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  1. Review of Contemporary Invasive Treatment Approaches and Critical Appraisal of Guidelines on Hypertrophic Obstructive Cardiomyopathy: State-of-the-Art Review
  2. Atlas-Based Evaluation of Hemodynamic in Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms
  3. Patient-Specific Analysis of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm with the Living Heart Human Model
  4. Defining and understanding the “extra‐corporeal membrane oxygenation gap” in the veno‐venous configuration: Timing and causes of death
  5. miRNA expression analysis in the human heart: Undifferentiated progenitors vs. bioptic tissues—Implications for proliferation and ageing
  6. Understanding the “extracorporeal membrane oxygenation gap” in veno‐arterial configuration for adult patients: Timing and causes of death
  7. Transcatheter Heart Valve Implantation in Bicuspid Patients with Self-Expanding Device
  8. ECMO Retrieval over the Mediterranean Sea: Extending Hospital Arms
  9. 2020 EACTS/ELSO/STS/AATS Expert Consensus on Post-cardiotomy Extracorporeal Life Support in Adult Patients
  10. Ascending Aorta Resection and End-to-End Anastomosis: Redistribution of Wall Shear Stress Induced by a Bioprosthetic Heart Valve
  11. 2020 EACTS/ELSO/STS/AATS expert consensus on post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support in adult patients
  12. 2020 EACTS/ELSO/STS/AATS expert consensus on post-cardiotomy extracorporeal life support in adult patients
  13. The use of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation in the setting of postinfarction mechanical complications: outcome analysis of the Extracorporeal Life Support Organization Registry
  14. Extracorporeal life support for phaeochromocytoma-induced cardiogenic shock: a systematic review
  15. Statistical Shape Analysis of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm: Correlation between Shape and Biomechanical Descriptors
  16. Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with Self-Expandable ACURATE neo as compared to Balloon-Expandable SAPIEN 3 in Patients with Severe Aortic Stenosis: Meta-analysis of Randomized and Propensity-Matched Studies. J. Clin. Med. 2020, 9, 397
  17. Pulmonary artery cannulation to enhance extracorporeal membrane oxygenation management in acute cardiac failure
  18. Baseline surgical status and short-term mortality after extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for post-cardiotomy shock: a meta-analysis
  19. Neurological complications after cardiac surgery: a retrospective case-control study of risk factors and outcome
  20. In-hospital outcomes after emergency or prophylactic veno-arterial extracorporeal membrane oxygenation during transcatheter aortic valve implantation: a comprehensive review of the literature
  21. Protracted aortic valve closure during peripheral veno-arterial extracorporeal life support: is intra-aortic balloon pump an effective solution?
  22. PATHOANATOMIC FINDINGS AND TREATMENT DURING HYPERTROPHIC OBSTRUCTIVE CARDIOMYOPATHY SURGERY: THE ROLE OF MITRAL VALVE
  23. Heart valve scaffold fabrication: Bioinspired control of macro-scale morphology, mechanics and micro-structure
  24. How do I get my article published? Insight from an EACTS luncheon
  25. Acute Obstructive Thrombosis of Sapien 3 Valve After Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerated Mosaic 21 Valve
  26. Meta-analysis to assess the effectiveness of topically used vancomycin in reducing sternal wound infections after cardiac surgery
  27. In Vivo Strain Analysis of Dilated Ascending Thoracic Aorta by ECG-Gated CT Angiographic Imaging
  28. Impact of Sternotomy and Pericardial Opening in Patients With Ventricular Septal Defects
  29. Particle image velocimetry study of the celiac trunk hemodynamic induced by continuous-flow left ventricular assist device
  30. In Silico Shear and Intramural Stresses are Linked to Aortic Valve Morphology in Dilated Ascending Aorta
  31. Critical care for migrants
  32. Should subcutaneous implantable cardioverter-defibrillators be implanted in patients who are candidates for continuous flow left ventricular assist device?
  33. Modalities and Effects of Left Ventricle Unloading on Extracorporeal Life support: a Review of the Current Literature
