Magnetic resonance imaging in pulmonary hypertension: an overview of current applications and future perspectives

Cardiac magnetic resonance (CMR) imaging has greatly evolved in the last decades and is a promising tool to non-invasively follow pulmonary hypertension patients. This review highlights the main advantages offered by CMR in pulmonary hypertension and gives an overview of putative future applications.

Surgical management of lung cancer during the COVID-19 pandemic – a narrative review and single-centre report

With much attention being diverted to COVID-19, it is important to retain awareness of cancer patients, maintain oncological surgery and avoid treatment delay during the pandemic.

Providing care to patients in contact isolation: is the systematic use of gloves still indicated?

Wide and easy access to alcohol-based handrub and continual teaching are essential. If such conditions are met and adherence to hand hygiene is excellent and regularly assessed, the routine use of gloves for patients under contact precautions seems no longer indicated.

Initial experience with minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation in coronary artery bypass graft reoperations 

Minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) is an established alternative to conventional extracorporeal circulation (CECC) in coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), but data on its use in cardiac reoperations are limited. In this study, the authors found no difference in overall mortality between CECC and MiECC in patients undergoing reoperation for isolated CABG.

Off-label use of psychotropic drugs in a Swiss paediatric service: similar results from two different cohort studies

Harmonisation of either international marketing authorisations or dosage recommendations at a national level could be a step forward to improved and evidence-based use of psychotropic drugs in children and adolescents.

Erratum to: High SARS-CoV-2 seroprevalence but no severe course of COVID-19 disease among people on opioid agonist treatment in Zurich: a cross-sectional study