May 2020

Risk of adding prophylactic aorta replacement to a cardiac operation

• Jay J. Idrees,
• Eric E. Roselli,
• Eugene H. Blackstone,
• ...
• Brian Griffin,
• A. Marc Gillinov,
• Lars G. Svensson

Discussion

Commentary: More magic from Cleveland

• Craig R. Smith

Commentary: Do not fear the ascending aorta

• Matthew R. Byler,
• Irving L. Kron

Impact of redo sternotomy on proximal aortic repair: Does previous aortic repair affect outcomes?

• Harleen K. Sandhu,
• Akiko Tanaka,
• Syed Taha Zaidi,
• ...
• Charles C. Miller III,
• Hazim J. Safi,
• Anthony L. Estrera

Commentary: Redo aortic surgery—Do not be afraid of the past

• Ettorino Di Tommaso,
• Pierpaolo Chivasso,
• Vito Domenico Bruno

Effect of β-blocker therapy on late outcomes after surgical repair of type A aortic dissection

• Shao-Wei Chen,
• Yu-Sheng Lin,
• Victor Chien-Chia Wu,
• ...
• An-Hsun Chou,
• Pao-Hsien Chu,
• Tien-Hsing Chen

Commentary: Medical management after surgical treatment of acute Stanford type A aortic dissection: Causation or “shear” coincidence?

• Keshava Rajagopal,
• Abe DeAnda Jr.

Commentary: Should we routinely prescribe β-blockers after surgical repair of type A dissection?

• John A. Elefteriades,
• Mohammad A. Zafar,
• Bulat A. Ziganshin

Open surgery and endovascular repair for mycotic aortic aneurysms: Benefits beyond survival

• Ming-Yuan Liu,
• Yang Jiao,
• Yang Yang,
• ...
• Xuemin Zhang,
• Wei Li,
• Xiaoming Zhang

Commentary: “When I was your age…”

• Riyad Karmy-Jones,
• Desarom Teso

Accelerated Marfan syndrome model recapitulates established signaling pathways

• Nicole M. Gensicke,
• Nicholas B. Cavanaugh,
• Nicholas D. Andersen,
• ...
• Lan Qian,
• Michael C. Dyle,
• Joseph W. Turek

Commentary: Of mice and Marfan

• Darrell Wu,
• Shuab Omer

Commentary: Of mice and men

• Bryan A. Whitson

Primary fibrochondroma in the descending aorta

• Ming-Yuan Liu,
• Yang Jiao,
• Wei Li

Commentary: Complete surgery necessary for optimal outcome in aortic neoplasm forming malignant cartilage

• Yoshihiko Ikeda,
• Soichiro Kitamura

Giant cavernous hemangioma in the aortic root and right atrioventricular groove

• Yong Fu,
• Hao Ma,
• Yingqiang Guo

Influence of warfarin on cardiac and cerebrovascular events following bioprosthetic aortic valve replacement: A nationwide cohort study

• Wei-Ting Chang,
• Chung-Han Ho,
• Chia-Li Chang,
• Bor-Chih Cheng,
• Nan-Chun Wu,
• Zhih-Cherng Chen

Commentary: To OAC or not to OAC? That is the question

• Marvin Atkins,
• Michael J. Reardon

Novel mechanisms for osteogenic differentiation of human aortic valve interstitial cells

• Yongjun Wang,
• Xiaoxiong Xiao,
• Tingwen Zhou,
• Dong Han,
• Nianguo Dong

Commentary: Blame the sculptors for the heart of stone—Uncovering cellular mechanisms of aortic valve calcification

• Daniyil A. Svystonyuk,
• Paul W.M. Fedak

Commentary: Why bother? The case for understanding interstitial cells in the aortic valve

• William E. Stansfield

Mimicking mother nature: The Valsalva graft

• Ruggero De Paulis,
• Raffaele Scaffa,
• Luca Weltert,
• Andrea Salica

Commentary: Steps toward understanding the root of the issue

• Andrew Mesher,
• Muhammad Aftab,
• Thomas G. Gleason,
• T. Brett Reece

Optimized mitral annuloplasty ring design reduces loading in the posterior annulus

• Beatrice E. Ncho,
• Eric L. Pierce,
• Charles H. Bloodworth IV,
• ...
• Robert C. Gorman,
• Joseph H. Gorman III,
• Ajit P. Yoganathan

Commentary: Mitral valvuloplasty rings: Do they make the difference?

