Health professionals are encouraged to take the ESC/EACTS Guidelines fully into account
when exercising their clinical judgment, as well as in the determination and the …

731 F. Beyersdorf and A. Vahanian et al./European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery
guidelines, which is freely available via the ESC and EACTS website and hosted on the EHJ …

The recommendations listed in this document are, whenever possible, evidence based. An
extensive review was conducted on literature published through March 1, 2020. Searches …

Acute heart failure (AHF) represents a broad spectrum of disease states, resulting from the
interaction between an acute precipitant and a patient's underlying cardiac substrate and …

Cardiogenic shock continues to portend poor outcomes, conferring short-term mortality rates
of 30% to 50% despite recent scientific advances. Age is a nonmodifiable risk factor for …

Objectives This paper details trends and outcomes in US patients undergoing transcatheter
aortic valve replacement (TAVR) who present pre-procedurally with cardiogenic shock …

Aortic stenosis (AS) and coronary artery disease (CAD) frequently coexist, with up to two
thirds of patients with AS having significant CAD. Given the challenges when both disease …

Cardiogenic shock is a critical clinical situation, requiring rapid diagnosis, aetiological
assessment and immediate initiation of therapy. In industrialized countries, aortic stenosis is …

Abstract The True Infection Rate (TIR) in the whole population of each country and the
Infection Fatality Rate (IFR) for coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) are unknown although …

Aims Severe aortic stenosis can cause acute heart failure and cardiogenic shock (CS).
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is the standard therapy for aortic stenosis in …