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Fatehi Hassanabad A, Fercho J, Fatehi Hassanabad M, King M, Sosniuk M, de Waard D, Adams C, Kent WDT, Karolak W. Right anterior mini thoracotomy for redo cardiac surgery: case series from North America and Europe. Front Cardiovasc Med 2024; 11:1427930. [PMID: 38957329 PMCID: PMC11218824 DOI: 10.3389/fcvm.2024.1427930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2024] [Accepted: 06/03/2024] [Indexed: 07/04/2024] Open
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Background Right anterior mini thoracotomy (RAMT) for aortic valve replacement (AVR) is a minimally invasive procedure that avoids sternotomy. Herein, we report the outcomes of patients who underwent redo-cardiac via a RAMT approach for AVR. Methods This case series reports the clinical outcomes of 14 consecutive redo operations, done in Calgary (Canada) and Gdansk (Poland) between 2020 and 2023. Primary outcomes were 30-day mortality and disabling stroke. Secondary outcomes included surgical times, hemodynamics, permanent pacemaker implantation (PPM), length of ICU and hospital stay, new post-operative atrial fibrillation (POAF), post-operative blood transfusion, incidence of acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), rate of continuous renal replacement therapy (CRRT) and/or dialysis, and chest tube output in the first 12-hours after surgery. Results Nine patients were male, and the mean age was 64.36 years. There were no deaths, while one patient had a disabling stroke postoperatively. Mean cardiopulmonary bypass and cross clamp-times were 136 min and 90 min, respectively. Three patients needed a PPM, 3 patients needed blood transfusions, and 2 developed new onset POAF. Median lengths of ICU and hospital stays were 2 and 12 days, respectively. There was no incidence of paravalvular leak greater than trace and the average transvalvular mean gradient was 12.23 mmHg. Conclusion The number of patients requiring redo-AVR is increasing. Redo-sternotomy may not be feasible for many patients. This study suggests that the RAMT approach is a safe alternative to redo-sternotomy for patients that require an AVR.
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- Ali Fatehi Hassanabad
- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of General Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, NS, Canada
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- Division of Cardiac Surgery, Nova Scotia Health Authority, Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada
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- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Section of Cardiac Surgery, Department of Cardiac Sciences, Libin Cardiovascular Institute, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, Medical University of Gdansk, Gdansk, Poland
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Formica F. Comparison Between Redo-Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement and Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: We Need Very Long Follow-Up! Am J Cardiol 2024; 215:99-100. [PMID: 38160922 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.12.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2023] [Accepted: 12/07/2023] [Indexed: 01/03/2024]
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- Francesco Formica
- Cardiac Surgery, Department of Medicine and Surgery, University of Parma, Italy
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Sá MP, Jacquemyn X, Serna-Gallegos D, Makani A, Kliner D, Toma C, West D, Ahmad D, Yousef S, Brown JA, Yoon P, Kaczorowski D, Bonatti J, Chu D, Sultan I. Long-Term Outcomes of Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Versus Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Meta-Analysis of Kaplan-Meier-Derived Data. Am J Cardiol 2024; 212:30-39. [PMID: 38070591 DOI: 10.1016/j.amjcard.2023.11.054] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 11/13/2023] [Accepted: 11/20/2023] [Indexed: 12/20/2023]
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Valve-in-valve (ViV) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (ViV-TAVI) in patients with failed bioprostheses arose as an alternative to redo surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). To evaluate all-cause mortality in ViV-TAVI versus redo-SAVR, we performed a study-level meta-analysis of reconstructed time-to-event data from Kaplan-Meier curves of nonrandomized studies published by August 2023. A total of 16 studies met our eligibility criteria, with a total of 4,373 patients (2,204 patients underwent ViV-TAVI and 2,169 patients underwent redo-SAVR). Pooling all the studies, ViV-TAVI showed a lower risk of all-cause mortality in the first 6 months (hazard ratio [HR] 0.58, 95% confidence interval [CI] 0.46 to 0.73, p <0.001), with an HR reversal after this time point favoring redo-SAVR (HR 1.92, 95% CI 1.58 to 2.33, p <0.001). Pooling only the matched populations (which represented 64.6% of the overall population), ViV-TAVI showed a lower risk of all-cause mortality in the first 6 months (HR 0.56, 95% CI 0.43 to 0.73, p <0.001], with a reversal after 6 months favoring redo-SAVR (HR 1.55, 95% CI 1.25 to 1.93, p <0.001). The meta-regression analyses revealed a modulating effect of the following covariates: age, coronary artery disease, history of coronary artery bypass graft surgery, and implanted valves <25 mm. In conclusion, ViV-TAVI is associated with better survival immediately after the procedure than redo-SAVR; however, this primary advantage reverses over time, and redo-SAVR seems to offer better survival at a later stage. Because these results are pooled data from observational studies, they should be interpreted with caution, and randomized controlled trials are warranted.
