Mechanical Circulatory Assistance

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EACTS/STS/AATS Guidelines on Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in Adult Cardiac Surgery 

November 6, 2025 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

The European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS), The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS), and The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) recently released joint consensus guidelines on use of temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS). This...

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Robotic-Assisted Biventricular Durable Assist Device Implantation: The First In Human Experience

August 6, 2026 | Feras Khaliel…

An 8 cm left sub-areolar thoracotomy was performed as the working port. The pericardium was opened vertically over the left ventricular apex and suspended with retraction sutures. Using 3-0 polypropylene...

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A Comparison of DCD Heart Transplantation in Europe and the United States: A Multi-Centre, Retrospective Study

May 28, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This retrospective observational study aimed to compare clinical outcomes and demographics of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplantation (HT) between European and United States (US) centers. Analyzing 504 patients...

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Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support in Left Ventricular Assist Device Candidates With Right Ventricular Dysfunction: Acuity Without Long-Term Futility

May 13, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This multicenter cohort study evaluated the impact of preoperative temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) on outcomes in patients with defined right ventricular dysfunction (RVD) undergoing HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist...

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The Changing Landscape of Temporary Mechanical Circulatory Support Devices in the New Heart Allocation System—A United States Nationwide Analysis

March 5, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This retrospective analysis of the United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) database, covering the years 2019 to 2024 with a sample size of 5,325 patients, characterized the evolving landscape of...

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Through the Looking Glass: Avoiding a Retrospective Approach to New Technology Acquisition

February 21, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A well-written, brief, pessimistic editorial on the loss of surgeon autonomy in innovation.

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In Global News: The Benefits of Exercise Before Surgery, Heart Valve Updates, and Studying Innovative HLHS Therapies

February 16, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care A professional US football player who had a congenital coronary artery anomaly corrected as a teenager meets with kids currently undergoing treatment for congenital heart disease, seeking to...

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Issues in Mechanical Circulatory Support

February 6, 2018 | Om Yadava…

Dr Om Prakash Yadava and Professor Gino Gerosa discuss continuous flow devices compared with pulsatile flow devices and the debated issues involved. They also look at futuristic and evolving technologies...

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Cost-Effectiveness and the Ethics of Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy

January 2, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A sobering editorial, read last May at the AATS, that discusses at length the ethics of ventricular assist as a super expensive therapy seen from the principle of fairness.

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Predicting the Need for Mechanical Circulatory Support After High-Risk Cardiac Surgery

October 12, 2017 | Rajamiyer Venkateswaran

Rajamiyer Venkateswaran of the Wythenshawe Hospital in Manchester, UK, asks whether it is possible to predict when a patient undergoing high-risk cardiac surgery will need postoperative mechanical circulatory support. He...

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First Percutaneous Pump Approved for Right Heart Failure

October 12, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The Impella RP device was approved by the FDA for use as a temporary percutaneous assist for the right ventricle, as announced by Abiomed. Use is approved for up to...

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Stopping LVAD Bleeding: A Piece of the Puzzle

October 6, 2017 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A stimulating editorial triggered by tri-species autopsy work on angiodysplasia potentially attributable to continuous-flow LVAD. Dr Birks discusses the findings and appears open to the suggestion that LVAD per se...

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Impact of Left-Ventricular Assist Device–Related Complications on Posttransplant Graft Survival

September 19, 2017 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors queried the UNOS heart transplantation database to determine if LVAD device-related complications (DRCs) were associated with worse postoperative graft survival. The 5 categories of DRCs were as follows:...

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