• 2025
    • Lo Coco, V., Di Mauro, M., Loforte, A., Fux, T., Wiedemann, D., Verbelen, T., Broman, L. M., Kremer, J., Pozzi, M., Takeda, K., Boeken, U., Chen, Y.-S., Masiello, P., Vogel, D. J., Maas, J. J., Ballotta, A., Pappalardo, F., Hryniewicz, K., Lorusso, R., & PLACE Study Group (2025). PLACE: Multicenter Study for Right Ventricular Failure on Mechanical Cardiocirculatory Supports. Asaio Journal, 71(4), 290-299. https://doi.org/10.1097/MAT.0000000000002328
    • Scandroglio, A. M., Baldetti, L., Oezkur, M., Mahajna, A., Pieri, M., Kowalewski, M., Pilarczyk, K., & Lorusso, R. (2025). The application of mechanical circulatory support in special conditions. European Heart Journal Supplements, 27(4), iv62-iv71. Article suaf006. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurheartjsupp/suaf006
    • Schouteden, E., Heuts, S., Bels, J. L., Thiesen, S., van Gassel, R. J., Lee, Z.-Y., Stoppe, C., Beishuizen, A., De Bie Dekker, A., Fraipont, V., Lamote, S., Ledoux, D., Scheeren, C., De Waele, E., van Zanten, A., van Kuijk, S. M., van de Poll, M. C., Mesotten, D., Gabrio, A., & PRECISe study team (2025). The impact of high versus standard enteral protein provision on functional recovery following intensive care admission: A pre-planned Bayesian analysis of the PRECISe trial. Clinical Nutrition, 48, 153-160. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.clnu.2025.03.022
    • Hileman, B. A., Martucci, G., Rizzitello, N., Occhipinti, G., Rossetti, M., Tuzzolino, F., Lorusso, R., Panigada, M., Tanaka, K., Arcadipane, A., & Panarello, G. (2025). Antithrombin during veno-venous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation with heparin anticoagulation: A single-center cohort study. Perfusion, 40(3), 720-729. Article 2676591241258048. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591241258048
    • Joram, N., Thiagarajan, R. R., Bembea, M., Cho, S. M., Guerguerian, A. M., Lorusso, R., Polito, A., Raman, L., Sanford, E., Shah, N., Zaaqoq, A., Hoskote, A., Di Nardo, M., & Euro-ELSO Working Group on Neurologic Monitoring and Outcome (2025). Can we reduce the risk of neurological injury in critically ill children on initiation of ECLS? A narrative review of potential modifiable factors. Perfusion, 40(1_suppl), 29S-38S. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591251329555
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    • Katsargyris, A., Haulon, S., Verhoeven, E. L. G., Early Launch Collaborators, & Mees, B. (2025). Editor's Choice – Initial Experience with the BeFlared Bridging Covered Stent for Fenestrated Endovascular Aneurysm Repair. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 69(4), 651-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2025.01.029
    • De Piero, M. E., Mariani, S., van Bussel, B. C. T., Jarczak, D., Krenner, N., de la Sota, E. P., Silva, P. E., Roemmer, M., Kowalewski, M., Carelli, S., Broman, L. M., Vuylsteke, A., Fortuna, P., Alessandri, F., Martucci, G., Patel, B. V., Lotz, G., Boeken, U., Maier, S., ... EuroECMO-COVID Study Group (2025). In-hospital outcomes and 6-month follow-up results of patients supported with extracorporeal membrane oxygenation for COVID-19 from the second wave to the end of the pandemic (EuroECMO-COVID): a prospective, international, multicentre, observational study. The Lancet Respiratory medicine, 13(4), 307-317. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2213-2600(24)00369-2
    • Parrini, I., Lucà, F., Rao, C. M., Ceravolo, R., Gelsomino, S., Ammendolea, C., Pezzi, L., Ingianni, N., Del Sindaco, D., Murrone, A., Geraci, G., Bilato, C., Armentaro, G., Sciacqua, A., Riccio, C., Colivicchi, F., Grimaldi, M., Oliva, F., Gulizia, M. M., ... Epidemiology Working Group of Italian Association of Hospital Cardiologists (2025). Management of Atrial Fibrillation in Elderly Patients: A Whole New Ballgame?Journal of Clinical Medicine, 14(7), Article 2328. https://doi.org/10.3390/jcm14072328
