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Free Subscription 22.09.2025 1 Acta Anaesthesiol Scand 1 Anaesth Intensive Care 1 Anesth Analg 1 Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2 Ann Thorac Surg 9 Catheter Cardiovasc Interv 1 Chest 2 Circ Cardiovasc Interv 2 Circ Heart Fail 1 Intensive Care Med 7 J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth 1 J Electrocardiol 10 J Heart Lung Transplant 3 J Pediatr Surg 1 N Engl J Med 1 PLoS One 1 Transplant Proc

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Acta Anaesthesiol Scand

1. HOLM JH, Bak M, Brochner AC
   Epidural Analgesia Versus Systemic Opioids for Postoperative Pain Management After VATS: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.
   Acta Anaesthesiol Scand. 2025;69:e70122.
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   Anaesth Intensive Care

2. ENNIS SL, Levvey BJ, Shingles HV, Sivarajah JK, et al
   Paving a pathway for successful implementation of extracorporeal membrane oxygenation as a bridge to lung transplantation.
   Anaesth Intensive Care. 2025 Sep 15:310057X251361574.
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   Anesth Analg

3. BARBARIA A, Baryshnikova E, Anguissola M, Landi G, et al
   Less Is More for Bleeding Management Algorithms in Cardiac Surgery: A Network Meta-Analysis and Meta-Regression of Randomized Studies.
   Anesth Analg. 2025 Sep 17. doi: 10.1213/ANE.0000000000007714.
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   Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg

4. YAMAZAKI M, Matsumoto Y, Takahashi T, Haida H, et al
   Does the Superior Septal Approach Increase the Incidence of Postoperative Junctional Rhythm Compared to the Right-Sided Left Atriotomy?: A Comparison in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery via Right Mini-Thoracotomy.
   Ann Thorac Cardiovasc Surg. 2025;31.
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   Ann Thorac Surg

5. CHEN CF, Hung MH
   Time-Zero Bias or Diminishing Returns? Deconstructing the 'Optimal' Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting Window.
   Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Sep 15:S0003-4975(25)00881.
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6. CHAUHAN D, Mehaffey JH, Hayanga JWA, Mathewson M, et al
   Center Volume And Failure to Rescue in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Is there a relationship?
   Ann Thorac Surg. 2025 Sep 13:S0003-4975(25)00878.
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   Catheter Cardiovasc Interv

7. YU T, Zhao S, Zhang B, Zhu B, et al
   Mid-Term Efficacy and Safety of Mechanical Circulatory Support in High-Risk Elective Chronic Total Occlusion Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: A Prospective Propensity-Matched Cohort Study.
   Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 14. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70137.
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8. ULLAH T, Nasir H, Khan H, Khan AQ, et al
   Interpreting Coronary Flow Reserve After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Importance of Timing, Imaging, and Thresholds.
   Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 14. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70181.
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9. KHAN FR, Ullah A, Aslam K
   Response to "Coronary Flow Reserve Measured by Myocardial Perfusion Imaging in Patients Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention".
   Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 14. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70179.
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10. FRETZ T, Dasari S, Sakaleros J, Kayani AMA, et al
    One-Year Outcomes of Short-Term Dual Antiplatelet Therapy Following Percutaneous Coronary Intervention With Drug-Eluting Stents: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Clinical Trials.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 17. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70163.
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11. WATANABE T, Kanaji Y, Usui E, Hada M, et al
    Prognostic Significance of Endogenous-Type Coronary Microvascular Dysfunction in the Left Anterior Descending Artery After Elective Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 16. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70182.
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12. RIZWAN M
    Methodological Considerations in Assessing Coronary Flow Reserve After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 16. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70191.
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13. OGAMI T, Hasan I, Phillippi JA, Serna-Gallegos D, et al
    Are Women at Higher Risk for Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement? Results From 178,000 STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database Patients.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 15. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70188.
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14. XIA F, Chen X, Weng Z, Pan X, et al
    Noncoronary Sinus Pivot Implantation (NCPI) Strategy for Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement With Self-Expanding Valve in Pure Native Aortic Regurgitation: A Multicenter, Registry Study From the CCA Database-NTCVR.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 15. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70183.
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15. KUMAR H, Zehra M, Fatima T, Shakeel A, et al
    Selective Intracoronary Hypothermia in Percutaneous Coronary Intervention: Current Evidence, Challenges, and Future Directions.
    Catheter Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 15. doi: 10.1002/ccd.70138.
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    Chest

