Changes in frailty status after cardiac surgery. A prospective cohort study.

Background: The concept of frailty has become increasingly familiar in cardiac surgery. Since one of the characteristics of frailty is its reversible nature, efforts are being made to preoperatively decrease the level of frailty. However, the effect that the surgery itself may have in the postoperative frailty status remains still unknown.

[Resultados a corto y medio plazo de la técnica de Florida].

Introduction: Aortic root dilatation is a frequent disease affecting mostly young patients that often requires surgical repair. Surgical techniques in young patients include aortic valve-sparing procedures to avoid prosthetic valve implant.

Objective: The aim of this paper is to describe the results obtained in three patients with aortic root dilatation using the Florida Sleeve technique.

Long-term prognosis after surgery for infective endocarditis: Distinction between predictors of early and late survival.

Objectives: Cardiac surgery is a life-saving procedure in patients diagnosed with infective endocarditis (IE). There are several validated risk scores developed to predict early-mortality; nevertheless, long-term survival has been less investigated. The aim of the present study is to analyze the impact of IE-specific risk factors for early and long-term mortality.

Which type of valve should we use in tricuspid position? Long-term comparison between mechanical and biological valves.

Background: Nowadays, tricuspid valve replacement (TVR) is much less common than aortic or mitral valve replacement, since repair is almost always preferable. Prosthetic tricuspid valves are associated with high mortality and morbidity, mostly due to thrombotic or hemorrhagic events. Nevertheless, there is lack of evidence of which is the optimal type of valve (biological versus mechanical) in tricuspid position.