    • Mariani, S., Perazzo, A., De Piero, M. E., van Bussel, B. C. T., Di Mauro, M., Wiedemann, D., Lehmann, S., Pozzi, M., Loforte, A., Boeken, U., Samalavicius, R., Bounader, K., Hou, X., Bunge, J. J. H., Sriranjan, K., Salazar, L., Meyns, B., Mazzeffi, M. A., Matteucci, S., ... PELS Investigators (2025). Postcardiotomy extracorporeal membrane oxygenation after elective, urgent, and emergency cardiac operations: Insights from the PELS observational study. JTCVS open, 24, 280-310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.xjon.2025.01.018
    • Vleugels, M.-J., Gilissen, M., van de Water, W., Moser, A., van den Beuken-van Everdingen, M., & Mees, B. (2025). Potentially Inappropriate Care in Patients with Chronic Limb Threatening Ischaemia in the Last Month of Life. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 69(4), 653-654. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.12.022
    • Heuts, S., Kawczynski, M. J., Velders, B. J. J., Brophy, J. M., Hickey, G. L., & Kowalewski, M. (2025). Statistical primer: an introduction into the principles of Bayesian statistical analyses in clinical trials. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(4), Article ezaf139. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf139
    • Bousema, J. E., Spaans, L. N., Dijkgraaf, M. G. W., van der Heijden, E. H. F. M., Verhagen, A. F. T. M., Annema, J. T., van den Broek, F. J. C., MEDIASTrial study group, Sprooten, R., & Maessen, J. (2025). Two-year survival and disease recurrence after endosonography with or without confirmatory mediastinoscopy for resectable lung cancer (a short communication of the MEDIASTrial follow-up). Lung Cancer, 202, Article 108462. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.lungcan.2025.108462
    • Perazzo, Á., Mariani, S., Montenegro, G. L., Conci, L., Sepúlveda, D. P. L., Steffen, S. P., Gaiotto, F. A., Lorusso, R., Caldas, S., Lins, E. M., Leal, J. C. F., & Moraes, F. R. D. (2025). Cardiopulmonary Bypass and Cross-Clamping Times in Aortic Valve Replacement Surgery by Ministernotomy with Sutureless Prosthesis Implantation Compared to Conventional Prosthesis: A Cross-Sectional Study. Revista Brasileira de Cirurgia Cardiovascular, 40(2), Article e20240290. https://doi.org/10.21470/1678-9741-2024-0290
    • Squiccimarro, E., Lorusso, R., Margari, V., Labriola, C., Whitlock, R., & Paparella, D. (2025). Sex-related differences in systemic inflammatory response and outcomes after cardiac surgery and cardiopulmonary bypass. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 40(3), Article ivaf066. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf066
    • Monzo, L., Kobayashi, M., Ferreira, J. P., Lamiral, Z., Delles, C., Clark, A. L., Edelmann, F., González, A., Heymans, S., Pellicori, P., Petutschnigg, J., Verdonschot, J. A. J., Rossignol, P., Cleland, J. G. F., Zannad, F., Girerd, N., & HOMAGE “Heart Omics in AGEing” Trial Committees and Investigators (2025). Echocardiographic and biomarker characteristics in diabetes, coronary artery disease or both: insights from HOMAGE trial. Cardiovascular Diabetology, 24(1), Article 111. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12933-025-02609-8
    • Grazioli, V., Di Mauro, M., Perocchio, G., Gerometta, P., Agnino, A., Pin, M., Meani, P., Matteucci, M., Ronco, D., Massimi, G., Maessen, J., Corradi, D., Gaudino, M., & Lorusso, R. (2025). Myocardial revascularization in patients with chronic kidney disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis of surgical versus percutaneous coronary revascularization. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 40(3), Article ivaf021. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf021
