Volkmar Falk

TL;DR: Survival after MCS implantation for left as well as right heart failure in cardiogenic shock remains low, but is superior to that of patients without mechanical support.

TL;DR: LVH in aortic stenosis coincides with significant alterations of the RAS, which leads to reverse remodeling, which is paralleled by regression of RAS gene expression.

TL;DR: Both standard aortic xenografts compared in this prospectively randomized trial provide a sufficient hemodynamic and functional outcome and labelled sizes of prosthetic heart valves implanted are smaller than the true aorta annulus.

TL;DR: The viewpoint regarding the two MitraClip trials is illustrated and the difficulties in assessing functional MR properly are illustrated and it may indeed be “opening Pandora's box”, but the attempt to provide a solution is made.

TL;DR: An 8-year experience with a sutureless telescoping anastomotic technique to revascularize major aortic branches with minimal branch dissection and organ ischemia that simplifies and shortens performance of aortIC branch revascularization during aortics reconstructions for aneurysmal or occlusive disease is reported.