Richard Mark Kirkner

Elephant stent aorta repair – good outcomes, but is it too complex?

Publish date: July 1, 2015

Key clinical point: Total aortic arch replacement with implantation of an elephant-trunk stent avoids risks of other more conventional approaches....

Publish date: July 1, 2015

Key clinical point: Electroencephalography is more effective than clinical observation in identifying seizures in infants immediately after they&r...

Publish date: June 4, 2015

Key clinical point: Esophageal stent placement for the treatment of an acute esophageal tear seems to be as effective as surgery in propensity-mat...

Publish date: June 3, 2015

Key clinical point: Patients who had a failed alcohol septal ablation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy may be at greater risk for cardi...

Publish date: June 3, 2015

Key clinical point: Mitral valve replacement seems to be associated with better exercise hemodynamics than restrictive annuloplasty in patients wi...

Publish date: June 3, 2015

Publish date: June 1, 2015

Key clinical point: Cardiac surgeons at three London hospitals complied poorly with clinical guidelines for managing patients with severe coronary...

Publish date: May 10, 2015

Key clinical point: A simplified approach for mitral valve repair resulted in good outcomes in a group of children with connective tissue disorder...

Publish date: April 21, 2015

Key clinical point: Three-dimensional spheroid models, as opposed to monolayer cell cultures, are valuable tools for predicting the efficacy of na...