JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 138: Clinical Features and Patient Outcomes in Infective Endocarditis with Surgical Indication: A Single-Centre Experience Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11050138 Authors: Fausto Pizzino Umberto Paradossi Giancarlo Trimarchi Giovanni Benedetti Federica Marchi Sara Chiappino Mattia Conti Gianluca Di Bella Michele Murzi Silvia Di Sibio Giovanni Concistrè Giacomo Bianchi Marco Solinas Background: Infective endocarditis (IE) is marked by a heightened risk of embolic events (EEs), uncontrolled infection, or heart failure (HF). Methods: Patien ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 136: Dementia Development during Long-Term Follow-Up after Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement with a Biological Prosthesis in a Geriatric Population Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11050136 Authors: Ivo Deblier Karl Dossche Anthony Vanermen Wilhelm Mistiaen Surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) with a biological heart valve prosthesis (BHV) is often used as a treatment in elderly patients with symptomatic aortic valve disease. This age group is also at risk for the development of dementia in the years following SAVR. The research questi ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 135: Klotho as an Early Marker of Acute Kidney Injury Following Cardiac Surgery: A Systematic Review Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11050135 Authors: Konstantinos S. Mylonas Panagiotis Karakitsos Alireza Tajik Deanna Pagliuso Hamidreza Emadzadeh Ioanna Soukouli Pouya Hemmati Dimitrios V. Avgerinos George T. Stavridis John N. Boletis Acute kidney injury is a common complication following cardiac surgery (CSA-AKI). Serum creatinine levels require a minimum of 24–48 h to indicate renal injury. Nevertheless, early diagnosis rem ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 137: Epicardial Atrial Fat at Cardiac Magnetic Resonance Imaging and AF Recurrence after Transcatheter Ablation Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11050137 Authors: Andrea Ballatore Marco Gatti Serena Mella Davide Tore Henri Xhakupi Fabio Giorgino Andrea Saglietto Ludovica Carmagnola Edoardo Roagna Gaetano Maria De Ferrari Riccardo Faletti Matteo Anselmino The relationship between epicardial adipose tissue (EAT) and atrial fibrillation (AF) has gained interest in recent years. The previous literature on the topic presents great heterogeneity ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 133: Randomized Controlled Trial of Cardiac Rehabilitation Using the Balance Exercise Assist Robot in Older Adults with Cardiovascular Disease Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11050133 Authors: Akihiro Hirashiki Atsuya Shimizu Takahiro Kamihara Manabu Kokubo Kakeru Hashimoto Ikue Ueda Kenji Sato Koki Kawamura Naoki Itoh Toyoaki Murohara Hitoshi Kagaya Izumi Kondo Background: Recent studies have investigated the effects of exercise on the functional capacity of older adults; training with a balance exercise assist robot (BEAR) effectively i ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 134: Comparison of the Snare Loop Technique and the Hungaroring Reinforcement for Physician-Modified Endograft Fenestrations—An In Vitro Study Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11050134 Authors: Artúr Hüttl Tin Dat Nguyen Sarolta Borzsák András Süvegh András Szentiványi István Szilvácsku Dóra Kovács János Dobránszky Péter Sótonyi Csaba Csobay-Novák Background: We conducted an in vitro comparison of the snare loop reinforcement against a closed-loop reinforcement (Hungaroring) for physician-modified endograft (PMEG) fenestrations r ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 131: Associations of Atrioventricular Blocks and Other Arrhythmias in Patients with Lyme Carditis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11050131 Authors: Nismat Javed Eduard Sklyar Jonathan N. Bella Lyme disease often leads to cardiac injury and electrophysiological abnormalities. This study aimed to explore links between atrioventricular blocks and additional arrhythmias in Lyme carditis patients. This systematic review and meta-analysis of existing literature was performed from 1990 to 2023, and aimed to ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 132: Who Still Gets Ligated? Reasons for Persistence of Surgical Ligation of the Patent Ductus Arteriosus Following Availability of Transcatheter Device Occlusion for Premature Neonates Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11050132 Authors: Julia K. Hoffmann Zahra Khazal Wievineke Apers Puneet Sharma Constance G. Weismann Kira Kaganov Craig R. Wheeler Michael Farias Diego Porras Philip Levy Sarah U. Morton (1) Background: To identify reasons for the persistence of surgical ligation of the patent ductus arteriosus (PDA) in premature infants aft ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 129: Prevalence and Clinical Significance of Intraventricular Conduction Disturbances in Hospitalized Children Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11040129 Authors: Chiara Cirillo Emanuele Monda Raffaella Esposito Diego Colonna Cristina Falcone Federica Irrissuto Annapaola Cirillo Adelaide Fusco Federica Verrillo Gaetano Diana Marta Rubino Martina Caiazza Berardo Sarubbi Giuseppe Limongelli Maria Giovanna Russo Introduction: Data on the prevalence and clinical significance of interventricular conduction disturbances (IVCDs) in children are sc ..read more

JCDD, Vol. 11, Pages 130: Validation of Perioperative Troponin Levels for Predicting Postoperative Mortality and Long-Term Survival in Patients Undergoing Surgery for Hepatobiliary and Pancreatic Cancer Journal of Cardiovascular Development and Disease doi: 10.3390/jcdd11040130 Authors: Dimitrios E. Magouliotis Evangelos Tatsios Grigorios Giamouzis Athina A. Samara Andrew Xanthopoulos Alexandros Briasoulis John Skoularigis Thanos Athanasiou Metaxia Bareka Christos Kourek Dimitris Zacharoulis Background: Hepatopancreato and biliary (HPB) tumors represent some of the leading cancer-related cause ..read more