The feasibility of synchrotron radiation-based phase-contrast computed tomography (PCCT) for visualization of the atrioventricular (AV) conduction axis in human whole heart specimens was tested using four post-mortem structurally normal newborn hearts obtained at autopsy.
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Cardiac
November 14, 2016
This video demonstrates a post-MI VSD double patch repair on a patient who had been previously stable on medical management.
November 10, 2016
Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom, moderates a panel discussion on the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD).
November 9, 2016
Gianni Angelini of Imperial College, London, United Kingdom, discusses vein graft failure and surgical techniques to improve vein graft patency rates at all stages.
November 7, 2016
This is a prospective, randomised, open-label, non-inferiority trial comparing CABG versus PCI in patients with unprotected left main stenosis. The study was carried out at 36 hospitals in Latvia, Estonia, Lithuania, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Finland, the UK, and Denmark.
November 4, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa patient resource explaining side-effects and complications that may arise after cardiac surgery.
November 3, 2016
Joel Dunning interviews the current Editors-in-Chief of The Annals of Thoracic Surgery and the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery.
November 1, 2016
An interesting case series of cardiotoxicity of modern chemotherapy attempting to elucidate mechanisms of heart failure.
October 31, 2016
This video shows a unique case of an intramyocardial hydatid cyst of the left ventricle, along with a pulmonary hydatid cyst, in a 38-year-old female patient.
October 31, 2016
This single institution study evalated the effect of prosthesis choice on regression of LV mass after AVR in patients with AS. The St.