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Ronco, D., Matteucci, M., Di Mauro, M., Massimi, G., Gemelli, M., Ariza-Solé, A., & Lorusso, R. (2026). On the hindered path of evidence in postinfarction mechanical complications: How research can support improved management. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 171(2), e38-e40. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2025.06.004

Kowalewski, M., Smoczynski, R., Ogorzelec, N., Stec, S., Kornaszewska, M., Maesen, B., & Suwalski, P. (2026). State-of-the-Art: Central Europe’s first hybrid unilateral left-sided thoracoscopic MAZE ablation of atrial fibrillation with left atrial appendage occlusion followed by robotic coronary artery bypass LIMA-LAD. Kardiologia Polska, 84(1), 106-107. Article 84508. https://doi.org/10.33963/v.phj.108301

Swinnen, B., Gollman-Tepeköylü, C., & Heuts, S. (2026). Beyond biomarkers: the relevance of supporting evidence in the diagnosis of periprocedural myocardial infarction. European heart journal - Quality of care & clinical outcomes, 12(1), 119. Article qcaf111. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf111

Aerts, L., Kawczynski, M. J., Luermans, J., Bidar, E., Linz, D., Kowalewski, M., Lorusso, R., Pison, L., La Meir, M., Maesen, B., & Heuts, S. (2026). Effectiveness of Catheter and Standalone Surgical Ablation Procedures for Atrial Fibrillation: A Bayesian-Network Meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 42(1), 136-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2025.10.018

Cabrucci, F., Bacchi, B., Petrone, D., Baudo, M., Magouliotis, D. E., Yamashita, Y., Sicouri, S., Bonacchi, M., Gelsomino, S., & Ramlawi, B. (2025). Clinical and Radiological Outcomes of Acute Type A Aortic Dissection Repair with the Ascyrus Medical Dissection Stent. Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(23), Article 8553. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14238553

Heuts, S., Kawczynski, M. J., Lemmens, M. J., Vernooy, K., Bidar, E., Flohr, T., Wildberger, J. E., Smulders, M. W., & Mihl, C. (2025). Accuracy of Photon-counting Detector CT Angiography for the Diagnosis of Obstructive Coronary Artery Disease: A Bayesian Diagnostic Test Accuracy Meta-Analysis. Radiology. Cardiothoracic imaging, 7(6), Article e250313. https://doi.org/10.1148/ryct.250313

Dalton, H. J., & Lorusso, R. (2025). Brain Injury and Venoarterial Unloading in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Questions Remain. Critical Care Medicine, 53(12), e2761-e2763. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000006928

Heuts, S., van der Harst, P., Nodin, E., Frederiksen, J. G., Segers, P., Rosati, F., Bennett, J., Lux, A., Jacobs, S., Gianoli, M., Jakobsen, J. C., Carranza, C. L., & Oosterlinck, W. (2025). Combining Surgical and Percutaneous Revascularization for Multivessel Coronary Artery Disease: The Case for a Hybrid Approach. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(12), Article ezaf406. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf406

Sartipy, U., Heuts, S., & James, S. K. (2025). Evidence for a Clinically Meaningful Effect of no-Touch Harvesting Technique on Vein Graft Patency-A Bayesian Reanalysis of the SWEDEGRAFT Trial. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(12), Article ezaf407. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf407

Vinck, E. E., Bickel-Dabadghao, M., Zientara, A., Emrich, A. L., Gobel, N., Bleiziffer, S., Sardari Nia, P., & Gottardi, R. (2025). Left-Handed Cardiac Surgery Learning Lab: An EACTS Annual Meeting Initiative. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 40(12), Article ivaf279. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf279

Massimi, G., Matteucci, M., Ronco, D., & Lorusso, R. (2025). Reply to Li et al. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(12), Article ezaf397. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf397

El Dsouki, Y., Condello, I., & Lorusso, R. (2025). Right Ventricular-Pulmonary Artery Cannulation in Right Ventricular Failure: An Updated Narrative Review. Artificial Organs. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.70079

