In a roundtable filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, a group of experts discuss the current state and future of image-guided cardiothoracic surgery.
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Cardiac
September 21, 2016
This clinical case describes a double valve surgery in a 58-year-old female patient with Scheie's syndrome, and considers treatment options for symptoms of this rare condition.
September 20, 2016
Hans-Joachim Schaefers of Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany, compares the Yacoub and David procedures.
September 19, 2016
It’s well known that VAD and ECMO are associated with bleeding and decreased platelet activity. This study investigated whether loss of platelet receptors occurred in 21 VAD patients and 20 ECMO patients.
September 16, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa patient resource explaining what will happen the day of surgery.
September 15, 2016
Balloon aortic valve dilatation has been assumed by some to provide the same outcomes as surgical aortic valvuloplasty. However, the development of precise modern surgical valvuloplasty techniques may result in better
September 14, 2016
This video shows a unique case of concurrent pectus excavatum repair and ascending aortic root replacement.
September 12, 2016
The presence of a bicuspid valve has been considered as a relative contraindication for transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). This a multicentre retrospective study of 51 patients with bicuspid aortic stenosis who had undergone TAVI using a next-generation transcatheter heart valve (Edwards SAPIEN 3). 30- day mortality was 3,9%.
September 9, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa resource for patients preparing for cardiothoracic surgery.
September 8, 2016
Malakh Shrestha of the Hannover Medical School, Hannover, Germany, describes his experience using the frozen elephant trunk technique for complex aortic arch surgery.