Heart Failure

Video

CTSNet President’s Series With ASAIO | Introduction

June 17, 2026 | Keshava Rajagopal

This segment provides an overview of the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO), including its mission, membership benefits, leadership structure, and role in advancing the science and technology of artificial organs, organ support systems,...

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 Ley

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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

Defining Right Ventricular Dysfunction in Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome

October 1, 2021 | Aristotle Protopapas

A scholarly narrative on the utility of quantifying the performance of the right ventricle: the RV has been hitherto empirically assessed in many clinical setups.

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JANS Article

The Impact of Frailty on Mortality After Heart Transplantation

April 28, 2021 | Amy Fiedler

This study assessed the impact of frailty in patients with advanced heart failure on clinical outcomes after heart transplantation (HTx).

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JANS Article

A Comprehensive Deep-Dive on Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

April 15, 2021 | Gilbert Tang

In the special April issue of JACC Imaging focusing on secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR), a number of articles on outcomes after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) are reported. Specifically, the concept...

JANS Article

Durability and Performance of 2298 Trifecta Aortic Valve Prostheses: A Propensity-Matched Analysis

April 15, 2021 | Emily Farkas

This study, conducted at the Cleveland Clinic, investigated reports of failure of the Trifecta externally wrapped, bovine pericardial aortic valve prosthesis (Abbott Laboratories, Abbott Park, IL). Concerns were raised about...

JANS Article

Extended Screening Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

January 10, 2021 | Aristotle Protopapas

An interesting retrospective study on the efficacy of the the US screening program for aortic aneurysmal disease in the abdomen. The discussion on the detective importance of clinical examination being...

JANS Article

COVID‐19: The Rising Cost of Cardiac Surgery and Disease

December 4, 2020 | Aristotle Protopapas

A brief and readable editorial on the United Kingdom prespective on the global impact of the pandemic to the delivery of cardiovascular care, attempting a semi-quantitative economic appraisal of the...

JANS Article

Cardiac Myosin Activation With Omecamtiv Mecarbil in Systolic Heart Failure

November 17, 2020 | Aristotle Protopapas

A latge RCT of the first myosin inhibitor in severe chronic heart failure: somewhat difficult to interpret results, as deaths were slightly higher in the intervention group while there was...

JANS Article

Use of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support for Management of Cardiogenic Shock Before and After the United Network for Organ Sharing Donor Heart Allocation System Changes

April 16, 2020 | Mark Ferguson

The UNOS donor heart allocation system was revised in 2018, giving priority to patients on inpatient mechanical circulatory support (MCS). Patients admitted with heart failure-associated cardiogenic shock were tracked for...