    • Arjomandi Rad, A., Vardanyan, R., Athanasiou, T., Maessen, J., & Sardari Nia, P. (2025). The ethical considerations of integrating artificial intelligence into surgery: a review. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 40(3), Article ivae192. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivae192
    • Scheenstra, B., van Susante, L., Bongers, B. C., Lenssen, T., Knols, H., van Kuijk, S., Nieman, M., Maessen, J., Van't Hof, A., Sardari Nia, P., & Digital Cardiac Counseling (DCC) Trial investigators (2025). The Effect of Teleprehabilitation on Adverse Events After Elective Cardiac Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Journal of the American College of Cardiology, 85(8), 788-800. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacc.2024.10.064
    • Timmer, L. T., den Hertog, E., Versteeg, D., Post, H., Verdonschot, J. A. J., Monshouwer-Kloots, J., Kyriakopoulou, E., Perini, I., Koopmans, T., van der Kraak, P., Zentilin, L., Heymans, S. R. B., Vink, A., Giacca, M., Heck, A. J. R., & van Rooij, E. (2025). Cardiomyocyte SORBS2 expression increases in heart failure and regulates integrin interactions and extracellular matrix composition. Cardiovascular Research, 121(4), 585-600. Article cvaf021. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvaf021
    • Wegner, M., Smeets, R. R., Veenstra, L. F., Ahmad, W., Behrens, A. L., Kursch, F., Wienemann, H., Dorweiler, B., Baldus, S., Adam, M., Mees, B. M. E., & Meertens, M. M. (2025). Comparison of patients with occlusive or hemorrhagic access site complications requiring reintervention after percutaneous transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve implantation. Vasa-European Journal of Vascular Medicine, 54(2), 133-141. https://doi.org/10.1024/0301-1526/a001154
    • Mahtab, E. A. F., Max, S. A., Braun, J., Regeer, M. V., Kaufman, B., Dunning, J., Bibleraaj, B., Andreas, M., Rodríguez Lecoq, R., Klinceva, M., Rosalia, R., Lorusso, R., Bruining, N., & Egorova, A. D. (2025). Developing a Systematic Approach for the Implementation of Medical Extended Reality Learning Modules in Cardiothoracic Health Care: Recommendations From an International Expert Group. JACC: Advances, 4(3), Article 101633. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101633
    • Heuts, S., Lee, Z. Y., Lew, C. C. H., Bels, J. L. M., Gabrio, A., Kawczynski, M. J., Heyland, D. K., Summers, M. J., Deane, A. M., Mesotten, D., Chapple, L. A. S., Stoppe, C., & van de Poll, M. C. G. (2025). Higher Versus Lower Protein Delivery in Critically Ill Patients: A Systematic Review and Bayesian Meta-Analysis. Critical Care Medicine, 53(3), e645-e655. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000006562
    • Lemmens, M.-J. D. K., Heuts, S., Bidar, E., Wildberger, J. E., Mihl, C., & Smulders, M. W. (2025). Integrating Coronary Artery Assessment and Myocardial Late Enhancement Imaging With Photon-Counting Detector CT: Visualizing the Invisible. Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging, 18(3), e017238. Article e017238. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.017238
    • de la Puente-secades, S., Mikolajetz, D., Gayrard, N., Hermann, J., Jankowski, V., Bhargava, S., Meyer, A., Argiles, A., Saritas, T., van der Vorst, E. P. C., Wu, Z., Noels, H., Tepel, M., Alghamdi, K., Ward, D., Zidek, W., Wolf, M., Floege, J., Schurgers, L., ... Jankowski, J. (2025). Vasoconstriction-inhibiting factor: an endogenous inhibitor of vascular calcification as a calcimimetic of calcium-sensing receptor. Cardiovascular Research, 121(3), 507-521. https://doi.org/10.1093/cvr/cvaf016