Hertel, J. N., Nissen, S. D., Lindberg, L. A., Schneider, M., Niskala, A., Isaksen, J. L., Jerltorp, K., Ye, C., Hermans, B. J. M., Aerts, L., Maesen, B., Chaldoupi, S.-M., Coffey, K., Reilly, J., O'Brien, B., Jespersen, T., Saljic, A., & Linz, D. (2025). Targeted epicardial pulsed field ablation of atrial ganglionated plexi: Electrophysiological and histologic analysis in pigs. Heart Rhythm, 22(12), 3289-3299. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2025.06.016

Ko, K., Heuts, S., Tjon Joek Tjien, A., Sardari Nia, P., Maessen, J. G., Houterman, S., Singh, S. K., Boon, R., Tonino, P., Verberkmoes, N., Olsthoorn, J. R., & Cardiothoracic Surgery Registration Committee of the Netherlands Heart Registration (2025). Textbook Outcome in Mitral Valve Surgery-Results from the Netherlands Heart Registration. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(12), Article ezaf422. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf422

Jacobs, H., Frost, O., Rad, A. A., Chou, W. K., Al-saegh, S., Zubarevich, A., Weymann, A., Ruhparwar, A., Amanov, L., Nia, P. S., Kourliouros, A., & Athanasiou, T. (2025). The Impact of Obesity on Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device Implantation: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Artificial Organs. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.70071

Hernandez-Montfort, J., John, K. J., Goldstein, D., Lorusso, R., Sinha, S., Goodman, R., Natov, P., Li, S., Li, B., Kanwar, M., Garan, A. R., Abraham, J., Kong, Q., Sangal, P., Walec, K., Mahr, C., Rali, A., Burkhoff, D., Kapur, N. K., & CSWG Academic Research Consortium (2025). Clinical Outcomes of Cardiogenic Shock Patients Supported with VA-ECMO: Insights from the Cardiogenic Shock Working Group. The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation, 44(12), 1958-1971. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.healun.2025.07.016

Buchtele, N., Tanaka, K., Tuzzolino, F., Agerstrand, C., Ait Hssain, A., Riera, J., Schellongowski, P., Schmidt, M., Ramanan, R., Balik, M., Broman, L. M., Rizzitello, N., Szuldrzynski, K., Gannon, W. D., Fanelli, V., Trethowan, B., Buscher, H., Alfoudri, H., Giani, M., ... PROTECMO Study group (2025). Incidence, kinetics, and clinical impact of thrombocytopenia in venovenous ECMO: insights from the multicenter observational PROTECMO study. Critical Care, 29(1), Article 349. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13054-025-05569-3

Santarpino, G., Lorusso, R., Concistrè, G., Castillo, J. C., Argano, V., Royse, A., Nobre, A. L., Parrino, P., Bisleri, G., Baghai, M., Fischlein, T., Troise, G., Mastrogiovanni, G., Fontaine, R., Pacini, D., Minniti, G., Pappalardo, A., Hughes, G. C., Noirhomme, P., ... Solinas, M. (2025). Prognostic impact of small size sutureless prostheses: results for 241 patients from an international registry. Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery, 20(1), Article 313. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13019-025-03558-9

Husen, T. F., Vidya, A. P., Heuts, S., Prasetyo, A., Nugroho, A. K. Z., Lorusso, R., Bidar, E., Maesen, B., & Sardari Nia, P. (2025). Comparative Study of Different Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement Techniques: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 40(11), Article ivaf244. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf244

Ceravolo, R., Parise, O., & Gelsomino, S. (2025). Cuore e innovazione: applicazione dell’intelligenza artificiale sintetica in cardiologia. Giornale Italiano di Cardiologia, 26(11), 805-814. https://doi.org/10.1714/4585.45926

Aerts, L., Kowalewski, M., & Maesen, B. (2025). Internal Suture Closure of the LAA: Ineffective and out of Date. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 40(11), Article ivaf256. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf256

