To Bridge, Blossom, or Boost: That Is the Question

To bridge or not to bridge, that is the question.

A higher bleeding risk confers a greater need for perioperative hemostasis, and hence a longer period of anticoagulant interruption. Bleeding risk is dominated by the type and urgency of surgery. To have a balance we should consider a direct correlation relationship between the INR and the bleeding risk. If the bleeding risk increased, the INR should be decreased.Bleeding risk can be categorize...

coeliac disease: to classify or not to classify – that is the question!

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To Fix or Not to Fix? That is the Question.

Eventually, the algorithm for when to intervene on the tricuspid valve during left sided valve surgery will be more robust. Better discriminatory preoperative data will be required to sort the role of annular size, right ventricular function, and pulmonary artery pressures. As for now, there is a paucity of evidence that an aggressive approach to fixing moderate functional TR during left sided ...

To publish or not to publish: that is the question?

Each manuscript received by JACC is sent out to two or more reviewers and is also reviewed by the Editor (or Associate Editor) to whom it is assigned. Each Tuesday morning at our weekly Editors’ meetings, manuscripts are reviewed relative to suitability for publication. We always have more manuscripts with good reviews than we can publish. Such manuscripts are prioritized, thus resulting in the...