Cardiac Guidelines

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Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at Five Years

November 29, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An important free-access report on the PARTNER 3 trial that discusses the TAVI-first policy in patietns with Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality risk less than 4% ( mean of 1.9%). The calls...

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18F-FDG PET/CT and Radiolabeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT Imaging for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Infection in the Multimodality Context

November 27, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The opening manuscript on the expected series of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Imaging Indications. For the cardiovascular surgeon, Tables 2 and 7 offer an update on the use of...

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Discussion to: Branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair (B-SAFER): Early results from a physician-sponsored investigational device exemption study

October 21, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A detailed , open and stimulating discussion of a presentation in the AATS . The presenter responds to peer questioning on the technical aspects of the evolution of hubrid interventions...

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AMDS or FET in Acute Aortic Dissection Indications and Controversies

June 27, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

This video is a balanced, gripping presentation on an increasingly common emergency problem for the on-call cardiac surgeon. Professor Oo discusses the evolving landscape of surgery for acute De Bakey...

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Mechanical Circulatory Support in Cardiogenic Shock — Persistence and Progress

May 18, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

This article presents a succinct but comprehensive expert viewpoint on support in cardiogenic shock using the manuscript of the DanGer trial on promising results of Impella in a highly selected...

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MiniStern Trial: A Randomised Trial Comparing Ministernotomy to Full Median Sternotomy for Aortic Valve Replacement

March 19, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A medium-size RCT comparing full sternotomy to limited sternotomy for conventional aortic valve replacement, presented at the SCTS Annual Meeting in Glasgow. The 7-10% one year attrition rate seems quite...

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Prevention and Management of Sternal Wound Infections

March 1, 2018 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors present a thorough expert consensus review on the prevention—preoperative, intraoperative, and postoperative—and the postoperative management of sternal wound infections. The authors conclude with a guideline with class recommendations...

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Selective Implantation of Durable Left Ventricular Assist Devices as Primary Therapy for Refractory Cardiogenic Shock

February 28, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A retrospective Mount Sinai small series on selective emergent implantation of long-term ventricular assist devices in cardiogenic shock. It challenges the traditional concept of short-term stabilisation with ECMO or short-term...

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Paradigm Shift for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure

February 2, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An editorial from an influential source discussing the recent robust results of the CASTLE-AF RCT trial. It is likely that interventions for atrial fibrillation will be boosted by these results,...

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Isolated Posterior Mitral Leaflet Prolapse: Resect, Respect, or Resect With Respect?

February 2, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A brief note on the feasibility (or not) of RCT on surgery for mitral fibroelastic prolapse.

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Mitral Valve Surgery in the US Veterans Administration Health System: 10-Year Outcomes and Trends

January 25, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A large follow-up study comparing repair and replacement results and trends. Of particular interest to the UK and European readership is the page 113 discussion on the center of mitral...

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2017 EACTS Guidelines on Perioperative Medication in Adult Cardiac Surgery

January 17, 2018 | Claire Vernon

The new EACTS Guidelines on perioperative medication in adult cardiac surgery address antithrombotic management, atrial fibrillation, renin–angiotensin–aldosterone system inhibitors, beta-blockers, dyslipidaemia, ulcer prevention and steroids, antibiotic prophylaxis, anaesthesia and postoperative...

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Functional Survival: Alive and Better

January 8, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A very brief editorial on frailty as a risk factor. In the time of weighing transcatheter interventions versus variable access surgical options, quantifying this physiological concept is of major importance...

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