Predicting Factors Affecting Survival Rate in Patients Undergoing On‐Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery Using Machine Learning Methods: A Systematic Review by Alireza Jafarkhani, Behzad Imani, Soheila Saeedi, Amir Shams

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Osteopontin as a Biomarker for Coronary Artery Disease by Georgia R. Layton, Ibrahim Antoun, Alice Copperwheat, Zaidhan Latif Khan, Sanjay S. Bhandari, Riyaz Somani, André Ng, Mustafa Zakkar

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Anomalous Left Coronary Artery Connected to the Pulmonary Artery in a 15-Year-Old Girl: Case Report and Discussion on Secondary Prevention of Sudden Death by Jérémy Laïk, Virginie Fouilloux, Philippe Aldebert, Linda Koutbi, Jérôme Hourdain, Philippe De Swardt, Fabrice Tiger, Anne Bellemain-Appaix, François Bernasconi, Laurent Jacq

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Correlation Between Prognostic Nutritional Index and Heart Failure in Adults with Diabetes in the United States: Study Results from NHANES (1999–2016) by Qiyuan Bai, Hao Chen, Zhen Gao, Xuhua Li, Jiapeng Li, Shidong Liu, Bing Song, Cuntao Yu

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Efficacy and safety of anti-thrombotic therapy after surgical mitral valve repair: a scoping review by Jian Ye, Jenny Chen, Hazal Ece Babadagli, Ricky Turgeon, Erica HZ Wang

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Gender and age features in adults with congenital heart disease by I.G. Lebid

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The Effect of Ivabradine on the Human Atrial Myocardial Contractility in an In Vitro Study by Ryan Chaban, Katja Buschmann, Anna Krausgrill, Andres Beiras-Fernandez, Christian-Friedrich Vahl

“…Myocardial tissues from the right atrial appendages of patients undergoing cardiac surgery were dissected to obtain 40 specimens from 20 patients (length: 3 mm), which were exposed to electrical impulses at a frequency of 75 bpm for 30 min to reach a steady state. …”
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Lidocaine Infusion for the Management of Postoperative Pain and Delirium (LIMPP): protocol for a randomised control trial by Matthias Behrends, Marc Alan Buren, Alekos Theologis, Ariadne Zuraek, Aaron J Clark, Jacqueline M Leung

“…Introduction Postoperative delirium is a frequent adverse event following elective non-cardiac surgery. The occurrence of delirium increases the risk of functional impairment, placement to facilities other than home after discharge, cognitive impairment at discharge, as well as in-hospital and possibly long-term mortality. …”
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The Effect Of Demographic Factors And Comorbidities On Ejection Fraction Outcome In Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients by Kausar Malik, Faiza Batool, Shazia Siddiq, Lubna Meraj

“…All patients aged 18 or more admitted with acute myocardial infarction confirmed by clinical, ECG findings and cardiac biomarkers were included in the study and patients with pre-existing valvular heart disease, previous history of myocardial infarction and history of cardiac surgery were excluded from the study. Socio-demographic details and risk factors like hypertension and diabetes were recorded, alongside presenting symptoms and vital signs. …”
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Primary Intimal (Spindle Cell) Sarcoma of the Heart: A Case Report and Review of the Literature by A. Ibrahim, A. Luk, P. Singhal, Bo Wan, A. Zavodni, R. J. Cusimano, J. Butany

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A Novel Minimal Invasive Mouse Model of Extracorporeal Circulation by Shuhua Luo, Menglin Tang, Lei Du, Lina Gong, Jin Xu, Youwen Chen, Yabo Wang, Ke Lin, Qi An

“…Extracorporeal circulation (ECC) is necessary for conventional cardiac surgery and life support, but it often triggers systemic inflammation that can significantly damage tissue. …”
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Pulmonary Embolism in the Elderly: From Symptoms to Speckle Tracking Echocardiography by Christos Ballas, Dimitrios Sfairopoulos, Ioanna Samara, Lampros Lakkas, Olga Kardakari, Athanasios Konstantinidis, Katerina K. Naka, Lampros K. Michalis, Christos S. Katsouras

