Myocardial Infarction

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 168: Humanoid Robots and AI in Surgery

August 6, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Aamir Amin, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK, about humanoid robots and artificial intelligence (AI) in surgery. Dr....

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Ventricular Free-Wall Rupture, Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm, and Papillary Muscle Rupture Complicating Acute Myocardial Infarction

July 29, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This multisociety European Society of Cardiology (ESC)/European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) consensus statement addresses three mechanical complications of acute myocardial infarction: ventricular free-wall rupture, pseudoaneurysm, and papillary muscle rupture....

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Percutaneous Coronary Intervention Versus Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting for Unprotected Left Main Stenosis: 10-Year Final Results From the Randomised, Open-Label, Non-Inferiority NOBLE Trial

May 13, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

In this article, the authors report the 10-year final results of the NOBLE trial comparing percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with newer generation drug–eluting stents vs coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG)...

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Spontaneous Myocardial Infarction After Left Main Revascularization: The EXCEL Trial

March 26, 2026 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

In this pre-specified analysis of the EXCEL trial, 1,882 patients with left main disease underwent percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n=952) or coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) (n=930). At five years,...

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Pulmonary Resection Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Feasible, but Right-Sided Procedures Demand Caution

March 5, 2026 | Jade QuSilver Contributor

This article examines the feasibility and technique of lung resection after prior coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), focusing on resections ipsilateral to an internal thoracic artery graft. Among 5,821 pulmonary...

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Textbook Outcome in Mitral Valve Surgery—Results from the Netherlands Heart Registration

February 12, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

A Netherlands Heart Registry study conducted from 2013 to 2021 involving 3,026 patients undergoing primary elective mitral valve surgery evaluated the textbook outcome (TO), defined as the absence of major...

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PCI of Native Coronary Artery vs Saphenous Vein Graft After Prior Bypass Surgery: A Multicenter, Randomized Trial

December 4, 2025 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

The PROCTOR trial randomized 220 post-coronary artery bypass grafting patients with saphenous vein graft (SVG) failure to native vessel percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) (n=108) or SVG PCI (n=112). At one-year,...

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Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Current Clinical Practices and Future Perspectives

November 13, 2025 | Vincent SierSilver Contributor

This international EACTS-endorsed survey assessed current practices and sought consensus on defining periprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). Among 175 respondents from 29 countries, 46.4 percent...

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Aortic Valve Replacement vs Conservative Treatment in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: Long-Term Follow-Up of the AVATAR

October 17, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

The AVATAR Trial addressed the question of when and how to treat asymptomatic patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) and normal left ventricular (LV) systolic function. In the current report,...

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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...

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EACTS Expert Consensus Statement on Perioperative Myocardial Infarction After Cardiac Surgery

April 3, 2024 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

Defining perioperative myocardial infarction (PMI) after cardiac surgery presents challenges. A multidisciplinary group evaluated the evidence on mechanisms, diagnosis, and prognosis of PMI. The review found that postoperative troponin thresholds...

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Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at Five Years

November 29, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An important free-access report on the PARTNER 3 trial that discusses the TAVI-first policy in patietns with Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality risk less than 4% (...

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Coronary Plaque Sampling Reveals Molecular Insights Into Coronary Artery Disease

August 7, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

In a research letter on a small pilot genomic study of sampling coronary atheroma, the authors offer a brief explanation on how their technique can be applied to detect stability...

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