Jessica Bogensberger
The management of the difficult airway is a cornerstone of anesthetic practice, crucial for ensuring patient safety and optimizing perioperative outcomes. International and national guidelines provide essential recommendations and protocols to navigate through these challenging...
This article summarizes the most important issues and recommendations regarding the anatomy and physiology of tetralogy-like lesions, including diagnosis prior to medical, interventional, or surgical intervention; the timing and types...
Infective endocarditis (IE) remains one of the most challenging diseases of modern times. It is associated with high mortality and morbidity despite significant improvements in diagnostic and surgical skills, and...
Proper preservation of the myocardium during intraoperative ischemia is a critical predictor of satisfactory clinical outcomes. However, there can be a wide degree of diversity in myocardial damage among patients...
Myocardial infarction due to coronary artery disease (CAD) is the leading cause of death worldwide. Percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) are the primary treatment modalities...
This report comprises the contents of the presentations and following discussions of a workshop of the German Heart Transplant Centers in Martinsried, Germany on cardiac xenotransplantation. Summary: This report comprises...
Degenerative aortic valve stenosis is the most frequent valvular heart disease in western countries, and valve replacement is the gold standard for symptomatic severe cases. In addition to the two...
Monitoring and reevaluating the current standard of practice for atrial fibrillation (AF) treatment remains a high priority for cardiac surgeons. This study aimed to determine the one-year outcomes of patients...
Although septal myectomy and concomitant mitral valve surgery are typical in the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM), the combination of these procedures through right anterior mini-thoracotomy has rarely been...
The rate of serious complications in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) has decreased markedly in recent years, going from 5.5 percent in 2012 to 2 percent in 2019. However, the...
The rising incidence of infective endocarditis (IE) along with the de-escalation of antibiotic prophylaxis and the complexity of surgical treatment makes IE treatment a challenge. In this study, researchers reviewed...

