At the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 2025 Annual Conference, Dr. Martin Cook, chief executive officer and cofounder of VenstraMedical, presented on “Development and Chronic Animal Implantation of the VenstraMedical Transcatheter pVAD System.”
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September 19, 2025
September 19, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, Dr. Adnan Nadir, a consultant cariologist at Queen Elizabeth Hospital, delivered a presentation titled “Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI).”
September 18, 2025
In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Alexis Shafii, professor of surgery and surgical director of heart transplantation at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, about the first in-human BiVACOR total artificial heart implantation.
September 18, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Alexis Shafii, professor of surgery and surgical director of heart transplantation at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, about the first in-human BiVACOR total artificial heart implantation.
September 18, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic mitral valve replacement in a patient with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting and patent internal mammary grafts crossing midline, highlighting that this approach minimizes complications associated with sternal reentry while providing enhanced visualization and precision for careful dissection of cardiac structures.
September 18, 2025
This study reported favorable early outcomes in 11 intermediate- and high-risk patients who underwent a modified Bio-Bentall procedure with a rapid deployment valve between January 2018 and December 2022.
September 18, 2025
The authors report the first Dutch experience with Personalized External Aortic Root Support (PEARS) in patients at risk of aortic dissection due to connective tissue disorders or bicuspid aortic valve. Between 2018 and 2023, 90 patients underwent surgery in Amsterdam and Leiden.
September 18, 2025
This manuscript reports a pregnant patient who developed thrombosis of her mechanical pulmonary valve, necessitating re-replacement of the valve and the trunk.
September 18, 2025
This narrative review examines the impact of depression on outcomes after cardiac surgery. The authors synthesized evidence from PubMed and Google Scholar, focusing on the epidemiology, mechanisms, and management of depression in this context.
September 17, 2025
This video is the second-place winner from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos.