Current Trends in Implantable Left Ventricular Assist Devices by Jens Garbade, Hartmuth B. Bittner, Markus J. Barten, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr

“…The shortage of appropriate donor organs and the expanding pool of patients waiting for heart transplantation have led to growing interest in alternative strategies, particularly in mechanical circulatory support. …”
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Dendritic Cells and Their Role in Cardiovascular Diseases: A View on Human Studies by Maja-Theresa Dieterlen, Katja John, Hermann Reichenspurner, Friedrich W. Mohr, Markus J. Barten

“…Such immunological responses are involved in the pathophysiological mechanisms of cardiovascular diseases, with DCs shown to play a role in atherosclerosis, hypertension, and heart failure and most notably following heart transplantation. …”
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Cryo-electron tomography pipeline for plasma membranes by Willy W. Sun, Dennis J. Michalak, Kem A. Sochacki, Prasanthi Kunamaneni, Marco A. Alfonzo-Méndez, Andreas M. Arnold, Marie-Paule Strub, Jenny E. Hinshaw, Justin W. Taraska

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The results of alcoholic septal ablation in the treatment of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy by B.M. Todurov, G.I. Kovtun, A.V. Khokhlov, O.V. Pantazi, A.O. Shpachuk, A.Yu. Melnik, A.O. Maksakov, A.S. Batsiun

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Successful case of using suture-mediated system Perclose ProGlide in TAVI by B. M. Todurov, M. B. Todurov, A. V. Khokhlov, M. V. Stan, K. L. Berestova, O. V. Zelenchuk, A. V. Besaga, S. R. Maruniak

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Clinical and Technical Characteristics of Coronary Angiography and Percutaneous Coronary Interventions Performed before and after Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement with a Ball... by Alfredo Nunes Ferreira-Neto, Rishi Puri, Lluis Asmarats, Victoria Vilalta, Leonardo Guimaraes, Robert Delarochellière, Jean-Michel Paradis, Siamak Mohammadi, Eric Dumont, Josep Rodés-Cabau

“…Over 1000 TAVRs were performed at the Quebec Heart and Lung Institute, of which 616 with the abovementioned valves. …”
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Contemporary treatment of renovascular hypertension by A.V. Khokhlov, M.V. Shymanko, A.O. Maksakov, M.V. Stan, K.S. Boiko, V.Yu. Kundin

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Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia Presenting as High Output Cardiac Failure during Pregnancy by Tareq Goussous, Alex Haynes, Katherine Najarian, Marcos Daccarett, Shukri David

“…Here we report a 43-year-old woman who presented at 29 weeks gestation of her second pregnancy with complications of right-sided heart failure and preterm labor. After delivery via cesarean section, the patient was found to have intrahepatic arteriovenous malformations through non-invasive imaging. …”
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New Approaches to Regulating the Chondroitin/Dermatan Sulfate Glycosaminoglycan Component of the Vascular Extracellular Matrix by Julie Nigro, Mandy L. Ballinger, Soniya Survase, Narin Osman, Peter J. Little

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Progenitor Cells for Arterial Repair: Incremental Advancements towards Therapeutic Reality by Trevor Simard, Richard G. Jung, Pouya Motazedian, Pietro Di Santo, F. Daniel Ramirez, Juan J. Russo, Alisha Labinaz, Altayyeb Yousef, Brijesh Anantharam, Ali Pourdjabbar, Benjamin Hibbert

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Aktifitas Listrik pada Otot Jantung by Lili Irawati

“…The heart will contract ryhtmically, result from existence of electric impulses excited by heart its self. …”
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Intermediate results of ultrasonic aortic valve decalcification by B.M. Todurov, А.V. Markovets, V.O. Shevchenko, V.V. Pogrebnyak, V.G. Kolesnikov, O.M. Fursa, D.V. Seara, M.V. Khartanovich, V.B. Demyanchuk

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The Immune Response to Tumors as a Tool toward Immunotherapy by F. Pandolfi, R. Cianci, D. Pagliari, F. Casciano, C. Bagalà, A. Astone, R. Landolfi, C. Barone

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Immediate results of aortic valve reconstruction using Ozaki method by В.М. Todurov, I.Yu. Mokryk, I.O. Aksionova, N.V. Ponych, C.M. Monastyrska, О.А. Yepanchintseva, I.M. Kuzmich, V.B. Demianchuk

“…In the period from December 2016 till August 2017 at Heart Institute of Healthcare Ministry of Ukraine 40 patients underwent Ozaki Procedure. …”
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Renovascular disease. A contemporary approach to the diagnosis and treatment by V.Yu. Kundin, M.V. Satyr, A.V. Khokhlov, A.G. Mazur, I.V. Noverko, M.V. Shymanko

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Prenatally Diagnosed Isolated Coronary Arterial Fistula Leading to Severe Complications at Birth by A. Wacker-Gussmann, T. Esser, S. M. Lobmaier, M. O. Vogt, E. Ostermayer, R. Oberhoffer

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Myocardial Gene Expression of T-bet, GATA-3, Ror-γt, FoxP3, and Hallmark Cytokines in Chronic Chagas Disease Cardiomyopathy: An Essentially Unopposed TH1-Type Response by Luciana Gabriel Nogueira, Ronaldo Honorato Barros Santos, Alfredo Inácio Fiorelli, Eliane Conti Mairena, Luiz Alberto Benvenuti, Edimar Alcides Bocchi, Noedir Antonio Stolf, Jorge Kalil, Edecio Cunha-Neto

“…We therefore assessed gene expression of cytokines and transcription factors involved in differentiation and effector function of each functional T cell subset (TH1/TH2/TH17/Treg) in CCC, NIC, and heart donor myocardial samples. Methods and Results. …”
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Use of Pre- and Intensified Postprocedural Physiotherapy in Patients with Symptomatic Aortic Stenosis Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Study (the 4P-TAVR Study) by M. Weber, U. Klein, A. Weigert, W. Schiller, V. Bayley-Ezziddin, D. C. Wirtz, A. Welz, N. Werner, E. Grube, G. Nickenig, J.-M. Sinning, A. Ghanem

“…Physiotherapy prior to open-heart surgery lowers the rate of pneumonia and length of the hospital stay. …”
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Rescue Surgery 19 Years after Composite Root and Hemiarch Replacement by Konstantin von Aspern, Joerg Seeburger, Christian D. Etz, Matthias Sauer, Lukas Lehmkuhl, Martin Misfeld, Friedrich W. Mohr

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The Wire Rendezvous and Chasing Wire Technique in the Bidirectional Approach for the Percutaneous Coronary Intervention for Chronic Total Occlusion with a Single Guiding Catheter by Keisuke Nakabayashi, Daisuke Sunaga, Nobuhito Kaneko, Akihiro Matsui, Kazuhiko Tanaka, Hiroshi Ando, Minoru Shimizu

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