Vincent Q. Sier

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Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

October 15, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This international consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and World Heart Federation (WHF) updates myocardial infarction (MI) classification from numerical types to three...

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Jehovah’s Witnesses: Each Witness Now Decides Whether to Accept or Donate Main Blood Components

October 29, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

On September 18, 2026, the Governing Body of Jehovah’s Witnesses announced that accepting red cells, white cells, plasma, or platelets from another person’s blood is now a matter of personal...

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Late Results of the Ross Procedure

October 22, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This prospective single-surgeon series reports 30-year outcomes after the Ross procedure in 212 consecutive patients operated on between 1990 and 2004. The median age was 34 years; 108 patients underwent...

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Fifth Universal Definition of Myocardial Infarction

October 15, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This international consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Heart Association (AHA), and World Heart Federation (WHF) updates myocardial infarction (MI) classification...

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Influence of LAD-Diagonal Stenosis on Long-Term Patency and Ischemic Events After CABG

October 8, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This single-center retrospective study evaluated whether stenosis in the intervening left anterior descending artery (iLAD), between the internal thoracic artery (ITA) anastomosis and diagonal bifurcation, affects ITA-LAD graft events after...

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Six-Month Outcomes of a Trial of Potassium Supplementation Thresholds After Cardiac Surgery

May 28, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors report prespecified six-month follow-up outcomes from the TIGHT K randomized trial comparing relaxed potassium supplementation after isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) surgery, triggered below...

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Impact of Severe Uncorrected Pectus Excavatum on Outcomes After Aortic Surgery in Marfan Syndrome

May 21, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this retrospective cohort of 253 patients with Marfan syndrome undergoing aortic surgery, the authors evaluated the impact of severe pectus excavatum (Haller index >3.5; n=62) vs non-severe or no...

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Refitting EuroSCORE II for 120-Day Mortality After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Using Nationwide Registry Data

May 21, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this international registry study, the authors validated and refitted EuroSCORE II to predict 120-day mortality after elective or urgent isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using nationwide data from...

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Unprotected Left Main Stenosis: 10-Year Final Results From the Randomised, Open-Label, Non-Inferiority NOBLE Trial

May 13, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors report the 10-year final results of the NOBLE trial comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with newer generation drug–eluting stents vs coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)...

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Maternal, Valvular and Foetal Outcomes of Pregnancy Following Aortic Valve Replacement 

May 13, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This 2026 meta-analysis pooled 13 studies, including 356 pregnancies in 251 women after aortic valve replacement (AVR). Pregnancy outcomes differed substantially by valve type. Mechanical prostheses carried the highest maternal...

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Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Use and Outcomes After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

May 7, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors evaluated perioperative sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor use in 2,930 patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), with or without coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG),...

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Early Surgery or Conservative Care for Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis at 10 Years

May 7, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors present the 10-year follow–up of the RECOVERY trial involving 145 asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis, comparing early surgical aortic valve replacement with conservative...

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Left Atrial Appendage Closure or Medical Therapy in Atrial Fibrillation

April 16, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors report the results of the randomized CLOSURE AF trial, which compared left atrial appendage closure with physician-directed best medical therapy in 888 high-risk patients with...

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