Volkmar Falk

TL;DR: Adenosine-induced stress 128-slice dual-source high-pitch myocardial CTP allows for simultaneously assessment of reversible myocardian ischemia and coronary stenosis, with good diagnostic accuracy as compared with CMR and invasive angiography, at a very low radiation exposure.

TL;DR: In isolated proximal LAD disease, SES is noninferior to MIDCAB surgery at 12-month follow-up with respect to MACE at a similar relief in clinical symptoms.

TL;DR: The use of Swan‐Ganz catheters in cardiac surgery is still justified since the rate of associated serious complications is extremely low, and despite the rare occurrence of serious complications and the infrequent fatal outcomes, the benefit of its use in selected cases of cardiac surgery remains justified.

TL;DR: The available evidence consists almost entirely of observational studies and must not be considered definitive until future adequately controlled randomized trials further address the risk of stroke, aortic complications, phrenic nerve complications, pain, long-term survival, need for reintervention, quality of life, and cost-effectiveness.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors evaluate the evolution of port-access minimally invasive mitral valve surgery to a robot assisted video assisted solo surgery approach and show that after an initial learning curve and modifications of catheter design, the procedure could be steadily redefined and simplified.