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Positive feedback loop involving AMPK and CLYBL acetylation links metabolic rewiring and inflammatory responses by Wenke Wang, Boquan Wu, Mingjun Hao, Sichong Chen, Ruiting Cong, Wenjie Wu, Pengbo Wang, Qiaoyi Zhang, Pengyu Jia, Yuequn Song, Bo Liu, Siyao Qu, Jian-Fei Pei, Da Li, Naijin Zhang

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Histological assessment of a novel restorative coronary artery bypass graft in a chronic ovine model by Yu Sato, Matthew Kutnya, Biniyam Abebe, Mohammed S. El Kurdi, Martijn Cox, Richard W. Bianco, Bart Meuris, Yoshinobu Onuma, Patrick W. Serruys, Renu Virmani

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Measuring Activated Clotting Time during Cardiac Catheterization and PCI: The Effect of the Sampling Site by J. C Heemelaar, T. Berkhout, A. A. C. M. Heestermans, J. C. Zant, A. M. J. de Vos, N. J. W. Verouden, M. T. Dirksen, J. van Ramshorst

“…Activated clotting time (ACT) has been used for decades in cardiac surgery and interventional cardiology to assess unfractionated heparin activity. …”
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Assessment of the Effectiveness of Fascial Manipulation in Patients with Degenerative Disc Disease of the Lumbosacral Spine by Anna Mikołajczyk-Kocięcka, Marek Kocięcki, Lech Cyryłowski, Aleksandra Szylińska, Paweł Rynio, Magdalena Gębska, Ewelina Szuba, Jarosław Kaźmierczak

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Efficacy and Safety of Low-Dose Cyclosporine with Everolimus and Steroids in de novo Heart Transplant Patients: A Multicentre, Randomized Trial by Andreas Zuckermann, Shoei-Shen Wang, Heather Ross, Maria Frigerio, Howard J. Eisen, Christoph Bara, Daniel Hoefer, Maurizio Cotrufo, Gaohong Dong, Guido Junge, Anne M. Keogh

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Thymosin β4 Improves Differentiation and Vascularization of EHTs by Tilman Ziegler, Rabea Hinkel, Andrea Stöhr, Thomas Eschenhagen, Karl-Ludwig Laugwitz, Ferdinand le Noble, Robert David, Arne Hansen, Christian Kupatt

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Análisis de los datos del Registro Español de Cirugía Cardiaca (RECC) 2021-2023 by Lourdes Montero-Cruces, Manuel Carnero-Alcázar, Rafael Rodríguez-Lecoq, José C. Sureda-Barbosa, Jorge Rodríguez-Roda-Stuart, Fabrizio Sbraga, Juan J. Legarra-Calderón, Juan M. Gracia-Baena, Alejandro Adsuar-Gómez, Félix Gómez-Blasco, José F. Valderrama-Marcos, Nuria Arce-Ramos, Carlos E. Martín-López, Stefano Urso, José A. Hernández-Campos, Nora García-Borges, Álvaro Pedraz-Prieto, Marta Matamala-Adell, Jorge Rivas Oyarzabal, Diego Macías-Rubio, Enrique Pérez-de la Sota, Alejandro Crespo-de Hubsch, Pilar Gascón-García-Verdugo, José López-Menéndez

“…Abstract: More than three years ago, the Spanish Society of Cardiovascular and Endovascular Surgery started the Spanish Registry of Cardiac Surgery (RECC) in order to offer all cardiac surgery services nationwide a patient-level registry. …”
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Clinical characteristics and usage of statins in patients with stable ischemic heart disease referred for angiography or coronary artery bypass grafting by I.V. Shklianka, O.J. Zharinov, К.O. Mikhaliev, O.A. Epanchintseva

“…Depending on the inclusion of statins in the list of medicinal prescriptions, patients were retrospectively divided into two groups: those who had been prescribed statins while they were initially referred to a specialized cardiac surgery center for angiography or revascularization (n = 84) and those who were not prescribed statins (n ​​= 71). …”
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