Heart Failure

Podcast

The Lifeline: ECMO vs Emergency Resternotomy for Cardiac Surgical Arrest

July 8, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor…

In this edition of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the Essentials of Cardiac Surgical Resuscitation,...

Video

Surgical Repair of Mixed Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

August 31, 2026 | Zineb El Hasnaoui…

The surgical technique used in this video is suitable for patients with mixed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) in whom the right and left pulmonary venous systems drain...

Podcast

The Lifeline: ECMO vs Emergency Resternotomy for Cardiac Surgical Arrest

July 8, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor…

In this edition of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the...

Event

10th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit.

November 19, 2026

Thursday, November 19, 2026 – Saturday, November 21, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 12:15 pm – The 10th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Summit brings together leading international experts in...

Video

Precision Medicine in Cardiogenic Shock

June 17, 2026

This video discusses the three pillars of precision medicine in cardiogenic shock and the latest research. First, machine learning phenotyping can identify distinct and biologically meaningful subgroups within the heterogeneous...

JANS Article

Engineered Heart Muscle Allografts for Heart Repair in Primates and Humans

February 13, 2025 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

Researchers have shown that patches of muscle grown from stem cells can help repair a failing heart. A laboratory-grown biological transplant with the potential to stabilize and strengthen the heart...

JANS Article

Determinants of Inadequate Cardioprotection in Adult Patients With Left Ventricular Dysfunction

February 13, 2025 | Jessica Bogensberger

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...

JANS Article

Aortic Valve Replacement vs Clinical Surveillance in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

January 16, 2025 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

In this study-level meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effect of early aortic valve replacement (AVR) versus clinical surveillance (CS) in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS),...

JANS Article

Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Moderate Aortic Stenosis: TAVR UNLOAD

November 26, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

Neurohormonal modulation and afterload reduction are essential for treating heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In HFrEF patients with concomitant moderate aortic stenosis (AS), therapy with transcatheter aortic valve...

JANS Article

The Seven Pillars of Techniques to Treat and Repair Tricuspid Endocarditis

November 26, 2024 | Jessica Luc

In this article, the authors detail the seven pillars for successful management of tricuspid valve endocarditis. Surgical indications for tricuspid valve endocarditis include heart failure, uncontrolled infection, and septic emboli...

JANS Article

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...

JANS Article

Transcatheter Management of Pure Native Aortic Valve Regurgitation in Patients With Left Ventricular Assist Device

May 2, 2024 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

Aortic valve regurgitation (AR) often occurs after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a viable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in this...

JANS Article

Woman Becomes First Patient to Undergo Combined Heart Pump Implant and Pig Kidney Transplant

May 2, 2024 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

A fifty-four-year-old woman became the first person to simultaneously receive a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and mechanical heart valve implantation. Surgeons performed the heart pump procedure first before performing the...

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