    • Badulak, J., Abrams, D., Luks, A. M., Zakhary, B., Conrad, S. A., Bartlett, R., MacLaren, G., Vercaemst, L., Lorusso, R., Broman, L. M., Agerstrand, C., Price, S., Combes, A., Peek, G., Fan, E., Shekar, K., Fraser, J., Brodie, D., & Extracorporeal Life Support Organization (ELSO) (2025). Correction: Position paper on the physiology and nomenclature of dual circulation during venoarterial ECMO in adults. Intensive Care Medicine, 51(3), 661-662. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00134-025-07809-0
    • Bassett, C., Doukas, P., Gombert, A., Schurgers, L., Jacobs, M., Uhl, C., & Hruschka, B. (2025). Degradation elastischer Fasern in thorakoabdominellen Aortenaneurysmen: Ein multinationales und multizentrisches Forschungsprojekt mit Vorbildcharakter. Gefässchirurgie, 30(2), 79-82. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00772-025-01181-5
    • Gilbers, M. D., Kawczynski, M. J., Bidar, E., Maesen, B., Isaacs, A., Winters, J., Linz, D., Rienstra, M., van Gelder, I., Maessen, J. G., & Schotten, U. (2025). Determinants and impact of postoperative atrial fibrillation burden during 2.5 years of continuous rhythm monitoring after cardiac surgery: Results from the RACE V prospective cohort study. Heart Rhythm, 22(3), 647-660. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.hrthm.2024.08.014
    • Squiccimarro, E., Lorusso, R., Consiglio, A., Labriola, C., Haumann, R. G., Piancone, F., Speziale, G., Whitlock, R. P., & Paparella, D. (2025). Impact of Inflammation After Cardiac Surgery on 30-Day Mortality and Machine Learning Risk Prediction. Journal of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Anesthesia, 39(3), 683-691. https://doi.org/10.1053/j.jvca.2024.12.013
    • Cucchi, M., Mariani, S., Kawczynski, M. J., Shkurka, E., Ius, F., Comentale, G., Hoskote, A., & Lorusso, R. (2025). Individual patient data meta-analysis on awake pediatric extracorporeal life support: Feasibility and safety of analgesia, sedation and respiratory support weaning, and physiotherapy. Perfusion, 40(2), 371-383. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591241240377
    • Hameed, I., Ahmed, A., Waldron, C., Algarate, P. T., Kawczynski, M., Fatima, M., Alhazmi, A., Colon, S., Brackett, A., Heuts, S., Nia, P. S., Gaudino, M., Badhwar, V., & Geirsson, A. (2025). Mitral Valve Repair: Optimal Annual Case Volume for Surgery. JACC: Advances, 4(3), 101589. Article 101589. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jacadv.2025.101589
    • Verdonschot, J. A. J., Paulussen, A. D. C., Lakdawala, N. K., de Die-Smulders, C. E. M., Ware, J. S., & Ingles, J. (2025). Reproductive options and genetic testing for patients with an inherited cardiac disease. Nature Reviews Cardiology, 22(3), 199-211. Article e000067. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41569-024-01073-3
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    • Negm, S., Wolf, M., Craveiro, R. B., Schurgers, L., Jankowski, J., Schneider, R. K., Rizk, M., Coenen, F., Knaup, I., Brenji, S., & Niederau, C. (2025). Resveratrol modulates phosphorylation of ERK and AKT in murine cementoblasts during in vitro orthodontic compression. BMC Oral Health, 25(1), Article 226. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12903-025-05591-5
    • Vinck, E. E., Bickel-Dabadghao, M., Ribeiro, R. V. P., Andrade, D., & Sardari Nia, P. (2025). Left-handed cardiac surgery simulation training: making things right. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(2), Article ezaf011. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf011
    • Kawczynski, M. J., Van Kuijk, S. M. J., Olsthoorn, J. R., Maessen, J. G., Kats, S., Bidar, E., & Heuts, S. (2025). The optimal annual case volume for acute type A aortic dissection surgery in relation to long-term outcomes. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(2), Article ezaf022. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf022