16. HOWINGTON J, Souter LH, Arenberg D, Blasberg J, et al
    Management of Patients with Early-Stage Non-Small Cell Lung Cancer: An American College of Chest Physicians Clinical Practice Guideline.
    Chest. 2025 Jun 23:S0012-3692(25)00737-8. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2025.
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    Circ Cardiovasc Interv

17. MORRAY BH, Gillespie MJ, Cheatham JP, Salavitabar A, et al
    Midterm Outcomes in a Pooled Cohort of Harmony Transcatheter Pulmonary Valve Recipients.
    Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Jul 16:e015196.
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18. ALTHOFF J, Kalkan A, Gietzen T, Finke K, et al
    Hemodynamic Effects of Transcatheter Tricuspid Valve Annuloplasty With Cardioband and Their Associations With Clinical Outcomes.
    Circ Cardiovasc Interv. 2025 Sep 1:e015702.
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    Circ Heart Fail

19. FOX DK, Waken RJ, Wang F, Avula K, et al
    Changes in Heart Transplant Listings by Insurance and Race During the COVID Public Health Emergency.
    Circ Heart Fail. 2025 Aug 20:e012306. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.124.012306.
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20. EGBE AC, Abozied O, Abdelhalim AT, ElZalabany S, et al
    Feasibility, Reproducibility, and Prognostic Value of Exercise Echocardiography for Cardiac Output Reserve Assessment in Fontan Physiology.
    Circ Heart Fail. 2025 Aug 26:e012908. doi: 10.1161/CIRCHEARTFAILURE.125.012908.
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    Intensive Care Med

21. LESOUHAITIER M, Terzi N, Gacouin A, Tadie JM, et al
    Maintaining very low tidal volume ventilation with PEEP during CPB in cardiac surgery patients: are HLA-DR, IL-6, and MDSCs relatively accurately mirror the relationship between atelectasis and immune dysfunction? Author's reply.
    Intensive Care Med. 2025 Sep 15. doi: 10.1007/s00134-025-08119.
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    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth

22. AL EBRAHIM KE
    Residual Heparinization Post Cardiac Surgery: Implications of Heparin Sequestration in Adipose Tissue and the Need Reassessment of Protamine Reversal.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Aug 20:S1053-0770(25)00678.
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23. BALOGH AL, Sudy R, Tolnai J, Fodor GH, et al
    Impact of Chest Wall on Respiratory Mechanics, Ventilation and Ventilation-Perfusion Matching During Cardiac Surgery.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Aug 21:S1053-0770(25)00683.
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24. OMAR AS, Sivadasan PC, Sudarsanan S, Ragab HO, et al
    Automated Inferior Vena Cava Distensibility Index for Assessing Fluid Responsiveness in Ventilated Patients After Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Pilot Comparative Study.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Aug 20:S1053-0770(25)00669.
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25. ALFRED T, da Costa LGV, Harle C, Zamper R, et al
    Comparison between the Fibrinogen Clauss Assay and the TEG6S Citrated Functional Fibrinogen in Cardiac Surgery.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Aug 18:S1053-0770(25)00668.
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26. SUBRAMONIAN N, Idumban V, Sharmiya S, Munaf M, et al
    A Rare Cause of ST-Elevation During Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: It Might Not Always Be the Heart.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Aug 21:S1053-0770(25)00677.
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27. GOPALAKRISHNAN RM, Shinde N, Meghalakshmi AR, Gutjahr G, et al
    Erector Spinae Plane Block Versus Retrolaminar Block for Perioperative Analgesia in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized, Double-blinded, Noninferiority Clinical Trial.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Aug 22:S1053-0770(25)00676.
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28. OHASHI N, Imai H, Inaba M, Wada T, et al
    Distal Migration of the Pulmonary Artery Catheter During Cardiac Surgery With Cardiopulmonary Bypass Observed Using Transesophageal Echocardiography: A Prospective Observational Study.
    J Cardiothorac Vasc Anesth. 2025 Aug 23:S1053-0770(25)00727.
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    J Electrocardiol

