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Lima, L. S., Ribeiro, M., Cardozo, L. F. M. F., Bittner, R., Ribeiro-Alves, M., Schultz, J., Rosado, A. S., Leite, P. E. C., Nakao, L. S., Schurgers, L. J., & Mafra, D. (2026). Association of poor vitamin K status with inflammation and gut microbiota in hemodialysis patients: A cross-sectional study. Journal of Nutritional Biochemistry, 148, Article 110139. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jnutbio.2025.110139

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Greenleaf, E. K., Maximus, S., Oden-Brunson, H., Ferreira, Z. C., Miranda, J., Huang, Y., Mees, B., & Oderich, G. S. (2026). Historical Evolution of Physician-Modified Endografts (PMEGs) for Treatment of Complex Aortic Aneurysms. Annals of Vascular Surgery, 123, 636-652. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.avsg.2025.10.015

Klok, F. A., Sharp, A., Ahrens, I., Aleksic, M., Ni Ainle, F., Barco, S., Bertoletti, L., Keeling, B., Fengler, K., Helms, J., Jimenez, D., Lang, I. M., Lauw, M. N., Lorusso, R., Martin-Loeches, I., Meijboom, L. J., Meneveau, N., Montero-Cabezas, J., O'sullivan, G., ... Konstantinides, S. (2026). Rationale for and approach to establishing a multidisciplinary acute pulmonary embolism expert care team. European Heart Journal: Acute Cardiovascular Care, 15(2), 151-161. Article zuaf141. https://doi.org/10.1093/ehjacc/zuaf141

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Barb, A., Uhl, C., Bornhak, L., El-Sanosy, E., Fink, M., Böckler, D., Hatzl, J., Zephyr study group collaborators, & Mees, B. (2026). Accuracy of fully automated iliac artery tortuosity measurements in patients with abdominal aortic aneurysm using deep learning. European Journal of Radiology, 195, Article 112609. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejrad.2025.112609

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Stenvinkel, P., Kotanko, P., Painer-Gigler, J., Shiels, P. G., Evenepoel, P., Schurgers, L., Natterson-Horowitz, B., Kalogeropoulu, S., Schiffman, J., & Johnson, R. J. (2026). Comparative physiology and biomimetics in metabolic and environmental health: what can we learn from extreme animal phenotypes? Diabetologia, 69(2), 295-307. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00125-025-06611-3

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Muilwijk, M., Kremers, S., Schurgers, L. J., Stolaki, M., Bakker, S. J. L., & Beulens, J. W. J. (2026). A double-blind randomised controlled trial assessing the effect of menaquinone producing probiotics on vitamin K status. Beneficial Microbes. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1163/18762891-bja00117

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Karelis, A., Adam, D., Piazza, M., Tinelli, G., Gallito, E., Matsagkas, M., Mees, B., Mani, K., D'Oria, M., Mansour, W., Cieri, E., Kolbel, T., Sonesson, B., Dias, N., & PEACE, C. (2026). Parallel Endografting And Chimney Endovascular (PEACE) registry outcomes in emergency repair of complex abdominal aortic aneurysms. British Journal of Surgery, 113(1), Article znaf278. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjs/znaf278

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Aerts, L., Kawczynski, M. J., Luermans, J., Bidar, E., Linz, D., Kowalewski, M., Lorusso, R., Pison, L., La Meir, M., Maesen, B., & Heuts, S. (2026). Effectiveness of Catheter and Standalone Surgical Ablation Procedures for Atrial Fibrillation: A Bayesian-Network Meta-analysis. Canadian Journal of Cardiology, 42(1), 136-148. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cjca.2025.10.018

Accord, R. E., Gilbers, M. D., & Bidar, E. (2026). Addressing Aortopathy Associated With Congenital Valve Anomalies: Technical Aspects of a Reoperative Bentall-Konno Procedure. World Journal for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/21501351261418293

Davies, H., Vleugels, M.-J., Kwong, M., Dua, A., Akhtar, N., Mees, B. M. E., Mitchell, S., & Russell, D. (2026). Clinician Attitudes towards Analgesia for Chronic Limb Threatening Ischaemia: A Survey of Vascular Specialists to Inform a Topical Morphine Trial. EJVES vascular forum, 65, 43-48. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ejvsvf.2025.12.001

Beckers, C., Kraemer, S., Theissen, A., Kunze, M., Soppert, J., Schurgers, L., Veltrop, R., Doorschodt, B., Tolba, R. H., Larmann, J., & Bleilevens, C. (2026). Evaluating a Novel Cell-Free Preservation Solution for Human Cardiomyocyte Protection: A Proof-of-Concept Study. BioMed Research International, 2026(1), e7101969. Article 7101969. https://doi.org/10.1155/bmri/7101969

van de Bovenkamp, A. A., Nassiri, S., de Man, F. S., Oosterveer, F. P. T., Mourmans, S. G. J., van Raalte, D. H., Dijkmans, P. A., van Heerebeek, L., van Empel, V. P. M., Eringa, E. C., Bakermans, A. J., & Handoko, M. L. (2026). Intravenous IRON supplementation in Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction and iron deficiency (IRON-HFpEF): a comprehensive phase II multicentre placebo-controlled randomized clinical trial. European journal of heart failure. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejhf/xuag162

El Dsouki, Y., Condello, I., Gunertem, O. E., Yildirim, A., Gunaydin, S., & Lorusso, R. (2026). Normoxic versus hyperoxic reperfusion: A retrospective study of ischemia-reperfusion injury in patients undergoing on-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Perfusion. Advance online publication. https://doi.org/10.1177/02676591261438387

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Persson, K., Nilsson, C. U., Sjovall, J., Walther Sturesson, L., Schurgers, L., & Kander, T. (2026). Vitamin K-dependent proteins in patients undergoing head and neck free flap surgery - a prospective observational study. Scandinavian Journal of Clinical & Laboratory Investigation, 86(5), 480-488. https://doi.org/10.1080/00365513.2026.2694050

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Dalton, H. J., & Lorusso, R. (2025). Brain Injury and Venoarterial Unloading in Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Questions Remain. Critical Care Medicine, 53(12), e2761-e2763. https://doi.org/10.1097/CCM.0000000000006928

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Nassiri, S., Voordes, G. H. D., van Heerebeek, L., van Raalte, D. H., Verhaar, M. C., Touw, D. J., Krebber, M. M., Duncker, D. J., Eringa, E. C., Handoko, M. L., Voors, A. A., & RECONNEXT Consortium (2025). Effects of geranylgeranylacetone on diastolic and microvascular function in patients with heart failure with a preserved ejection fraction: A phase 2, randomized, placebo-controlled, crossover trial. European journal of heart failure, 27(12), 3304-3311. https://doi.org/10.1002/ejhf.3711

Sartipy, U., Heuts, S., & James, S. K. (2025). Evidence for a Clinically Meaningful Effect of no-Touch Harvesting Technique on Vein Graft Patency-A Bayesian Reanalysis of the SWEDEGRAFT Trial. European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery, 67(12), Article ezaf407. https://doi.org/10.1093/ejcts/ezaf407

Vinck, E. E., Bickel-Dabadghao, M., Zientara, A., Emrich, A. L., Gobel, N., Bleiziffer, S., Sardari Nia, P., & Gottardi, R. (2025). Left-Handed Cardiac Surgery Learning Lab: An EACTS Annual Meeting Initiative. Interdisciplinary CardioVascular and Thoracic Surgery, 40(12), Article ivaf279. https://doi.org/10.1093/icvts/ivaf279

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