Mechanical Circulatory Assistance
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in San Francisco, California, USA, and a...
This session features Song Li, Director of Data Science at Cardiogenic Shock Working Group and Director of Cardiogenic Shock at Medical City Healthcare, Dallas, Texas, USA, delivering a presentation on...
This session features Mark S. Slaughter, Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Cardiovascular Innovation Institute at the University of Louisville,...
This expert review presents 10 guiding principles for postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock (PCCS), framing PCCS as a time-dependent trajectory and emphasizing early recognition, phenotype-driven temporary mechanical circulatory support, ventricular unloading, correction...
This session features Shivni H. Patel from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, presenting on “Time-Varying Risk and Hazard Phase-Specific Predictors of Right Heart Failure...
A somewhat delayed publication of a 2016 paper that discusses important trends in cardiac transplanation in the light of increasing use of ECMO.
...Patient Care A baby in Taiwan is the third-lightest to have undergone repair of a type A interrupted aortic arch and aortopulmonary window. Did you know that April is Esophageal...
An interesting two-year report from the MOMENTUM 3 randomized controlled trial comparison of HeartMate 3 and II, the analysis performed by Abbott. Although stroke and reoperation were clearly lower with...
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...
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...
A well-written, brief, pessimistic editorial on the loss of surgeon autonomy in innovation.
...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...
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...





