J. Rankin
Ascending aortic dissections often involve the aortic root and create aortic valve insufficiency. Prosthetic valve replacement in this setting yields inferior long-term results. Reparative management by commissural resuspension has been associated with an incidence of...
Ascending aortic dissections often involve the aortic root and create aortic valve insufficiency. Prosthetic valve replacement in this setting yields inferior long-term results. Reparative management by commissural resuspension has been...
In patients undergoing mitral valve repair, the presence of severe mitral annular calcification can present technical issues. This video reports using the ultrasonic aspirator device (CUSA® Clarity, Integra LifeSciences; SONOPET®...
Objectives Cardiac valve repair is a recognized approach to achieve satisfactory long-term valve function and improved survival over replacement. Concomitant aortic and mitral valve repair has been associated with excellent...
Objective Bicuspid valves with fusion of both the right-left and right-noncoronary commissures generally are called Sievers type 2 or unicuspid aortic valves (UAV). This anatomy can be difficult to repair...
Originally presented at the 2013 STSA Annual Meeting Glutaraldehyde-fixed autologous pericardium is a useful substitute for aortic valve leaflets, since it rarely calcifies or retracts. Recent studies of aortic valve...
Purpose: Recent analyses from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons database indicate that only 4-5% of coronary bypass procedures in the United States involve multiple internal mammary arteries. Virtually all studies...
Presented at the 2012 STS Annual Meeting Purpose: Increasing the use of autologous valve repair holds promise for improving the results of aortic valve surgery. In endocarditis cases with only...
Presented at the STS 2011 Annual Meeting Surgical techniques for repair of insufficient bicuspid aortic valves are now quite reproducible. Outcome analyses have shown low late valve-related complication and failure...
Presented at the 2011 Society for Heart Valve Disease Meeting. Cardiac surgeons largely have converted to reparative procedures for tricuspid valve disease. Recent STS database studies now show that 95%...
STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2010 Annual Meeting Newer methods of aortic valve repair are achieving excellent long-term outcomes (Aicher et al. Eur J Cardiothorac Surg 2010;37:127-132) with an 88% freedom...
Repair of generalized mitral prolapse associated with Barlow’s valves has been difficult with resectional techniques. This video, presented at the 2004 STS meeting, illustrates a simple non-resectional method of using...
STSA Surgical Motion Picture 2009 Annual Meeting Most rheumatic mitral valves have undergone replacement in recent years, but replacement mortality remains significant at a time when repair mortality is approaching...










