Tricuspid valve repair and replacement for infective endocarditis.

Unlabelled: Infective endocarditis represents a challenging and life-threatening clinical condition affecting native and prosthetic heart valves, endocardium, and implanted cardiac devices. Right-sided infective endocarditis account for approximately 5-10% of all infective endocarditis and are often associated with intravenous drug use, intracardiac devices, central venous catheters, and congenital heart disease. The tricuspid valve is involved in 90% of right-side infective endocarditis.

Ten-Year Experience with Endomyocardial Biopsy after Orthotopic Heart Transplantation: Comparison between Trans-Jugular and Trans-Femoral Approach.

Background: Endomyocardial biopsy (EMB) is considered the gold standard for monitoring allograft rejection after heart transplantation. EMB is an invasive procedure that may be performed via a trans-jugular or a trans-femoral approach with a complication rate reported as less than 6%. The aim of this study was to evaluate the complication rate after EMBs in heart recipients and to compare the results of EMBs performed via a trans-jugular or a trans-femoral approach.

Second cross-clamping after mitral valve repair for degenerative disease in contemporary practice.

Objectives: Scanty data are available on 'second cross-clamping' following mitral valve repair in contemporary practice. The aim of this study was to evaluate the incidence, causes and outcomes of this event in patients referred for mitral repair for severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR).

Methods: The study population included 2318 patients with severe degenerative MR referred for mitral repair.