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Cardiac

February 15, 2024
At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting.
February 14, 2024
This annual report from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database summarizes key research; trends in patient characteristics; surgeon case volume; surgical techniques including minimally invasive and robotic approaches, repair and replacement, prosthesis, and conduit choice; and concomitant atrial fibrillation surgery in isolate
February 14, 2024
A recent study by Jad Malas et al. comparing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in patients less than 60 years of age was presented during the 2024 STS Annual Meeting in San Antonio, Texas.
February 14, 2024
This study addressed midterm outcomes with the hemispherical aortic annuloplasty reconstructive technology (HAART) ring used for aortic valve repair (AVr). Seventy-one patients had AVr using the HAART ring—53 had a trileaflet valve and 18 had a bicuspid valve. Their median age was 54 years old and 79 percent were male.
February 14, 2024
This video demonstrates unroofing of an extensive myocardial bridge compressing the left anterior descending coronary artery using fluorescent guided angiography.
February 9, 2024
In this session from the 2023 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, Professor Gebrine El Khoury gave his tips and tricks for his method of mitral valve repair.
February 8, 2024
New survey data presented at the STS annual meeting showed that female cardiothoracic surgeons have fewer children and are more likely to face infertility than their male colleagues, along with facing more complications when they are pregnant.
February 8, 2024
This study addressed the long-term results of the réparation à l’étage ventriculaire (REV) procedure for double outlet right ventricle (DORV) and transposition of the great arteries (TGA) with pulmonary stenosis (PS). From 1980 to 2021, 157 patients underwent an REV procedure.
February 8, 2024
Conventional cardiac surgery is performed using myocardial protection strategies that were developed decades ago. The context of surgery has changed over this period, with patients now who are older and have more comorbidities. However, the systemic effects of cardioplegia solutions have not been a focus of attention.

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