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Cardiac

January 9, 2024
This video presents patch repair of large post-myocardial infarction posterior left ventricular pseudoaneurysm involving the mitral valve apparatus.
January 5, 2024
As a part of the 2023 joint international conference of the African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Dr. Bode Falase presented an update on the Nigeria Open Heart Surgery Registry.
January 4, 2024
The authors used machine learning techniques on twenty-year outcome data from 436 consecutive patients who underwent mitral valve repair over an eighteen-year period. The endpoints were actuarial survival and freedom from moderate or high mitral regurgitation (MR).
January 4, 2024
Acute type A aortic dissection is a highly morbid condition, with high mortality approaching about 40 percent. The authors of this article report that women tend to present with more atypical symptoms and have earlier deterioration compared to men, including neurological dysfunction and more aortic rupture events before surgical intervention.
January 4, 2024
The study of acute aortic syndromes, particularly the study of aortic mechanics, is quite challenging due to the dynamic nature of the aorta, complex and variable geometry, and the presence of a valve in constant motion.
January 4, 2024
Current intraoperative methods for evaluating aortic valve repair often fail to predict the final echocardiographic outcome. The authors developed an aortic valve visualization and pressurization (AVP) device for use during cardioplegia and present results from its use in 24 patients undergoing valve sparing root replacement.
January 4, 2024
Watch CTSNet Global editor Prof. Emily Farkas discuss Prof. Almeida’s passion for leadership and the value of focusing on education in cardiothoracic surgery at the 2023 EACTS annual meeting.
January 4, 2024
In this introductory video, Vincent Gaudiani sets the scene for his outstanding series of videos on preoperative surgery after previous TAVR.
January 2, 2024
This video presents the technique for construction of a freestyle valve-Valsalva graft composite conduit for aortic root replacement.
December 29, 2023
As CTSNet wraps up another year of outstanding cardiothoracic content, our editors looked back over the year and chose some of their favorites. From interviews with big names in CT surgery to innovative clinical content, take a look at the editor’s top articles and videos from 2023.

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