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Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement for Marfan Syndrome with Type A Dissection
By Andreas Zierer, MD and Marc R. Moon, MD STSA 2006 Video:
Content from the Journal of the American Neurological Surgeons.
On Being a Pediatric Cardiac Surgeon
Introduction This essay is the product of a request, and represents no small creative struggle on my part—the struggle being what will I write that may be useful, meaningful and provide insight to others about my professional life. The stated purpose of the request is to provide the reader, presumably students (college, or perhaps medical…
Editor’s Note
Drs. Pelletier and Jacobs, in a follow-up article to their Superior Cavopulmonary Anastomosis review, have now provided us with an outstanding summary of the current approaches to the “modified” Fontan procedure. This work describes the two primary techniques currently used for the “modified” Fontan operation, the lateral tunnel and the extracardiac Fontan. The superb drawings…
Editor’s Note
Drs. Pelletier and Jacobs have given us a beautiful series of drawings illustrating the technique for these two Stage II operations for patients with a single ventricle. It is very interesting that the results of the two different techniques, as shown in Table 1, are nearly identical. The hemi-Fontan operation, as illustrated in these drawings,…
Results Table
Author # Patients Type ofCavopulmonaryConnection CardiopulmonaryBypass Strategy Mean Age(months) Mean Weight(Kg) HospitalSurvival% Mean SaO2(%) atDischarge Morbidity Douglas91999 114 HF DHCA 5.4 6.1 98 80 CHB 1.8%SND 5.3%PAT 4.4% Aeba112000 35 BCPC CPBModerate hypothermia 14 — 89 82 PAT 2.9% Jaquiss142004 85 BCPC CPBModerateHypothermia I. < 4 II. >4 I. 4.8 II. 5.8 I. 100 II.…
Look at Our Past and Challenge Your Future with Clinical Excellent and Commitments to Discovery and Innovation
I’m really happy to have this opportunity to communicate with current Thoracic Surgery Residents–those in programs at this time, as well as those matched to residency positions for the upcoming year. I hope that some of the general surgery residents and med students who might be considering a career in Thoracic Surgery will be among…
Repair of Rheumatic Mitral and Aortic Valve (AV + MV Repair)
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD Video:
Replacement of the Thoraco Abdominal Aorta Using a Multi-Branched Arm Graft in a Marfan Patient
By Hazim J. Safi, MD, Anthony L. Estrera, MD, Eyal Porat, MD, Tam T. Huynh, MD, Ali Azizzadeh, MD, and Riad Medea, MD STSA 2005: Video:
Isolated Anterior Mitral Leaflet Cleft
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD Video:
Repair of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD Video:
Berlin Heart: Bi-Ventricular Assist Device
By Christopher W. Baird, MD, Francis Fynn-Thompson, MD, Meena Nathan, MD, and Frank Pigula, MD
The Joy and Value of a Career in Cardiac Surgery
Every other year, the University of Michigan Congenital Heart Center holds a reunion in Ann Arbor for “graduates” of our program. Many former patients and their families return from around the country and it’s always a thrill for all of us to see them again and catch up on their lives. At our last reunion,…
Reconstructive Surgery for Tricuspid Incompetence
By A. Sampath Kumar, MD Video: