This video demonstrates a transaortic approach for TAVR, through the second intercostal space. Illustrations, photos, 3D CAT scan images, and rotating fluoroscopic images are used to demonstrate this approach.
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Cardiac
March 6, 2015
In this oral history interview, William Stoney talks with Viking O. Bjork. During his innovative career in cardiothoracic surgery, Dr. Bjork was the first to develop a disk oxygenator and a tilting disk valve.
March 5, 2015
This propensity matched single institution study compared conventional aortic valve replacement via a full sternotomy (CAVR) to minimal access aortic valve replacement (MAAVR) via an upper hemisternotomy. Over the eleven year study period a total of 2103 patients underwent isolated aortic valve replacement.
March 5, 2015
Filmed at the EACTS 2014 Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, Marko Turina and Marco Di Eusanio have an in-depth conversation regarding the Bentall procedure.
March 3, 2015
This meta-analysis compares short-term mortality, neurological dysfunction and malperfusion in patients who underwent acute type A aortic dissection (AAD) repair with axillary artery cannulation (AXC) compared to femoral artery cannulation (FAC).
March 3, 2015
In in-vitro experiments, human cardiac extracellular matrix supported proliferation and cardiomyocyte differentiation of murine embryonic stem cells and induced pluripotent stem cells. Artificial matrices did not promote differentiation.
March 2, 2015
This study evaluated outcomes of synchronous or delayed kidney Tx in patients with lung or heart-lung transplant. Delayed living-donor kidney Tx was associated with favorable outcomes. Synchronous cadaver kidney transplant at the time of heart-lung or lung transplant was clinically challenging.
March 2, 2015
The frequency of blood draws after cardiac surgery is rarely tracked. This study tracked such activity for a 6-month period at the Cleveland Clinic. In over 1,800 pts, the average number of tests requiring blood was 115. Total average blood volume removed was 454 ml. The average for complex procedures was 653 ml. This system is ripe for process
March 2, 2015
This interesting article mapped myocardial remodeling in swine after induced MI using serial 3D MRI imaging. Principal strain magnitude and angle were measured, and demonstrated progressive decrease in magnitude and angle rotation away from the site of injury, resulting in adverse remodeling and decreased contractility.
Extracorporeal life support in cardiogenic shock: impact of acute versus chronic etiology on outcome
March 2, 2015
The authors retrospectively analyze outcomes for patients placed on ECMO for cardiogenic shock, and separately analyze the patients depending on whether the ECMO support was for isolated acute cardiogenic shock or for acute-upon-chronic cardiogenic shock.