Current Evidence and Insights about Genetics in Thoracic Aorta Disease by Gianluigi Bisleri, Lorenzo Bagozzi, Claudio Muneretto

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Impact of family socio-economic status on the prognosis of heart transplantation in children by Shun Liu, Han Mo, Yiqi Zhao, Xiao Chen, Weiteng Wang, Yijing Li, Ningning Zhang, Mengni Bao, Zeyu Cui, Qian Zhao, Jun Yan, Xiumeng Hua, Jiangping Song

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Oral health and dental behaviour of patients with left ventricular assist device: a cross‐sectional study by Jens Garbade, Josephine Rast, Gerhard Schmalz, Mirjam Eisner, Justus Wagner, Tanja Kottmann, Andreas Oberbach, Sven Lehmann, Rainer Haak, Michael A. Borger, Christian Binner, Dirk Ziebolz

“…Methods and results Patients (128) with LVAD were recruited from the University Department for Cardiac Surgery at Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany. A healthy control group (HC, n = 113) was included. …”
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Beating-Heart Coronary Artery Bypass grafting (BH-CABG) in patients with End-Stage Renal Disease (ESRD): comparison of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) predicted risk with ac... by Louis Samuels, Anastasia Arce, Samiat Agunbiade, Suzanne Raws, Afshin Parsikia

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Anatomical and physiological features of the right heart affecting the effectiveness of balloon valvuloplasty and increase the risk of repeated interventions in children with valvu... by Yu.L. Kuzmenko, A.A. Dovhaliuk, M.P. Radchenko, O.О. Motrechko

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Guillain-Barré Syndrome due to CMV Reactivation after Cardiac Transplantation by Christina Maria Steger, Herwig Antretter, Daniel Höfer

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Patent Ductus Arteriosus Stenting via Percutaneous Common Carotid Artery Access for Ductus Dependent Pulmonary Blood Flow in Newborns and Infants: Experience in Latvia by Zanda Grīnberga, Elizabete Zaharāne, Pauls Sīlis, Valts Ozoliņš, Normunds Sikora, Elīna Ligere

“…Transcarotidal PDA stenting in neonates and small infants with ductus-dependent critical congenital heart disease is possible in small volume paediatric cardiac surgery centre to stabilise the patient prior to definitive surgery or palliation of complex CHD. …”
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Investigation of TGFβ1-Induced Long Noncoding RNAs in Endothelial Cells by Krishna K. Singh, Pratiek N. Matkar, Adrian Quan, Laura-Eve Mantella, Hwee Teoh, Mohammed Al-Omran, Subodh Verma

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Redo Aortic Valve Replacement After Prior Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Insights from Western Experience by Arber Aliu, Klodiana Durici, Ira Lazo, Altin Veshti

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Superior vena cava obstruction following pericardial effusion absorption in the presence of a pericardial teratoma: a case report by Kai Guo, Hui Wang

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Combined myectomy with posterior left ventricular outflow tract enlargement for diffuse subvalvular aortic stenosis: a disease-modifying reconstruction? by Kaung Sithu Sett, Maciej Rachwalik, Marta Obremska, Izabella Uchmanowicz, Roman Przybylski

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Occurrence of sarcopenia in elderly patients with coronary heart disease and its association with short-term prognosis by Hongfang Li, Fangfang Ma, Yite Li, Hongying Li, Jiancheng Huang

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Perceptions and experiences of commercial virtual reality games in early postoperative rehabilitation among cardiac surgical patients: A qualitative study by Zhongkang Wu, Xihan Li, Lin Li, Yan Zhang, Xiao Shen

“…Methods A cohort of postoperative cardiac surgery patients ( n  = 12) who used the same VR games during the early rehabilitation period at the cardiac surgery intensive care unit (ICU) of a tertiary hospital in Nanjing, China, was enrolled in this study, conducted between January 2023 and December 2023. …”
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Early Clinical Outcomes of Surgical Management following Vacuum-Assisted Closure in Poststernotomy Mediastinitis by Rafik F. Soliman, Hatem M. Soltan, Saeed O. Abdelwahed, Ibrahim M. Khalil

“…Results: A total of 32 patients presented with DSWI after elective (87.5%) and emergent (12.5%) cardiac surgery. There were 18 male patients and 14 female patients, with ages ranging from 38 to 74. …”
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Clinical, demographic characteristics and results of the long term follow-up in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease by I.G. Lebid

“…The aim – to analyze clinical and demographic indicators in adolescents and adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) to provide strategy of cardiac care for these patients, to assess risk of cardiological and cardiac surgery interventions in patients with congenital heart malformations. …”
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Thymic Hyperplasia after Lung Transplantation Imitating Posttransplant Lymphoproliferative Disorder by Christina Maria Steger, Severin Semsroth, Thomas Hager, Ralf Rieker, Ludwig Müller

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Association between Hypotension, Low Ejection Fraction and Cognitive Performance in Cardiac Patients by Rebecca F. Gottesman, Maura A. Grega, Maryanne M. Bailey, Scott L. Zeger, William A. Baumgartner, Guy M. McKhann, Ola A. Selnes

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in an Extremely Tortuous S-Shaped Aorta by Shuangbo Liu, Olga Toleva, Amir Ravandi, Zlatko Pozeg, Alan Menkis, Malek Kass

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Cardiac Calcified Amorphous Tumor of the Mitral Valve Presenting as Transient Ischemic Attack by Mohammad Abbasi Teshnizi, Atefeh Ghorbanzadeh, Nahid Zirak, Babak Manafi, Aliasghar Moeinipour

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Integrated Single-Cell and RNA Sequencing Analysis Identifies Key Immune Cell and Dendritic Cells Associated Genes Participated in Myocarditis by Qiang Gong, Jianfeng Huang, Qicai Wu

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