  34. Antihypertensive Treatments in Patients Affected by Aortic Valve Stenosis
  35. Migrants crossing the Mediterranean Sea: an opportunity or a duty?
  36. Three-dimensional parametric modeling of bicuspid aortopathy and comparison with computational flow predictions
  37. Training in Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery: Tips and Tricks of the Trade
  38. A Case of Conservative Treatment of Postsurgical Aortic False Aneurysm
  39. Risk of stroke with “no-touch” — As compared to conventional off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. An updated meta-analysis of observational studies
  40. Meta-analysis of uninterrupted as compared to interrupted oral anticoagulation with or without bridging in patients undergoing coronary angiography with or without percutaneous coronary intervention
  41. Clinical Safety and Effectiveness of Endoaortic as Compared to Transthoracic Clamp for Small Thoracotomy Mitral Valve Surgery: Meta-Analysis of Observational Studies
  42. Computational fluid dynamics of the ascending aorta before the onset of type A aortic dissection
  43. From Small Coronary Artery Aneurysm to Giant Left Ventricle Aneurysm
  44. Heart transplant program at IRCCS-ISMETT: Impact of mechanical circulatory support on pre- and post -transplant survival
  45. Early distal remodeling after elephant trunk repair of thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysms
  46. PIWI-interacting RNA (piRNA) signatures in human cardiac progenitor cells
  47. Aortic surgery in Marfan patient with severe pectus excavatum
  48. International Participation in The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Improves Outcomes: Initial Italian Experience
  49. Can multiple previous treatment-requiring rejections affect biventricular myocardial function in heart transplant recipients? A two-dimensional speckle-tracking study
  50. Patients with bicuspid aortic valve are likely to receive an aortic valve prosthesis during prophylactic resection of their ascending aortic aneurysm
  51. Constitutive modeling of ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms using microstructural parameters
  52. Cerebrovascular Events After No‐Touch Off‐Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting, Conventional Side‐Clamp Off‐Pump Coronary Artery Bypass, and Proximal Anastomotic Devices: A Meta‐Analysis
  53. Your Results, Explained: Clarity Provided by Row Percentages Versus Column Percentages
  54. Off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting improves short-term outcomes in high-risk patients compared with on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting: Meta-analysis
  55. Robotic mitral repair with sliding leaflet valvuloplasty and remodelling partial annuloplasty
  56. Safety and efficacy of miniaturized extracorporeal circulation when compared with off-pump and conventional coronary artery bypass grafting: evidence synthesis from a comprehensive Bayesian-framework network meta-analysis of 134 randomized controlled t...
  57. Biomechanical implications of excessive endograft protrusion into the aortic arch after thoracic endovascular repair
  58. Stanford Type A Acute Retrograde Aortic Dissections: From Surgical to Endovascular Strategy?
  59. An In Vitro Phantom Study on the Role of the Bird-Beak Configuration in Endograft Infolding in the Aortic Arch
  60. Recurrent ventricular tachycardia in a patient with continuous flow left ventricle assist device: Successful management with radiofrequency ablation and medical treatment
  61. Cusp repair during aortic valve-sparing operation
  62. Systemic or Endoventricular Thrombolysis to Treat HeartWare Left Ventricle Assist Device Thrombosis: A Clinical Dilemma
  63. Minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass in the era of percutaneous coronary intervention
  64. Thalassemia and Heart Surgery: Aortic Valve Repair After Endocarditis
  65. Should device replacement be the first choice strategy in continuous-flow left ventricle assist device thrombosis? Analysis of 9 events and results after endoventricular thrombolysis
  66. Should Pectus Excavatum Alter Aortic Root Surgery in Patients With Marfan Syndrome? A Computed Tomography Scan–Guided Surgical Strategy Through Left Anterior Thoracotomy
  67. Commentary: The Bird-Beak Stent-Graft Configuration: The End of Aortic Arch Endograft Collapse?
  68. Chronic Stanford type A aortic dissection
  69. Vascular access complications in patients with continuous-flow left ventricle assist device undergoing percutaneous invasive procedures: A word of caution
  70. Preserving the left subclavian artery patency in challenging proximal neck during thoracic endovascular aortic repair
  71. Surgical treatment of systemic embolization by cardiac metastasis of lung cancer
  72. Postsurgical aortic false aneurysm
  73. Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes: a cardiac tumour with preserved contractility
  74. Conversion to Sternotomy During Sternal-Sparing Coronary Artery Surgery
  75. Sutureless repair for postinfarction cardiac rupture: A simple approach with a tissue-adhering patch
  76. Mitral and Aortic Valve Prosthetic Endocarditis After Percutaneous Closure of Mitral Paravalvular Leak
  77. Hamartoma of mature cardiac myocytes in adults and young: Case report and literature review
  78. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following aortic valve prosthesis endocarditis
  79. Fish Oil and Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation
  80. Left ventricular cleft
  81. Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm following aortic valve prosthesis endocarditis
  82. 6 Months of “Temporary” Support by Levitronix Left Ventricular Assist Device
  83. Bicuspidy does not affect reoperation risk following aortic valve reimplantation
  84. Aortic Valve Replacement for Paraprosthetic Leak After Transcatheter Implantation
  85. Giant left atrium syndrome
  86. Long-Term Patency of Saphenous Vein Patch Plasty for Left Main Coronary Artery Ostial Disease
  87. Incidence of Neoplastic Disease Following Lung Transplantation: A 17-Year Single-Center Experience
  88. Domino Heart Transplantation: Long-Term Outcome of Recipients and Their Living Donors: Single Center Experience
  89. Treatment of ascending aorta disease with Bentall–De Bono operation using a mini-invasive approach
  90. Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Surgery for Iatrogenic Aortic Root-to-Right Atrium Fistula After Incomplete Percutaneous Occlusion of Patent Foramen Ovale: Case Report and Review of the Literature