Verberght, H. C. R., Delnoij, T. S. R., Suverein, M. M., Lunsing, J., Hermanides, R. C., Otterspoor, L., Elzo Kraemer, C. V., Vlaar, A. P. J., Van Der Heijden, J. J., Scholten, E., Uil, C. A. D., Miranda, D. D. R., Akin, S., Metz, J. D., Van Der Horst, I. C. C., Mathot, B. J., De Jonge, J., Nijboer, M. W. N., De Meijer, V. E., ... Van De Poll, M. C. G. (2025). Organ Donor Potential After Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation for Out-of-Hospital Cardiac Arrest: A Post-Hoc Analysis of a Randomized Controlled Trial. Clinical Transplantation, 39(11), Article e70382. https://doi.org/10.1111/ctr.70382

Pölzl, L., Kletzer, J., Lohmann, R., Sutter, C., Ioannou-Nikolaidou, M., Engler, C., Graber, M., Nägele, F., Hirsch, J., Heuts, S., Czerny, M., Reinstadler, S. J., Holfeld, J., Grimm, M., Fagu, A., Kreibich, M., Hartikainen, T., Bonaros, N., Berger, T., & Gollmann-Tepeköylü, C. (2025). Prognostic Implications of Preoperative hs-cTnT in Elective Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. JACC: Advances, 4(11P1), Article 102180. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102180

Klok, F. A., Sharp, A., Ahrens, I., Aleksic, M., Ni Ainle, F., Barco, S., Bertoletti, L., Keeling, B., Fengler, K., Helms, J., Jimenez, D., Lang, I. M., Lauw, M. N., Lorusso, R., Martin-Loeches, I., Meijboom, L. J., Meneveau, N., Montero-Cabezas, J., O'sullivan, G., ... Konstantinides, S. (2025). Rationale for and approach to establishing a multidisciplinary acute pulmonary embolism expert care team. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, Article zuaf141. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf141

Husen, T. F., Genechten, S. V., Claessens, J., Packle, L., Heuts, S., Maessen, J. G., & Yilmaz, A. (2025). Y-Graft Versus In Situ Bilateral Internal Mammary Arteries in Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting. Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, 20(6), 547-554. https://doi.org/10.1177/15569845251377059

Grasso, E., Lorusso, R., Ibrahim, A., Abdelhamed, M. I., Abdallah, H., & Sayin, O. A. (2025). Heartmate 3 left ventricular assist device system in patients with glucose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase deficiency. Perfusion, 40(8), 1870-1877. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591251334897

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Lauck, S. B., Gulati, M., Lewis, K. B., Straiton, N., Takkenberg, J. J. M., Nia, P. S., Mcgonigle, S., Padilla, K., Ross, E., Eltchaninoff, H., & Prendergast, B. (2025). A path forward for the implementation of shared decision-making in valvular heart disease: global joint recommendations from clinicians, patients and researchers. Health Research Policy and Systems, 23(1), Article 136. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12961-025-01393-x

Lorusso, R., Salazar, L., Nersesian, G., Milojevic, M., Schmack, B., Engelman, D. T., Stein, L., Silvestry, S., Zimpfer, D., Wiedemann, D., Goldstein, D., Soltesz, E., Bermudez, C., Haft, J., Patel, B., Moreno, P., MacLaren, G., Tonna, J., Takayama, H., ... EACTS Scientific Document Group (2025). EACTS Expert Consensus Document on protected cardiac surgery: pre-emptive use of temporary mechanical circulatory support in adult cardiac surgery patients at high risk for perioperative low cardiac output syndrome. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf296

Heuts, S., Hjij, W., Kawczynski, M. J., Olsthoorn, J. R., Tjon Joek Tjien, A., van Kuijk, S. M. J., Maessen, J. G., & Sardari Nia, P. (2025). Defining centres of expertise for minimally invasive mitral valve surgery: a systematic review and volume-outcome meta-analysis. Heart, 111(20), 984-991. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2024-325048

