Outcomes after SynCardia® temporary total artificial heart implantation: A 20-year single-center experience in 196 patients.

Background: The SynCardia® temporary total artificial heart (TAH) serves as a mechanical circulatory support device for patients suffering from irreversible biventricular failure.

Methods: This retrospective study analyzed 196 consecutive patients who underwent TAH implantation at our center from 2001 to 2021. We assessed survival rates and all-cause mortality during TAH support, including survival post-heart transplantation.

Midterm results after aortic valve neocuspidization.

Objectives: Aortic valve neocuspidization with autologous pericardium is gaining increasing attention as a surgical treatment option for aortic valve disease. However, little is known about midterm durability and valve-related events.

Methods: Patients undergoing aortic valve neocuspidization between 2016 and 2021 were included.

Functional Mitral Valve Regurgitation: Mitral Valve Repair or Replacement? Our "Road Map" for the Appropriate Strategy.

The optimal surgical approach for the treatment of functional mitral regurgitation (FMR) remains controversial. Current guidelines suggest that the surgical approach has to be tailored to the individual patient. The aim of the present study was to clarify further aspects of this tailored treatment.

Early outcomes of transapical mitral valve implantation versus surgical replacement in matched elderly patients at intermediate surgical risk.

Background: Data comparing transcatheter mitral valve implantation (TMVI) with surgical mitral valve replacement (SMVR) are lacking.

Aims: This study sought to compare the 30-day Valve Academic Research Consortium (VARC)-3 device success of TMVI with that of SMVR.

Methods: Matching protocol combined exact matching (sex, atrial fibrillation, previous surgical aortic valve replacement [SAVR] or coronary artery bypass grafting [CABG]), coarsened exact matching (age) and propensity score matching (body mass index, mitral valve pathology and concomitant tricuspid regurgitation).

Impact of calorie intake and weight gain after Norwood procedure on the outcome of stage II palliation.

Background: This study aimed to assess the impact of caloric intake and weight-for-age-Z-score after the Norwood procedure on the outcome of bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt.

Methods: A total of 153 neonates who underwent the Norwood procedure between 2012 and 2020 were surveyed. Postoperative daily caloric intake and weight-for-age-Z-score up to five months were calculated, and their impact on outcome after bidirectional cavopulmonary shunt was analysed.