Volkmar Falk

TL;DR: The new guidelines of the European Society of Cardiology replace the 2012 ESC guidelines for the diagnostics and treatment of acute and chronic heart failure and are adopted by the German Cardiac Society, discussing the new aspects of the guidelines.

TL;DR: In this article, the authors describe the important factors in image based therapy planning and simulation, different access strategies, the operative key-steps, a rationale use of devices, and highlight a few future developments in the field of minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS).

TL;DR: MIDCAB without CPB is the preferred technique for one-vessel graft procedures to the left anterior descendens (LAD) or RCA and the Port Access system (with CPB) is reserved as a second option for young patients requiring multiple-vessels grafting to theleft coronary circulation (L AD/CX) and as a backup to avoid conversion.

TL;DR: Patients considered unsuitable for a conventional mitral valve operation had favourable postoperative outcomes if the operation was performed on the beating heart.

TL;DR: This study aimed to compare the feasibility and prognostic impact of different assessment tools in patients undergoing continuous‐flow left ventricular assist device (cf‐LVAD) implantation.