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Background NT-proBNP is widely recognized as a prognostic marker in congestive heart failure. However evidence regarding its role in patients with valvular heart disease, particularly in those undergoing cardiac surgery, remains limited. Objective To analyze the association between NT-proBNP levels and mortality and peri-operative outcome in patients undergoing mitral…

Background A clear standard for the treatment of mitral annular calcification (MAC) has yet to be established. Conventional surgical strategies continue to be associated with high mortality rates, whereas percutaneous Valve-in-MAC (ViM) procedures have shown promising results, although still limited by the risks of LVOT obstruction, embolization, and apical…

Background Right-ventricular(RV)dysfunction is frequent after valve surgery,but static postoperative measurements provide a limited understanding of RV adaptation.We aimed to characterise 6-month RV functional trajectories and assess their prognostic relevance,integrating RV–pulmonary arterial(PA)coupling with clinical outcomes Methods Prospective single-centre study including 147 adults undergoing elective valve surgery(aortic,mitral or combined±tricuspid);isolated CABG was…

Background: Heritable thoracic aortic diseases (HTADs), including Marfan syndrome, Loeys–Dietz syndrome, vascular Ehlers–Danlos syndrome, and familial aortopathies, manifest genotype-specific patterns of aortic involvement, tissue fragility, and progression. These molecular determinants influence surgical risk, durability of repair, and likelihood of distal disease evolution. Consequently, surgical management has progressively moved from…

Background and Aim: Surgical indications to aorta repair is based mainly on diameter of expansive aneurysm that correlates with aortic risk index calculated for patients’ body surface area (BSA) (Roman-Table). However, given that BSA takes into consideration patient weight, it can represent a limit for a lower estimation of…

Introduction: Acute type A aortic dissection is a life-threatening condition with high postoperative mortality. Organ malperfusion is a major independent predictor of poor outcomes, with cerebral malperfusion (CM) being the most frequent and clinically relevant manifestation, affecting up to 39% of patients and associated with a twofold increase in…