Transvenous Right Greater Splanchnic Nerve Ablation in Heart Failure and Preserved Ejection Fraction: First-in-Human Study.

Background: Ablation of the right-sided greater splanchnic nerve (GSN) can reduce excessive splanchnic vasoconstriction, potentially improving the handling of volume shifts in patients with heart failure with preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF).

Objectives: The purpose of this study was to assess a novel catheter procedure of right-sided GSN ablation to treat HFpEF: splanchnic ablation for volume management.

Methods: This trial included 11 HFpEF patients (8 women, age 70 ± 8 years) with New York Heart Association functional class II or III symptoms, ejection fraction ≥50%, and elevated pulmonary capillary wedge pressure at rest or with exercise.

COMPARISON OF EARLY POST-OPERATIVE PERIOD OF ENDO-ACAB WITH OFF-PUMP CABG: RETROSPECTIVE STUDY CONDUCTED AT TBILISI HEART AND VASCULAR CLINIC.

Our aim was to compare early post-operative period of Endo-ACAB with OPCABG. We retrospectively studied 760 cases of all patients who had underwent urgent or planned coronary artery bypass grafting at the "Tbilisi Heart and Vascular Clinic" from November 2015 till November 2017. Patients were divided into two group: first group patients who had underwent Endo-ACAB and second group patients who had underwent OPCABG.