Mechanical Support & Transplant

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Physician Assistant-Led Recovery Model for Heart Transplantation: An Interview With Physician Assistant Joshua Lowman

February 13, 2026 | Joshua Lowman…

In this enlightening interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner at James Cook University Hospital, UK, speaks with Joshua Lowman, a cardiovascular and thoracic surgery physician assistant and non-MD thoracic...

JANS Article

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....

JANS Article

Safety and Efficacy of Stand-Alone and Hybrid Thoracoscopic Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

July 23, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This multicenter registry assessed long-term outcomes of thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation using a bipolar irrigated radiofrequency clamp across 13 years. Among 678 patients (predominantly longstanding persistent AF), freedom from...

Event

10th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit.

November 19, 2026

Thursday, November 19, 2026 – Saturday, November 21, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 12:15 pm – The 10th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Summit brings together leading international experts in...

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Selective Mechanical Unloading of the LV in LV Failure Supported via VA-ECMO: From Theory to Clinical Data

June 19, 2026 | Keshava Rajagopal

A variety of mechanical circulatory support strategies are available to treat cardiogenic shock with left ventricular failure. Current theory suggests that direct left ventricular unloading should be superior to other...

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Complete Sternal Sparing LVAD Implantation

March 7, 2022 | Clauden Louis…

Left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation has two approaches. Of the two, the right mini thoracotomy is the less invasive, as it is sternal sparing. This approach assists with chest...

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Dor Procedure for Extended Postinfarction Left Ventricular Aneurysm with Secondary Pseudoaneurysm

February 22, 2022 | Valerio Sanesi…

A sixty-six-year-old man underwent investigation for a recent onset of shortness of breath and was found to have a chronically occluded LAD, a severely dilated left ventricle, reduced ejection fraction,...

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Surgical Treatment of Liposarcoma Metastasis of the Heart

February 15, 2022 | Dr Michele D'Alonzo…

The patient featured in this video is a fifty-two-year-old woman with a previous history of liposarcoma of the thigh. She underwent surgery in 2003 and was on follow-up until 2013...

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Aorto-Mitral Curtain Reconstruction with Multiple Bovine Pericardial Patches: A Case of Multiple Valve Infective Endocarditis

December 7, 2021 | Cheng He…

Invasive infective endocarditis (IE) with abscess formation involving the intervalvular fibrous body (IFB) between the aortic and mitral valves or aorto-mitral curtain (AMC) can make surgical repair and reconstruction a...

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Alternative Strategies for Challenges in Veno-Arterial ECMO Cannulation

August 13, 2021 | HelenMari Merritt-Genore

Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) for cardiac failure is on the rise worldwide. Some challenges, such as limb ischemia and thrombotic or hemorrhagic events, are well-recognized. Newer data suggests that ventricle...

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Normothermic Ex Vivo Lung Perfusion: Toronto Protocol

August 11, 2021 | Hemant Gokhale…

The advent of normothermic ex vivo lung perfusion (EVLP) has allowed for significant increases in lung transplant volume, allowing for the recovery of lungs deemed unsuitable for transplantation. At our...

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A Trip to the Moon: Neonatal ABO Non-Compatible Heart Transplant in Donor Circulatory Death

August 3, 2021 | Juan-Miguel Gil-Jaurena…

Donation after Circulatory Death (DCD) is gaining worldwide acceptance as an adjunct to brain death (BD) in transplant surgery. Initially performed for abdominal organs procurement, DCD was then carried out...

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Slide Tracheobronchoplasty for Right Mainstem Bronchial Agenesis

July 13, 2021 | David Lehenbauer…

This is a report of a successful slide tracheobronchoplasty for right mainstem bronchial agenesis. Patient is a 2.4kg ex-36 week male (with a corrected gestational age of 39.6 weeks at...

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