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Straight Talk With APPs: Current Hot Topics and Trends in Practice and CT Surgery

June 18, 2020 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lisa R. DeGarmo of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston, Texas, moderates a discussion for advanced practice providers. She is joined by Jill...

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Straight Talk With APPs: Current Hot Topics and Trends in Practice and CT Surgery

June 18, 2020 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Lisa R. DeGarmo of McGovern Medical School at UTHealth in Houston, Texas, moderates a discussion for advanced practice providers....

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May Issue of ACS Now Available

June 6, 2017 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

This special issue of the ACS is focused on Tricuspid Valve Surgery. With Guest Editors Dr Bettina Pfannmuller and the late Dr Lawrence Cohn, topics of interest include non-functional tricuspid...

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Pediatric Heart Transplantation Long-Term Survival in Different Age and Diagnostic Groups: Analysis of a National Database

May 22, 2017 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

The purpose of this study was to evaluate differences in long-term survival without the influence of early mortality, and to identify factors associated with one-year conditional ten-year survival after heart...

JANS Article

Left Ventricular Retraining and Double Switch in Patients With Congenitally Corrected Transposition of the Great Arteries

March 31, 2017 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

Congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries (CC-TGA) is a complex form of congenital heart disease that may require left ventricular re-training prior to a double switch procedure. This study...

JANS Article

Mitral valve surgery following failed MitraClip implantation

December 27, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

Mitral valve disruption is a rare but serious complication of MitraClip insertion. This review provides an update on surgical interventions following MitraClip failure, and discusses possible valve injuries and surgical...

JANS Article

Bioprosthetic tricuspid valve replacement for tricuspid valve endocarditis secondary to infected endocardial pacemaker leads

December 27, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

This study examines the outcomes of bioprosthetic tricuspid valve replacement in patients with tricuspid valve infective endocarditis. Full text available.

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STS Members Help Save Lives, Create Sustainable Surgery Programs Abroad

December 2, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

Jeffrey Jacobs, Vinay Badhwar, Ivan Crosby, and Thomas Daniel share their stories of surgical volunteerism and how they have assisted cardiothoracic surgical programs abroad. Click below to view the full...

JANS Article

Three Dimensional Visualization of Human Cardiac Conduction Tissue in Whole Heart Specimens by High-Resolution Phase-Contrast CT Imaging Using Synchrotron Radiation

November 15, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

The feasibility of synchrotron radiation-based phase-contrast computed tomography (PCCT) for visualization of the atrioventricular (AV) conduction axis in human whole heart specimens was tested using four post-mortem structurally normal newborn...

JANS Article

Cerebral perfusion issues in acute type A aortic dissection without preoperative malperfusion: how do surgical factors affect outcomes?

October 24, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

One-hundred eleven patients who underwent surgical repair of acute type A aortic dissection without preoperative malperfusion are analyzed for outcome with regard to arterial cannulation site, route of cerebral perfusion...

JANS Article

Clinical outcome following total cavopulmonary connection: a 20-year single-centre experience

October 24, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

The retrospective study includes 434 patients with total cavopulmonary connection. Clinical results and factors influencing the outcome are analyzed.

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Current mid-term outcome with an integrated surgical strategy for correction of d-transposition of the great arteries with ventricular septal defect and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction

October 24, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

This retrospective monocenter analysis compares 30 patients with intraventricular rerouting and 29 patients with repair on arterial level for transposition of the great arteries associated with ventricular septal defect and...

JANS Article

Surgical Aortic Valvuloplasty Versus Balloon Aortic Valve Dilatation in Children

September 15, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

Balloon aortic valve dilatation has been assumed by some to provide the same outcomes as surgical aortic valvuloplasty. However, the development of precise modern surgical valvuloplasty techniques may result in...

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