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• DanGer Shock: Microaxial Flow Pump Beneficial in STEMI-CS Patients Undergoing Hemodynamic Monitoring
  The microaxial flow pump (mAFP) unloads the heart in STEMI-cardiogenic shock (CS) patients undergoing hemodynamic monitoring with a pulmonary artery catheter (PAC) by reducing native cardiac output (CO), pulmonary pressures and left ventricular filling pressures...
• JACC: CardioOncology Expert Panel Recommends Equivalence Ratios For Some Chemotherapy Drugs Post Childhood Cancer
  Among anthracycline and anthraquinone agents, the risk of cancer therapy-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD) after treatment for childhood cancer is lower with daunorubicin and higher with mitoxantrone compared with doxorubicin...
• Catheter Repair of Superior Sinus Venosus Defect Associated With Partial Anomalous Venous Drainage: A Promising Alternative to Surgery?
  Transcatheter repair of superior sinus venosus defects (SVDs) associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous drainage of the right upper/middle pulmonary vein (RPV) has gained popularity in the last 10 years.
• Frailty Status and Mortality Risk in PCI; Delays in Treatment in STEMI; Arterial Events with Genetic-based Vascular Disease
  In this week’s View, Dr. Eagle looks at frailty status and increased risk of mortality in patients who undergo percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI).
• PRINCE: Does Ischemic Preconditioning Provide Benefit in Noncardiac Surgery?
  Remote ischemic preconditioning (RIPC) did not reduce myocardial injury or other postoperative conditions among adult patients undergoing noncardiac surgery, according to results from the PRINCE trial published in Circulation.