Grazioli, V., Di Mauro, M., Gerometta, P., Parrella, B., Matteucci, M., Musazzi, A., Rinaldi, M., Sannito, M., Panisi, P., Agnino, A., Sweidan, E. B. I., Guareschi, D., Gaudino, M., Corradi, D., & Lorusso, R. (2025). Histological analysis of arterial and venous grafts used in coronary bypass for patients with renal insufficiency: A prospective multicentre observational study. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 40(10), Article ivaf222. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf222

Squiccimarro, E., Lorusso, R., Boccaforno, G., Buys, D., Vetuschi, P., Rauseo, M., Paternoster, G., Speziale, G., Whitlock, R. P., & Paparella, D. (2025). Inadequate Oxygen Delivery During Cardiopulmonary Bypass Drives Inflammatory Reaction after Cardiac Surgery. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(10), Article ezaf340. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf340

Swinnen, B., Olsthoorn, J. R., Mihl, C., Smulders, M. W., Singh, S. K., van Brakel, T., van der Horst, I. C. C., Mingels, A. M. A., Myers, P. O., van 't Hof, A. W. J., Gorgels, A. P. M., Thielmann, M., De Caterina, R., Cerqueira, R. J., Bonaros, N., Oosterlinck, W., Jacobs, S., Lorusso, R., Bidar, E., ... Heuts, S. (2025). Periprocedural Myocardial Infarction After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Current Clinical Practices and Future Perspectives. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(10), Article ezaf344. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf344

Heuts, S., Kawczynski, M. J., Maesen, B., & Vriesendorp, P. A. (2025). When absence of evidence equates to evidence of absence: the case of routine use of cerebral embolic protection devices in transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Heart, 111(20), 947-951. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2025-326208

Heinsar, S., Labib, A., Cespedes, M., Riera, J., White, N., Zaaqoq, A., Jacobs, J. P., Buscher, H., Alexander, P. M. A., Ciullo, A., Aftab, M., Suen, J. Y., Bassi, G. L., Lorusso, R., Fraser, J. F., Peek, G., & COVID-19 Critical Care Consortium (COVID Critical) (2025). Level of sedation in patients with COVID-19 supported with ECMO: A comparative analysis of the critical care consortium international database. Perfusion, 40(7), 1689-1700. Article 2676591251324136. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591251324136

Zancanaro, E., Buzzatti, N., Guicciardi, N. A., Denti, P., Agricola, E., Ancona, F., Alfieri, O., De Bonis, M., Maisano, F., & Lorusso, R. (2025). Real-world outcomes of TMVR-eligible and TMVR-ineligible patients. European heart journal. Imaging methods and practice, 3(4), Article qyaf098. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjimp/qyaf098

Mané-Damas, M., Schöttler, A. K., Marcuse, F., Molenaar, P., Mohile, T., Hoeijmakers, J., Hochstenbag, M., Damoiseaux, J., Maessen, J., Abdul-Hamid, M., Zur Hausen, A., de Baets, M., Losen, M., & Martinez-Martinez, P. (2025). Myasthenia gravis with antibodies against the AChR, current knowledge on pathophysiology and an update on treatment strategies with special focus on targeting plasma cells. Autoimmunity Reviews, 24(10), Article 103875. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.autrev.2025.103875

Baudo, M., Sicouri, S., Yamashita, Y., Magouliotis, D. E., Cabrucci, F., Carnila, S. M., Goldman, S. M., Gnall, E. M., Gray, W. A., Gelsomino, S., & Ramlawi, B. (2025). Snorkel Stenting During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: A Single-Center Study. Medicina-Lithuania, 61(9), Article 1679. https://doi.org/10.3390/medicina61091679

He, H., Yu, C., Yang, Y., Maessen, J. G., & Sardari Nia, P. (2025). Three-dimensional reconstruction and virtual simulation of patient-specific anatomy for procedural planning in thoracoscopic segmentectomy: A systematic review and meta-analysis. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(9), Article ezaf283. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf283