29. DOWNEY MC, Zakaib JS
    Paced electrical alternans with syncope: Time for emergent pericardiocentesis?
    J Electrocardiol. 2025;92:154089.
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    J Heart Lung Transplant

30. KELLER MB, Newman D, Alnababteh M, Bon A, et al
    Molecular criteria for pulmonary antibody-mediated rejection are associated with an increased risk of allograft failure.
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025;44:1535-1542.
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31. BOHMER J, Wahlander H, Tran-Lundmark K, Odermarsky M, et al
    Absolute Quantification of Donor-Derived Cell-Free DNA Following Pediatric and Adult Heart Transplantation.
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 May 7:S1053-2498(25)01957.
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32. HANNAN SJ, Iasella CJ, Sciullo M, Moore C, et al
    Belatacept as an alternative immunosuppressive agent for bone marrow-sparing in idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis lung transplant recipients with short telomeres.
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025;44:1659-1662.
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33. KANG J, Kim YH, Choi E, Seol HY, et al
    Association of Fc gamma-binding protein rs1464897604 polymorphism with bronchiolitis obliterans syndrome in lung transplant recipients.
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025;44:1557-1566.
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34. BARANOWSKA J, Oren D, Valledor AF, Uriel M, et al
    Efficacy and Safety of Belatacept in Heart Transplant Recipients.
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 May 28:S1053-2498(25)01958.
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35. ZHOU P, Ji J, Zhang Z, Liu X, et al
    Salidroside-loaded metal-organic frameworks hydrogel to improve cardiac allograft function.
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025;44:1621-1634.
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36. VAN DER HAVE O, Tran-Lundmark K, Wahlander H, Kaskinen AK, et al
    Pediatric Heart Transplantation within the Scandiatransplant Region - A Multinational Observational Study Spanning 38 years.
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025 Jun 5:S1053-2498(25)02024.
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37. DELMAS C, Vandenbriele C, Baudry G
    Time to rethink the prioritization of IABP patients in heart allocation systems worldwide?
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025;44:1674-1678.
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38. MIYAMOTO SD, Irving C, Azeka E, Adorisio R, et al
    Authors Insights on the Updated International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines for the Management of Pediatric Heart Failure (Update From 2014).
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025;44:1529-1534.
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39. BRODA CR, Kearney K, Roche SL
    Enabling effective care, empowering discovery: Tackling the tough questions about advanced heart failure in adult congenital heart disease.
    J Heart Lung Transplant. 2025;44:1679-1682.
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    J Pediatr Surg

40. AZIZOGLU M, Perez Bertolez S, Kamci TO, Arslan S, et al
    Musculoskeletal Outcomes Following Thoracoscopic Versus Conventional Open Repair of Esophageal Atresia: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis from Pediatric Surgery Meta-Analysis (PESMA) Study Group.
    J Pediatr Surg. 2025;60:162431.
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41. PARDY C, Borselle D, Martinho AS, Giuliani S, et al
    Thoracoscopic Salvage Surgery for Oesophageal Atresia is Feasible After Previous Thoracotomy.
    J Pediatr Surg. 2025;60:162427.
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42. LENA F, Santoro F, Ribera E, Salvati P, et al
    Surgical Management of Tracheobronchomalacia in Children: Indications, Results and Techniques Based on a Large Case.
    J Pediatr Surg. 2025;60:162415.
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    N Engl J Med

43. BOSMA KJ, Burns KEA, Martin CM, Skrobik Y, et al
    Proportional-Assist Ventilation for Minimizing the Duration of Mechanical Ventilation.
    N Engl J Med. 2025;393:1088-1103.
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    PLoS One

44. BONILLA Y, High D, Acosta Rullan J, Tabba J, et al
    Body mass index and critical care outcomes in hospitalized COVID-19 patients-A national cohort study.
    PLoS One. 2025;20:e0329779.
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    Transplant Proc

45. DUNCHESKIE RP, Omari OA, Anjum F
    Role of Artificial Intelligence in Lung Transplantation: Current State, Challenges, and Future Directions.
    Transplant Proc. 2025 Sep 16:S0041-1345(25)00452.
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