Volume 10(2); 2021 Mar

Systematic Review

Contemporary outcomes of continuous-flow left ventricular assist devices—a systematic review

Nicholas McNamara, Harry Narroway, Michael Williams, John Brookes, James Farag, David Cistulli, Paul Bannon, Silvana Marasco, Evgenij Potapov, Antonio Loforte

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 186–208. doi: 10.21037/acs-2021-cfmcs-35

PMCID:: PMC8033255

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Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device versus orthotopic heart transplantation in adults with heart failure: a systematic review and meta-analysis

Bufan Zhang, Shaohua Guo, Jie Ning, Yiai Li, Zhigang Liu

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 209–220. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-fs-197

PMCID:: PMC8033265

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Keynote Lecture Series

The left ventricular assist device as a patient monitoring system

Francesco Moscato, Christoph Gross, Martin Maw, Thomas Schlöglhofer, Marcus Granegger, Daniel Zimpfer, Heinrich Schima

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 221–232. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-218

PMCID:: PMC8033254

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Continuous-flow left ventricular assist device systems infections: current outcomes and management strategies

Nana Aburjania, Christine M. Hay, Muhammad R. Sohail

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 233–239. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-26

PMCID:: PMC8033263

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Featured Articles

Metabolomic profile of patients with left ventricular assist devices: a pilot study

Filippo Consolo, Luigi Barberini, Claudia Fattuoni, Dmitry Grapov, Andrea Montisci, Federico Pappalardo

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 240–247. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-117

PMCID:: PMC8033252

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Concomitant cardiac surgery procedures during left ventricular assist device implantation: single-centre experience

Julia Riebandt, Anne Schaefer, Dominik Wiedemann, Thomas Schlöglhofer, Günther Laufer, Sigrid Sandner, Daniel Zimpfer

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 248–254. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-30

PMCID:: PMC8033261

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Sex differences in outcomes following less-invasive left ventricular assist device implantation

Silvia Mariani, Tong Li, Karl Bounader, Dietmar Boethig, Alexandra Schöde, Jasmin S. Hanke, Jana Michaelis, L. Christian Napp, Dominik Berliner, Guenes Dogan, Roberto Lorusso, Axel Haverich, Jan D. Schmitto

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 255–267. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-21

PMCID:: PMC8033266

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Editorials

The importance of coronary artery disease and special considerations for left ventricular assist device implantation

Mevlüt Çelik, John M. Stulak, Simon Maltais

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 268–270. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-31

PMCID:: PMC8033257

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Universal ventricular assist device for right and left circulatory support: the Cleveland Clinic concept

Jamshid H. Karimov, Anthony R. Polakowski, Kiyotaka Fukamachi, Takuma Miyamoto, Christine Flick

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 271–273. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-22

PMCID:: PMC8033260

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Reinventing the displacement left ventricular assist device in the continuous-flow era: TORVAD, the first toroidal-flow left ventricular assist device

Carlo R. Bartoli, Jeffrey R. Gohean, Richard W. Smalling

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 274–277. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-19

PMCID:: PMC8033259

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Infant miniaturized continuous-flow pumps and permanent support in Pediatrics

Rachele Adorisio, Maria Grandinetti, Antonio Amodeo

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 278–280. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-15

PMCID:: PMC8033256

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Art of Operative Techniques

Conventional and alternative sites for left ventricular assist device inflow and outflow cannula placement

Antonio Loforte, Tomaso Bottio, Matteo Attisani, Sofia Martin Suarez, Vincenzo Tarzia, Marco Pocar, Luca Botta, Gino Gerosa, Mauro Rinaldi, Davide Pacini

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 281–288. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-28

PMCID:: PMC8033267

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Masters of Cardiothoracic Surgery

Less-invasive tools and technique for fully magnetically levitated centrifugal pump implantation

Ivan Netuka, Miroslav Konarik, Martin Pokorny, Peter Ivak, Jiri Maly, Ondrej Szarszoi

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 289–291. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-32

PMCID:: PMC8033258

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Surgical technique for the implantation of mechanical circulatory support with the Impella 5.0 pump in a patient with post-cardiotomy cardiogenic shock

Hamed Al Kalbani, Charles Juvin, Guillaume Lebreton

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 292–294. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-33

PMCID:: PMC8033264

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Sternal-sparing Jarvik 2000 implantation, heart transplantation and driveline pedestal removal

Antonio Loforte, Gregorio Gliozzi, Giuditta Coppola, Giulio Giovanni Cavalli, Sofia Martin Suarez, Davide Pacini

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 295–297. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-27

PMCID:: PMC8033253

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Off-pump left ventricular assist device implantation via bilateral mini-thoracotomy in cardiac reoperations: the extrapericardial subxiphoid route

Matteo Attisani, Marco Pocar, Vittoria Lodo, Cristina Barbero, Giovanni Marchetto, Paolo Centofanti, Mauro Rinaldi, Massimo Boffini

Ann Cardiothorac Surg. 2021 Mar; 10(2): 298–300. doi: 10.21037/acs-2020-cfmcs-25

PMCID:: PMC8033262

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