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Coron Artery Dis
November 2024
Department of Cardiology, Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Barcelona, Spain.
Korean Circ J
October 2024
Division of Cardiology, Department of Medicine, Heart Vascular Stroke Institute, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University, Seoul, Korea.
Background And Objectives: Among various emerging catheter-based treatments for severe tricuspid regurgitation (TR), the spacer device can reduce the regurgitation orifice without manipulating the valve leaflet. However, its clinical application has been hampered by traumatic anchoring to the myocardium and the coaxial alignment of the balloon resulting in insufficient TR reduction. This study aimed to evaluate the early-stage safety, technical feasibility, and preliminary efficacy of the novel atraumatic vertical spacer in patients with isolated severe TR.
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October 2024
Institute of Immunology, University Hospital Tübingen, Auf der Morgenstelle 15, 72076, Tübingen, Germany.
Among the common strategies to design next-generation COVID-19 vaccines is broadening the antigenic repertoire thereby aiming to increase efficacy against emerging variants of concern (VoC). This study describes a new Orf virus-based vector (ORFV) platform to design a multiantigenic vaccine targeting SARS-CoV-2 spike and nucleocapsid antigens. Vaccine candidates were engineered, either expressing spike protein (ORFV-S) alone or co-expressing nucleocapsid protein (ORFV-S/N).
View Article and Find Full Text PDFCatheter Cardiovasc Interv
November 2024
McGovern School of Medicine, Department of Cardiology, University of Texas, Houston, Texas, USA.
Background: Intraplaque delivery of contrast has been utilized during percutaneous coronary interventions (PCI) of chronic total occlusions (CTO) to delineate anatomy and to facilitate wire crossing. Its utility as a tool to accomplish primary crossing of CTOs has not been described or validated.
Aims: We describe a new technique leveraging the diagnostic and therapeutic roles of intraplaque contrast injection to accomplish primary crossing of CTOs: HydroDynamic contrast Recanalization (HDR).
Innovations (Phila)
December 2024
Department of Surgery, Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine, National University of Singapore, Kent Ridge, Singapore.
Objective: To develop a novel endoscopic system that reduces trauma to the patient and declutters the surgical field for the surgeon in minimally invasive heart valve surgery.
Methods: We designed and developed a retractor-camera combination for minimally invasive heart surgery; the cable and camera were connected to the underbelly of the left atrial retractor blade to provide an illuminated, wide-angle view of the mitral valve. We conducted ex vivo, in vivo, and, ultimately, a first-in-man randomized, nonanonymized clinical trial on 20 patients who required minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
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