Mariano Cefarelli
As the execution of percutaneous edge-to-edge repair increases, so does the need for surgical treatment of failed procedures. Mitral valve surgery after failed percutaneous edge-to-edge repair can be complex, and the feasibility of surgical mitral...
In this video, we show in a step-by-step fashion how we could perform what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first total arch replacement with Frozen Elephant Trunk...
Postoperative stroke after cardiac surgery is a rare but catastrophic complication. Most commonly, it results from embolic dislodgement of atherosclerotic debris that may occur during surgical manipulation of the ascending...
Type Ia endoleak represents a major complication after TEVAR implantation (1). The treatment of choice to obtain the closure of the proximal leak includes a) total arch replacement with a...
While the number of minimally invasive interventions being offered is gradually growing, patients’ requests for interventions associated with minimized trauma and faster recovery often remain unfulfilled (1). Currently, most lines...
In patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, sparing the mitral valve can be a great challenge for the cardiac surgeon. In fact, the anatomy of this disease is greatly inconstant with...
Bentall surgery, often required in patients with an aortic valve prosthesis infection, represents a great surgical challenge. Extensive periannular abscess with annular destruction and friable infected tissues may hamper a...
While anatomical and clinical indications to transcatheter aortic valve interventions are expanding, surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) continues to progress, as demonstrated by improving clinical outcomes in contemporary patients’ cohorts...
Aortic root reoperation represents a great challenge for the cardiovascular surgeon, with a hospital mortality that ranges between 8% and 15% in the literature [1-4]. Arch repair interventions with zone...






