This article discusses the Ross procedure in young adults with aortic valve disease, highlighting its excellent long-term outcomes, including a 94 percent survival rate at 10 years and a 70 percent survival rate at 25 years.
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July 30, 2025
Cardiac valve replacement during pregnancy is a high-risk operation that is performed occasionally when indicated. This study queried the Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC) III database, as well as available cases in the literature, and found an overall maternal mortality of 9 percent, while fetal mortality was 34 percent.
July 30, 2025
In recent years, there has been a trend toward using more bioprosthetic valves compared to mechanical valves in patients under 65 years old.
July 30, 2025
This study examined the effects of cardiac shockwave therapy (SWT) on heart function in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. The researchers found that SWT activates Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3), which plays a key role in reprogramming cardiac fibroblasts into endothelial-like cells.
July 29, 2025
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Professor Pieter Kappetein, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Erasmus Medical Center and Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Medtronic, about the future of revascularization.
July 28, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical management of an aorto-left ventricular tunnel in an 11-month-old infant.
July 25, 2025
At the ASAIO 2025 Annual Conference, Dr. Yeahwa Hong presented on “Utilization of Hearts Donated After Circulatory Death Improves All-Cause Survival in Candidates With Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device.”
July 25, 2025
In this video, Dr. Farhad Bakhtiary explains why he uses an endoscopic approach for aortic valve replacement during the 2023 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Meeting.
July 25, 2025
This video demonstrates a technique to unroof an anomalous right coronary artery using the electrical fulguration technique.
July 24, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Sameh Said about performing the first successful ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT)-to-open atrial septectomy-to-rapid stage I Norwood palliation in a neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and intact interatrial septum.