Volkmar Falk

TL;DR: A 42-year-old man with ischemic cardiomyopathy, type 2 diabetes mellitus, arterial hypertension, chronic renal failure, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation was supported with Heart Mate III LVAD and showed clinical improvement with reduction of infection markers and no fever.

TL;DR: A 77-year-old male patient with subacute anterior STsegment elevations on 12-lead ECG was referred to the authors' institution for coronary angiography and found a large abscess cavity with disentanglement of the aortic valve annulus from the mitral valve and substantial valvular vegetations, requiring urgent cardiac surgery.

TL;DR: The data indicate that this novel EOS device allows precise delivery without the occurrence of cardiovascular complications, and may represent a promising and effective alternative to currently available devices for vessel occlusion during vascular interventions.

TL;DR: The study demonstrates the principal technical feasibility of a prenatal stent delivery into the pulmonary artery using a novel trans-apical hybrid-intervention technique and demonstrates the first step towards possible future minimally invasive prenatal heart-valve-implantation procedures.

TL;DR: Beaten-heart coronary artery bypass grafting seems to be advantageous in various risk populations and should be considered for patients with more than average risks for cardiopulmonary bypass and cardioplegic arrest.