assist devices (VAD) in children from 2006 to 2020. The overall results are summarized, and risk factors for mortality in this pediatric population are analyzed.
Oxygen delivery-guided perfusion for the prevention of acute kidney injury
Comparison between two perfusion strategies during cardiopulmonary bypass: one guided by an oxygen delivery index (DO2i >300 mL/min/m²) based on body surface area and another conventional strategy based solely on pump flow according to the patient’s body surface area (2.6 L/min/m²).
Adults with congenital heart disease: challenging the theory of evolution
A national Swedish study analyzing morbidity and mortality among over 37,000 adults with congenital heart disease.
Residual Paravalvular Insufficiency after TAVI: Minor Leakage Matters
Results from a Japanese and a Swedish center, sourced from the international TAVI Registry, comparing 1-year post-TAVI survival and morbidity among patients with mild residual paravalvular leakage and those with no residual/trivial leakage post-implantation.