Standardizing outcomes of long-term mechanical circulatory support in Europe
4th report of the EUROMACS registry by the EACTS with a focus on standardized outcome ratios
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Via crucis of TAVI versus surgery in low-risk patients: the three denials
Meta-analysis of the longest available follow-up outcomes from the six main randomized trials comparing TAVI and SAVR in low surgical risk patients in terms of survival and stroke.
Impella® in post-infarction VSD: a paradigm shift?
Systematic review of observational studies and case series evaluating the use of the Impella® device as hemodynamic support prior to definitive treatment in patients with post-infarction ventricular septal defect (VSD).
Is endovascular treatment using venous stents feasible for veno-occlusive disease in the thoracic and upper limb region?
Pioneering meta-analysis summarizing the outcomes of endovascular treatment for benign and malignant occlusive venous disease in the upper body.
Swedeheart registry: long-term survival and graft durability support surgical revascularization
Seventeen-year outcomes from the SWEDEHEART registry comparing morbidity and mortality after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
The importance of the genes we operate on
Description of the genetic syndromes most commonly associated with congenital heart disease and analysis of their cardiac and extracardiac manifestations based on the experience of the Houston Methodist DeBakey Heart and Vascular Center, Boston Children’s Hospital, and Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
Is it possible to reduce the risk of multivalve reoperations?
The Cardiac Surgery team at the Cleveland Clinic (Cleveland, Ohio, USA) reviewed multivalve reoperations (involving more than one valve) performed from 2008 to 2022 and identified the determinants of operative mortality in these procedures.
Does size matter? Right ventricular mass and pulmonary vascular resistance in heart transplantation
A retrospective study analyzing the relationship between the donor-to-recipient right ventricular mass (RVM) ratio and the recipient’s pre-transplant pulmonary vascular resistance (PVR), proposing that PVR may influence the effect of this RVM ratio on post-transplant outcomes.
Angioplasty in patients with previous surgical revascularization: graft vs. native vessel?
This multicenter retrospective observational study from Australia compares the outcomes of angioplasty performed on grafts (primarily saphenous vein grafts) versus native vessels. It analyzes clinical and angiographic characteristics, adverse events, and short- and long-term mortality.
Safe early discharge after TAVI: is it possible?
A retrospective observational study evaluating patients who underwent TAVI to identify predictive factors for atrioventricular block (AVB) within 24 hours to 30 days post procedure and to develop a risk stratification tool.