    • Luca, F., Parrini, I., Canale, M. L., Rao, C. M., Nucara, M., Pelaggi, G., Murrone, A., Oliva, S., Bisceglia, I., Sergi, A., Geraci, G., Riccio, C., Ceravolo, R., Gelsomino, S., Colivicchi, F., Grimaldi, M., Oliva, F., Gulizia, M. M., Cardiogeriatrics Working Group, ... Multi-Specialist and Multi-Integrated Approach in Cardiology Working Group (2025). Cardiac Metastasis: Epidemiology, Pathophysiology, and Clinical Management. Life, 15(2), Article 291. https://doi.org/10.3390/life15020291
    • Wahlgren, C. M., Aylwin, C., Davenport, R. A., Davidovic, L. B., Dubose, J. J., Gaarder, C., Heim, C., Jongkind, V., Jorgensen, J., Kakkos, S. K., Mcgreevy, D. T., Ruffino, M. A., de Ceniga, M. V., Vikatmaa, P., Ricco, J.-B., Brohi, K., Antoniou, G. A., Boyle, J. R., Coscas, R., ... ESVS Guidelines Committee (2025). Editor's Choice - European Society for Vascular Surgery (ESVS) 2025 Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Management of Vascular Trauma. European Journal of Vascular and Endovascular Surgery, 69(2), 179-237. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvs.2024.12.018
    • Stroeks, S. L. V. M., Muller, S., Beelen, N. J., Venner, M. F. G. H. M., Baas, A. F., van Empel, V. P. M., Krapels, I. P. C., Hazebroek, M. R., Te Riele, A. S. J. M., & Verdonschot, J. A. J. (2025). Family Screening in Patients With Dilated and Arrhythmogenic Cardiomyopathy: The Road Toward Gene-Specific Recommendations. Circulation: Genomic and Precision Medicine, 18(1), Article e004778. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCGEN.124.004778
    • Atash, A., Cramer, M. J., Mees, B., Doevendans, P. A., Sluijter, J. P. G., & Stillitano, F. (2025). Generation and characterization of novel induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) lines derived from three symptomatic carriers of a pathogenic MYH11 variant and two non-carrier relatives. Stem Cell Research, 82, Article 103630. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.scr.2024.103630
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    • Fleischmann, D., Mastrodicasa, D., Willemink, M. J., Turner, V. L., Hinostroza, V., Burris, N. S., Yang, B., Hanneman, K., Ouzounian, M., Ocazionez Trujillo, D., Afifi, R. O., Estrera, A. L., Lacomis, J. M., Sultan, I., Gleason, T. G., Pacini, D., Folesani, G., Lovato, L., Stillman, A. E., ... Miller, D. C. (2025). Predicting Late Adverse Events in Uncomplicated Stanford Type B Aortic Dissection: Results From the ROADMAP Validation Study. Circulation-Cardiovascular Imaging, 18(2), Article e016766. https://doi.org/10.1161/CIRCIMAGING.124.016766
    • Vink, C. E. M., Borodzicz-Jazdzyk, S., de Jong, E. A. M., Woudstra, J., van de Hoef, T. P., Chamuleau, S. A. J., Eringa, E. C., Gotte, M. J. W., & Appelman, Y. (2025). Quantitative perfusion by cardiac magnetic resonance imaging reveals compromised myocardial perfusion in patients with angina with non-obstructive coronary artery disease. Clinical research in cardiology, Article e002481. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00392-025-02606-7
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    • Parise, O., Kronenberger, R., Parise, G., de Asmundis, C., Gelsomino, S., & La Meir, M. (2025). CTGAN-driven synthetic data generation: A multidisciplinary, expert-guided approach (TIMA). Computer Methods and Programs in Biomedicine, 259, 108523. Article 108523. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cmpb.2024.108523
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    • van de Poll, M. C. G., & Heuts, S. (2025). Who put the "E" in CPR: Equity before extracorporeal?Resuscitation, 207, Article 110519. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.resuscitation.2025.110519
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