This video demonstrates a minimally invasive on-pump beating heart mitral valve repair with neochord creation performed through a right anterior mini thoracotomy in a patient with prior coronary artery bypass grafting.
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Cardiac
May 29, 2025
This article studied the use of both surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) and transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in patients with low-flow, low-gradient aortic stenosis, including both classical and paradoxical variants of the condition.
May 29, 2025
This article investigated the role of different definitions of warm ischemia time during donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplants and the development of severe primary graft dysfunction (PGD).
May 29, 2025
The question of whether minimal invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) represents the optimal perfusion strategy in cardiac surgery remains unanswered.
May 28, 2025
At the 2024 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting.
May 28, 2025
This case review discusses the successful management of a rare complication during transcatheter aortic valve implantation in which the valve migrated to the left ventricle, requiring emergent removal and surgical replacement, emphasizing the importance of a heart team's prompt response for favorable outcomes.
May 27, 2025
In this special one-year anniversary episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Michael Mack about the future of valve surgery.
May 26, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 59-year-old woman with Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis who underwent aortic valve replacement and ascending aortic graft removal followed by annulus repair and Dacron patch placement.
May 26, 2025
This video demonstrates the steps of a tricuspid valve repair following healed endocarditis with lung adhesions.
May 23, 2025
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Dr. Gebrine El Khoury, head of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium, delivered a presentation titled “Step-by-Step Technique of Valve-Spring Reimplantation in TAV and BAV.”