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,...

JANS Article

Real-World Outcomes After Simplified M-TEER Repair Under Sole TEE Guidance

September 17, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

This single-center, real-world study compared a simplified, fluoroscopy-free mitral transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (M-TEER) workflow guided solely by transesophageal echocardiography (TEE) against the conventional approach using combined fluoroscopic and TEE guidance....

Video

Modified Trapdoor Technique for Direct Reimplantation of ALCAPA

September 15, 2026 | Matej Nosal…

This video demonstrates the modified trapdoor technique for direct reimplantation of an anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Case Presentation Following cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a three-month-old, 4.7 kg infant,...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 173: Uniportal Robotics in the UAE

September 10, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...

JANS Article

Dapagliflozin and Acute Kidney Injury Following, Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Clinical Trial

September 3, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this Dutch multicenter, double-blind trial, 784 adults undergoing elective cardiac surgery received dapagliflozin 10 mg (n=392) or placebo (n=392), starting one day preoperatively for four doses. Acute kidney injury...

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Extended Screening Guidelines for the Diagnosis of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm

January 10, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

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 ProtopapasGold Commentor

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 ProtopapasGold Commentor

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 FergusonBronze Contributor

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...

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Identification of Functional Variant Enhancers Associated With Atrial Fibrillation

April 9, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Another refreshing change of pace with an interesting pre-translational contibution to the genetics of atrial dysrhythmias.

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In Situ Expansion, Differentiation and Electromechanical Coupling of Human Cardiac Muscle in a 3D Bioprinted, Chambered Organoid

April 2, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Quite refreshing well-written experimental paper leaving promises of artificial organoids.

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JANS Article

American Association for Thoracic Surgery/International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines on Selected Topics in Mechanical Circulatory Support

January 30, 2020 | Wei-Guo Ma

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation provide a consensus guidelines document on ten important aspects in mechanical circulatory support. These include: 1....

JANS Article

Commentary: Streamlining Endovascular Interventions on Extracorporeal Life Support

December 4, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Succinct commentary on the challenge of vascular access in ECMO circuits on the occasion of a manuscript on a novel design of a multi-access adaptor.

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