Prognostic value of novel cardiovascular magnetic resonance transit times beyond the pulmonary circulation in patients with ventricular dysfunction.

Objectives: To evaluate the prognostic value of transit time (TT) assessment in the systemic circulation and organ perfusion in patients with ventricular dysfunction (VD). The primary endpoint was defined as death, heart failure admission, or ventricular arrhythmias, and the secondary endpoint was worsening renal function.

Methods: A retrospective study on 139 patients who underwent cardiac magnetic resonance for VD evaluation and 50 controls.

Embolic Events in Infective Endocarditis: A Comprehensive Review.

Infective endocarditis (IE) is a life-threating entity with three main complications: heart failure (HF), uncontrolled infection (UI) and embolic events (EEs). HF and UI are the main indications of cardiac surgery and have been studied thoroughly. On the other hand, much more uncertainty surrounds EEs, which have an abrupt and somewhat unpredictable behaviour.

Clinical characteristics and outcomes of aortic prosthetic valve endocarditis: comparison between transcatheter and surgical bioprostheses.

Purpose: Most data regarding infective endocarditis (IE) after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) comes from TAVI registries, rather than IE dedicated cohorts. The objective of our study was to compare the clinical and microbiological profile, imaging features and outcomes of patients with IE after SAVR with a biological prosthetic valve (IE-SAVR) and IE after TAVI (IE-TAVI) from 6 centres with an Endocarditis Team (ET) and broad experience in IE.

Methods: Retrospective analysis of prospectively collected data.