The authors of this paper aimed to study the frequency and predictors of internal mammary artery (IMA) failure in 1539 patients who underwent IMA revascularization of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery. IMA failure was defined as >75% stenosis at a follow-up of 12-18 months. They found that IMA failure occured in 8.6%.
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Cardiac
January 12, 2016
January 12, 2016
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare mechanical complication of ischemic heart disease. This video demonstrates a repair of a large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with two layers of patches.
January 9, 2016
The authors performed a randomized control study of 178 patients with heart failure and systolic dyssynchrony who were accepted for CABG, randomizing the participants into two groups: CABG alone (n=87) and CABG + concomitant epicardial CRT (n=91). CRT was activated postoperatively.
January 7, 2016
In a discussion filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jan Gummert and Hermann Reichenspurner consider the current state of heart transplantation, including LVADs and the total artificial heart.
January 6, 2016
Michael Acker of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, gives an in-depth talk on the current state of temporary mechanical circulatory support practices in the United States.
January 6, 2016
Are we removing enough pericardial fluid to allow a diagnosis of malignant effusion? The authors reviewed 480 pericardiocentesis specimens by comparing the percentage of malignant diagnoses ("malignancy fraction") by the volume submitted for analysis.
January 5, 2016
The era of 3D printing to enhance thoracic surgery is here. This video describes the various ways Mayo Clinic has employed 3D printing to enhance teamwork, patient education, resident education, surgical planning, and innovation.
December 30, 2015
CTSNet published over 200 pieces of educational clinical content in 2015. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet editorial team presents the five most popular pieces of clinical content published in 2015.
December 28, 2015
CTSNet published over 200 pieces of educational clinical content in 2015. As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet editorial team presents the five most popular roundtable discussions published in 2015.
December 27, 2015
The authors tested a group of 176 patients undergoing cardiac surgery for dysphagia both preoperatively and postoperatively. Preoperatively, 8.5% of patients failed the swallow test. Postoperatively, 21.6% failed the test. All patients who failed preoperatively also failed postoperatively.