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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 device (LVAD) implantation. Analyzing 201...

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Analysis of UNOS: Ventricular Assist Device as Bridge-to-Transplant in Paediatric Patients With Congenital Heart Disease

November 13, 2025 | EACTS Staff

This study analyzed 3,394 pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) patients listed for heart transplant from 2014 to 2023. Of these, 16.5 percent received ventricular assist device (VAD) support while waitlisted....

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18F-FDG PET/CT and Radiolabeled Leukocyte SPECT/CT Imaging for the Evaluation of Cardiovascular Infection in the Multimodality Context

November 27, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The opening manuscript on the expected series of American Society of Nuclear Cardiology Imaging Indications. For the cardiovascular surgeon, Tables 2 and 7 offer an update on the use of...

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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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Value of Invasive Hemodynamic Assessments in Patients Supported by Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Devices

January 17, 2024 | Jason Trevis

This review explores the application of invasive hemodynamic assessments in the personalization of care for patients with left ventricular assist devices (LVADs). The authors provide a comprehensive approach to their...

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Survival in Pediatric Patients with Ventricular Assist Devices: A Special Pediatric Interagency Registry for Mechanical Circulatory Support (Pedimacs) Report

November 16, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

Patients younger than nineteen years old were included in a study developed to gain a better understanding of pediatric patients supported with ventricular assist devices (VADs). The authors found that...

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The 2023 International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for Mechanical Circulatory Support: A 10-Year Update

June 1, 2023 | Wei-Guo Ma

The first official guidelines for implantable mechanical circulatory support (MCS) were published in 2013 by the International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation (ISHLT). Ten years later, because of substantial...

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Impact of Preoperative Mitral Regurgitation on Left Ventricular Assist Device Patients: Propensity Score-Matched Analysis of the EUROMACS Dataset

April 21, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

Mitral regurgitation (MR) is often seen in patients having a left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implanted. A comparison was done between LVAD patients from the EUROMACS registry with either none-to-mild...

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The International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation/Heart Failure Society of America Guideline on Acute Mechanical Circulatory Support

February 12, 2023 | Wei-Guo Ma

This guideline on acute mechanical circulatory support covers medical and surgical treatment of cardiogenic and pulmonary shock, management of patients supported with temporary mechanical circulatory support devices, complications, special populations,...

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Mapping Human Cardiac Sarcoidosis by Single Nuclear and Spatial Profiling

September 30, 2022 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

This editorial describes the evolving pathway of diagnosing a disease that is predicted to augment the indication for orthotopic cardiac transplantation. Cardiac involvement of sarcoidosis accounts for the majority of...

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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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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....

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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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