• Manuel J. Antunes

Commentary: Another step in the journey toward the “perfect” mitral valve repair

• Vito Domenico Bruno

Unusual case of combined aortic root replacement and repair of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy

• M. Yousuf Salmasi,
• Danial Naqvi,
• Antonis Pantazis,
• Abdul-Majeed Salmasi,
• Fabio De Robertis

Commentary: Extended left ventricular septal myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy: The nuts and bolts

• Sameh M. Said

Commentary: Watch how the mitral valve is repaired at septal myectomy (and root replacement)

• Hiroo Takayama,
• Stephanie Nguyen,
• Shepard D. Weiner

On the definition of geometric orifice area

• Aldo Cannata,
• Claudio Francesco Russo

Reply: The devil is in the details (of definitions)

• Andras P. Durko,
• Pavan Atluri,
• Philippe Pibarot,
• Ruggero De Paulis
• on behalf of the EACTS-STS-AATS Valve Labelling Task Force

Reduction in coronary artery bypass grafting surgery mortality and morbidity during a 3-year multicenter quality improvement project

• Neil Worrall,
• James Brevig,
• Ruyun Jin,
• ...
• Matthew Ducsik,
• Braden Batkoff,
• Gary Grunkemeier

Discussion

Commentary: We have the opportunity to be above average

• Joseph C. Cleveland Jr.

Commentary: Driving improvement

• David M. Shahian

Commentary: Quality improvement project—A model for excellence

• Antonio Miceli

Serial cardiac magnetic resonance imaging after surgical coronary revascularization for left ventricular dysfunction

• Ho Young Hwang,
• Sang Yoon Yeom,
• Eun-Ah Park,
• Whal Lee,
• Myoung-jin Jang,
• Ki-Bong Kim

Commentary: Ischemic left ventricular dysfunction needs durable complete surgical coronary revascularization

• Tohru Asai

Commentary: With surgical revascularization, sometimes less is more

• Sudarshan Balla,
• Vinay Badhwar,
• Harold G. Roberts Jr.

Effects of genetic transfection on calcium cycling pathways mediated by double-stranded adeno-associated virus in postinfarction remodeling

• Michael G. Katz,
• Sarah M. Gubara,
• Yoav Hadas,
• ...
• Efrat Eliyahu,
• Charles R. Bridges,
• Anthony S. Fargnoli

Commentary: Doubling up on gene therapy for heart failure

• Leora B. Balsam

Commentary: Two strands are better than one

• Alden H. Harken,
• W. French Anderson

Commentary: Doubling down on adeno-associated viruses for cardiac gene therapy

• Christopher T. Ryan,
• Ravi K. Ghanta

Delayed delivery of endothelial progenitor cell-derived extracellular vesicles via shear thinning gel improves postinfarct hemodynamics

• Jennifer J. Chung,
• Jason Han,
• Leo L. Wang,
• ...
• Ann C. Gaffey,
• Jason A. Burdick,
• Pavan Atluri

Discussion

Commentary: “Shear” patience for post–myocardial infarction regenerative therapy

• Christopher T. Ryan,
• Ravi K. Ghanta

Commentary: All things have their season—Timing of regenerative treatment

• Ari A. Mennander

Gene therapy targets in postinfarction remodeling

• Michael G. Katz,
• Sarah M. Gubara,
• Efrat Eliyahu