Femoral Veno-Arterial Extracorporeal Life Support with Minimal or No Heparin
Recent technological advances in cardiopulmonary bypass circuits achieving surface bonding with heparin have permitted prolonged extracorporeal life support (ECLS) in experimental studies without the use of systemic anticoagulation.
Extracorporeal Life Support Bridge to Ventricular Assist Device: The Double Bridge Strategy
In patients requiring left ventricular assist device (LVAD) support, it can be difficult to ascertain suitability for long-term mechanical support with LVAD and eventual transplantation.
Evaluating the Introduction of Extracorporeal Life Support Technology to a Tertiary-Care Pediatric Institution: Smoothing the Learning Curve Through Interprofessional Simulation Training
Our objective was to evaluate the outcomes of an educational curriculum designed to introduce an Extracorporeal life support (ECLS) program to a noncardiac pediatric surgical center.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement: US Experience
New technological developments in valve design will make transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) available to an even wider group of patients. This review describes the TAVR procedure and its critical stages.
Interventional Imaging: The Role of Echocardiography
In this review, we describe the role of echocardiography during the initial structural evaluation, throughout the device placement procedure, and for the assessment of acute device function and complications.
Cost Effectiveness of Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Compared with Medical Management or Surgery for Patients with Aortic Stenosis
The aim of this review was to assess the results and quality of the economic evaluations in the current literature and to identify the drivers of cost effectiveness.
The Requirement of Extracorporeal Circulation System for Transluminal Aortic Valve Replacement: Do We Really Need It in the Catheterization Laboratory
This review contains an analysis of all major randomized trials and registries on the number and cause of TAVR procedures that ended up in open-heart surgery and presents data to challenge the prerequisite of extracorporeal circulation system in the cath laboratory.
Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Patients with Heart Failure
Efforts should be made to avoid late diagnosis or referring patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) to offer them timely interventions, reduce the risk of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), and predict whether left ventricular function will improve.
CABG, Stents, or Hybrid Procedures for Left Main Disease
The evidence is being challenged by technological and procedural advances in percutaneous coronary intervention.
Perspectives on the 2014 ESC/EACTS Guidelines on Myocardial Revascularization : Fifty Years of Revascularization: Where Are We and Where Are We Heading
The joint European Society of Cardiology and European Association of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (ESC/EACTS) guidelines on myocardial revascularization collect and summarize the evidence regarding decision-making, diagnostics, and therapeutics in various clinical scenarios of coronary artery disease, including elective, urgent, and emergency settings.
IABP Sizing Recommendations & Rationale (EP Video)
Kasey Dee from Teleflex/Arrow discusses the current IABP sizing recommendations (20:08 minutes).
Clinical Outcomes at One Year Following Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement
This article updates the previous report of 30-day outcomes and present 1-year outcomes following transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the United States.