Massimi, G., Matteucci, M., De Bonis, M., Kowalewski, M., Formica, F., Russo, C. F., Sponga, S., Vendramin, I., Colli, A., Falcetta, G., Trumello, C., Carrozzini, M., Fischlein, T., Troise, G., Dato, G. A., D'Alessandro, S., Nia, P. S., Lodo, V., Villa, E., ... Lorusso, R. (2025). Repair versus Replacement in mitral valve papillary muscle rupture: a multicenter study. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(9), Article ezaf284. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf284

Kawczynski, M. J., Barili, F., Brophy, J. M., De Caterina, R., Biondi Zoccai, G., Anselmi, A., Boden, W. E., Parolari, A., Heuts, S., & NTEGRITTY initiative (2025). Revascularisation strategies for non-acute myocardial ischaemic syndromes. Heart. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1136/heartjnl-2025-326101

Kawczynski, M. J., Gilbers, M. D., Winters, J., Maesen, B., Isaacs, A., Linz, D., Rienstra, M., van Gelder, I., Maessen, J. G., Bidar, E., & Schotten, U. (2025). Right atrial endomysial fibrosis is associated with increased postoperative atrial fibrillation burden during 2.5 years of continuous rhythm monitoring after cardiac surgery including atrial arrhythmia surgery: RACE V Tissue Bank Study. EP Europace, 27(9), Article euaf207. https://doi.org/10.1093/europace/euaf207

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Swinnen, B., Kawczynski, M. J., Mingels, A. M. A., Wildberger, J. E., Mihl, C., Smulders, M. W., Maessen, J. G., Gollmann-Tepeköylü, C., & Heuts, S. (2025). The prognostic impact of prevailing definitions of periprocedural myocardial infarction in patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting. European heart journal - Quality of care & clinical outcomes, 11(6), 847-856. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjqcco/qcaf043

Supady, A., Belohlávek, J., Combes, A., Hutin, A., Lorusso, R., MacLaren, G., Magnet, I., van de Poll, M., Price, S., Staudacher, D. L., Taccone, F. S., Yannopoulos, D., & Brodie, D. (2025). Extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation for refractory cardiac arrest. The Lancet Respiratory medicine, 13(9), 843-856. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(25)00122-5

Costa, C., Arjomandi Rad, A., Yu, Y. T., Mayooran, N., Xanthopoulos, A., Koulouroudias, M., Vardanyan, R., Guida, G. A., Wilkinson, L., Schmitto, J., Ruhparwar, A., Zubarevich, A., Weymann, A., Sardari Nia, P., Kourliouros, A., & Athanasiou, T. (2025). Impact of Frailty in Patients With Continuous-Flow Left Ventricular Assist Device Therapy in End-Stage Heart Failure: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Artificial Organs, 49(9), 1367-1379. https://doi.org/10.1111/aor.14998

Romeo, J. L., Vriesendorp, P. A., Gerritsen, K., Nader, M., Mahtab, E., Maessen, J. G., van 't Hof, A. W. J., Gollmann-Tepeköylü, C., van Rosmalen, F., van der Horst, I. C. C., Mingels, A. M. A., & Heuts, S. (2025). Modeling creatine-kinase MB concentrations following coronary artery bypass grafting. Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, 170(3), 752-760.e3. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jtcvs.2024.08.019

Pölzl, L., Lohmann, R., Theurl, F., Puelacher, C., Sterzinger, P., Eder, J., Sutter, C., Ioannou-Nikolaidou, M., Nägele, F., Hirsch, J., Graber, M., Engler, C., Heim, V., Schmidt, S., Kilo, J., Reinstadler, S. J., Ulmer, H., Heuts, S., Gudbjartsson, T., ... Gollmann-Tepeköylü, C. (2025). Prognostic Implications of Preoperative N-Terminal Pro-B-Type Natriuretic Peptide Dynamics in Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery. JACC: Advances, 4(9), 102096. Article 102096. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.102096