Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair, with Pre & Post-Op Echo Results
Jon-Cecil Martin Walkes, MD, and Robert Hsu, MPAS, PA-C
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive mitral valve repair via right thoracotomy. The patient was a 55-year-old male with mitral valve insufficiency and a ruptured chordae on the P2 segment of the posterior leaflet of the mitral valve.
INNOVATORS
SYNTAX and its 1- and 2-year Results
CTSNet introduces a new section that highlights in-depth interviews with leading Innovators in cardiothoracic surgery. A. Pieter Kappetein discusses SYNTAX 1- and 2-year results. Also, he discusses the FAME and EXCEL studies in depth.
CUSTODIOL® HTK Solution for Myocardial Protection During an Aortic Valve Replacement and CABGx2
The open heart surgery shown in this video consists of an aortic valve replacement and CABG times two in a 63-year-old male with severe aortic stenosis, moderate AI, and coronary artery disease.
Aortic Symposium 2012 Abstracts Submission Now Open
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery is now accepting Abstracts/Videos for the Aortic Symposium 2012 at the Sheraton New York Hotel & Towers in New York City, New York, USA from April 26-27, 2012.
Video-Assisted Harvest of an Intercostal Muscle Flap
The intercostal muscle is a reliable buttress for the bronchial stump following pneumonectomy and lobectomy in high risk patients. A technique is described for flap harvest to buttress the bronchial stump after lobectomy using video assisted thoracoscopic surgery.
August 2011 Journal CME
New Journal CME activities from the Annals of Thoracic Surgery and European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery have been added to the Congenital, Cardiac, and Thoracic Portals.
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UPCOMING EVENTS
7 - 10 August 2011
Queenstown New Zealand
2011 ASCTS Annual Scientific Meeting
18 - 20 August 2011
Tampere Finland
3rd Joint Scandinavian Conference in Cardiothoracic Surgery
25 - 27 August 2011
Seoul, Korea (South)
Yonsei Severance Live 2011
10 - 13 September 2011
Salt Lake City, UT United States
Cardiovascular & Thoracic Surgery Core Curriculum Review
11 - 13 September 2011
6020 Innsbruck Austria
FOCUS: Valve 2011 - 3rd Training Course for Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery
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