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- Michel Pompeu Sá
- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
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- Department of Cardiovascular Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Interventional Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Interventional Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; Department of Interventional Cardiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania; UPMC Heart and Vascular Institute, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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Insler JE, Tipton AE, Bakaeen FG, Bakhos JJ, Houghtaling PL, Blackstone EH, Roselli EE, Soltesz EG, Tong MZ, Unai S, McCurry K, Vargo P, Hodges K, Smedira NG, Pettersson GB, Weiss A, Koprivanac M, Elgharably H, Gillinov AM, Svensson LG. What determines outcomes in multivalve reoperations? Effect of patient and surgical complexity. J Thorac Cardiovasc Surg 2023:S0022-5223(23)01192-3. [PMID: 38081538 DOI: 10.1016/j.jtcvs.2023.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2023] [Revised: 12/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/04/2023] [Indexed: 01/15/2024]
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OBJECTIVE Patient characteristics, risks, and outcomes associated with reoperative multivalve cardiac surgery are poorly characterized. Effect of patient variables and surgical components of each reoperation were evaluated with regard to operative mortality. METHODS From January 2008 to January 2022, 2324 patients with previous cardiac surgery underwent 2352 reoperations involving repair or replacement of multiple cardiac valves at Cleveland Clinic. Mean age was 66 ± 14 years. Number of surgical components representing surgical complexity (valve procedures, aortic surgery, coronary artery bypass grafting, and atrial fibrillation procedures) ranged from 2 to 6. Random forest for imbalanced data was used to identify risk factors for operative mortality. RESULTS Surgery was elective in 1327 (56%), urgent in 1006 (43%), and emergency in 19 (0.8%). First-time reoperations were performed in 1796 (76%) and 556 (24%) had 2 or more previous operations. Isolated multivalve operations comprised 54% (1265) of cases; 1087 incorporated additional surgical components. Two valves were operated on in 80% (1889) of cases, 3 in 20% (461), and 4 in 0.09% (2). Operative mortality was 4.2% (98 out of 2352), with 1.7% (12 out of 704) for elective, isolated multivalve reoperations. For each added surgical component, operative mortality incrementally increased, from 2.4% for 2 components (24 out of 1009) to 17% for ≥5 (5 out of 30). Predictors of operative mortality included coronary artery bypass grafting, surgical urgency, cardiac, renal dysfunction, peripheral artery disease, New York Heart Association functional class, and anemia. CONCLUSIONS Elective, isolated reoperative multivalve surgery can be performed with low mortality. Surgical complexity coupled with key physiologic factors can be used to inform surgical risk and decision making.
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- Joshua E Insler
- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio.
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio; Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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- Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Heart, Vascular & Thoracic Institute, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio
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Stolte T, Boeddinghaus J, Allegra G, Leibundgut G, Reuthebuch O, Kaiser C, Müller C, Nestelberger T. Incidence and Outcomes of Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation in Failed Bioprosthetic Valves. J Clin Med 2023; 12:5868. [PMID: 37762811 PMCID: PMC10531770 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12185868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2023] [Revised: 07/28/2023] [Accepted: 09/06/2023] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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INTRODUCTION Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become a widely used, comparably efficient and safe alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR). Its utilization continues to grow, especially among younger patients. Despite improvements in durability, degeneration and subsequent re-interventions of failed prosthetic valves are still common. Even though valve-in-valve procedures have become more frequent, little is known about the trends over time or about clinical and echocardiographic long-term outcomes. MATERIALS AND METHODS Patients who underwent a valve-in-valve procedure between December 2011 and December 2022 in a large tertiary university hospital were analyzed. Primary outcomes were defined as procedural and device successes as well as event-free survival. Secondary analyses between subsets of patients divided by index valve and date of procedure were performed. RESULTS Among 1407 procedures, 58 (4%) were valve-in-valve interventions, with an increased frequency observed over time. Overall, technical success was achieved in 88% and device success in 85% of patients. Complications were predominantly minor, with similar success rates among TAVR-in-SAVR (TiSAVR) and TAVR-in-TAVR (TiTAVR). Notably, there were significant and lasting improvements in mean echocardiographic gradients at 1 year. Event-free survival was 76% at one month and 69% at one year. CONCLUSIONS Over the last decade, a rising trend of valve-in-valve procedures was observed. Despite an increase in procedures, complications show a contrasting decline with improved technical and device success over time. TiSAVR and TiTAVR showed comparable rates of procedural and device success as well as similar outcomes, highlighting the utility of valve-in-valve procedures in an aging population.
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- Thorald Stolte
- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
- Department of Health Sciences and Technology, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, 8092 Zurich, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
- British Heart Foundation, University Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SS, UK
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiac Surgery, University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
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- Department of Cardiology, Cardiovascular Research Institute Basel (CRIB), University Hospital Basel, University of Basel, Petersgraben 4, 4031 Basel, Switzerland
- British Heart Foundation, University Centre for Cardiovascular Science, Usher Institute, University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh EH16 4SS, UK
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