DRIVING QUALITY IMPROVEMENT

Over 70 centres have contributed scientific data to the European Registry for Patients with Mechanical Circulatory Support (EUROMACS) relating to almost 4,500 individual patients receiving mechanical circulatory support. As outlined in the EUROMACS 3rd report, published in July 2022, ‘in its 10 years of existence, EUROMACS has become a point of reference enabling benchmarking and outcome monitoring’.

In the past 12 months EUROMACS datasets have contributed to over 40 published research studies, including ‘The impact of preoperative mitral regurgitation on LVAD patients’. This study, which was also presented at the Late Breaking Clinical Trials session at the 36th EACTS Annual Meeting, could have an impact on the surgical approach to mitral valve repair in LVAD patients and trigger further studies.