OBJECTIVES Postoperative cognitive decline is common after cardiac surgery, but it is often
unrecognized at the time of hospital discharge. However, it has a great impact on patient's …

Cardiac myxomas are rare benign and slowly proliferating neoplasms of uncertain
histogenesis with heterogeneous histomorphology and variable and sometimes clinically quite …

Impaired platelet function is a major risk factor for peri‐operative bleeding and transfusion.
This prospective, observational study enrolled 101 consecutive patients undergoing elective …

The leading causes of death during the first three years after heart transplantation are
nonspecific graft failure and infections. Nonspecific graft failure may be caused by chronic graft …

Objective: Postoperative bleeding is still one of the most common complications of cardiac
surgery. Antifibrinolytic agents successfully reduce bleeding, but there are controversies …

Aortic valve replacement (AVR) therapy is an obvious choice for symptomatic severe aortic
stenosis (AS) patients as it improves symptoms, left ventricular function, and survival. The …

… MD, PhD a , Daniel Lovric MD b , Davor Milicic MD, PhD b , Bojan Biocina MD, PhD a …
a financial relationship with Thoratec; Drs Saeed and Biocina with Thoratec and HeartWare. …

Excessive bleeding after cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) is risk factor for adverse outcomes
after elective cardiac surgery (ECS). Differentiating between patients who bleed due to …

Objective: Atrial fibrillation (AF) remains the most commonly observed complication
following myocardial revascularisation surgery. We aimed to evaluate the clinical utility of N-terminal …

Aims Temporal changes in patient selection and major technological developments have
occurred in the field of left ventricular assist devices (LVADs), yet analyses depicting this trend …