title: Cardiac surgery 2014 reviewed.
abstract: For the year 2014, more than 17,000 published references can be found in Pubmed when entering the search term "cardiac surgery". The last year has been characterized by a vivid discussion in the fields where classic cardiac surgery and modern interventional techniques overlap. Specifically, there have been important contributions in the field of coronary revascularization with either percutaneous coronary intervention or bypass surgery as well as in the fields of interventional valve therapy. Here, the US core valve trial with the first demonstration of a survival advantage at 1 year with transcatheter valves compared to surgical aortic valve replacement or the 5-year outcome of the SYNTAX trial with significant advantages for bypass surgery has been the landmark. However, in addition to these most visible publications, there have been several highly relevant and interesting contributions. This review article will summarize the most pertinent publications in the fields of coronary revascularization, surgical treatment of valve disease, heart failure (i.e., transplantation and ventricular assist devices) and aortic surgery. This condensed summary will provide the reader with "solid ground" for up-to-date decision-making in cardiac surgery.
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany. doenst@med.uni-jena.de.
authors.forename: Torsten
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Doenst
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Constanze
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Strüning
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Alexandros
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Moschovas
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: David
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Gonzalez-Lopez
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Ilija
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Valchanov
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Hristo
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kirov
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Mahmoud
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Diab
authors.affiliation: Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Friedrich-Schiller-University of Jena, Erlanger Allee 101, 07747, Jena, Germany.
authors.forename: Gloria
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Faerber
mesh_terms: D001021:Aortic Valve / Q000601:surgery; D006348:Cardiac Surgical Procedures / Q000379:methods*; D001026:Coronary Artery Bypass / Q000379:methods; D006333:Heart Failure / Q000601:surgery*; D016027:Heart Transplantation / Q000379:methods; D019918:Heart Valve Prosthesis Implantation / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D062645:Percutaneous Coronary Intervention / Q000379:methods
keywords: Aortic valve surgery; Cardiac surgery; Coronary revascularization; Mitral valve surgery; Tricuspid valve surgery