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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 transplantation across different age and...

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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...

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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...

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Surgical management of aortic root in type A acute aortic dissection: a propensity-score analysis

August 3, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

The propensity-score analysis compares minimized extent of repair with root replacement (RR). Results for mortality are similar; however, RR seems to be associated with fewer interventions.

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Mortality Following Congenital Heart Surgery in Adults Can Be Predicted Accurately by Combining Expert-Based and Evidence-Based Pediatric Risk Scores

July 20, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

Currently, there are few specific risk models available to predict mortality following congenital heart surgery in adults or to stratify operations on adult patients with congenital heart disease by relative...

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Nanotechnology applications in thoracic surgery

June 27, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

The paper provides a comprehensive overview of current and developing applications of nanotechnologies for diagnostics, surveillance and therapy of thoracic cancer.

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Minimally invasive approach for aortic arch surgery employing the frozen elephant trunk technique

June 27, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

The paper reports on the first experience in 14 consecutive patients who underwent elective one-stage frozen elephant trunk procedures via minimally invasive approach. There was no 30-day mortality and no...

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Flexible band versus rigid ring annuloplasty for functional tricuspid regurgitation: two different patterns of right heart reverse remodelling

June 24, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

The authors compared the results of annuloplasty with flexible and rigid rings in patients with tricuspid valve regurgitation. This is a propensity score-matched analysis with 98 pairs. They concluded that...

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One in Three Heart Surgeons Refuse Difficult Operations to Avoid Poor Mortality Ratings, Survey Shows

June 22, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

In his new book The Naked Surgeon: The Power and Peril of Transparency in Medicine, Samer Nashef of Papworth Hospital, Cambridge, UK reports that of the 115 specialists surveyed, 30%...

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Aortic root haemodynamics following David procedure: numerical analysis of 3-dimensional haemodynamics

June 1, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

The porcine study explores 3-dimensional geometrical deformation of the aortic root following the David procedure. It demonstrates by various measurements and by simulation that the parts of the aortic root...

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Forecasting the impact of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy for early-stage lung cancer on the thoracic surgery workforce

June 1, 2016 | CTSNet StaffGold Contributor

This award-winning study estimates the required thoracic surgery workforce until 2050 in consideration of the incidence of non-small-cell lung cancer, appropriate use of stereotactic ablative radiotherapy and a nation-wide CT-screening...

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