Aortic Root

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 159: Aortic Root Enlargement

June 4, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Bo Yang, a cardiovascular and thoracic surgeon at the University of Michigan Health in Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA, about aortic root enlargement. They...

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Surgery Versus Surveillance: A Quality-of-Life Analysis of Patients With Moderately Dilated Aortic Root or Ascending Aorta

November 20, 2025 | EACTS Staff

This multicenter study from the TITAN trial examined the quality of life in 157 patients with moderate ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) undergoing surgery (n=52) or surveillance (n=105) between 2019...

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The Impact of Age on Aortic Root Replacement

October 16, 2025 | Vincent Sier

The authors analyzed 2,748 adults undergoing aortic root replacement between 2004 and 2021. They report an overall stroke rate of 3.4 percent, which was highest in patients aged 80 years...

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Early to Mid-Term Results of Aortic Valve Neocuspidization for Rheumatic Aortic Valve Disease

October 2, 2025 | Ali MashadiBronze Contributor

Sanad and colleagues report promising early- to mid-term outcomes of aortic valve neocuspidization (AVNeo), commonly known as the Ozaki procedure, in patients with rheumatic heart disease. The study was conducted...

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Modified Bio-Bentall Operation With A Rapid Deployment Valve

September 18, 2025 | Ali MashadiBronze Contributor

This study reported favorable early outcomes in 11 intermediate- and high-risk patients who underwent a modified Bio-Bentall procedure with a rapid deployment valve between January 2018 and December 2022. The...

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Are Early Outcomes of Reoperative Aortic Root Surgery Impacted by Previous Root Procedure and Indication for Reintervention?

April 3, 2025 | Haytham Elgharably

In a large cohort of 632 patients who underwent “true redo root” surgery (reoperative aortic root surgery after a previous aortic root procedure), the indications for endocarditis and the presence...

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Getinge Webinar: Advanced Aortic Root Surgery—Series 3

July 16, 2024 | Alexander Kaminski…

In this continued series of webinars, CTSNet hosted a discussion on, “Advanced Aortic Root Surgery—Series 3: Evolving surgical techniques with Cardioroot in Bio-Bentall and David procedures,” in collaboration with Getinge....

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Aortic Reconstruction With Freestyle Root

July 15, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This patient had a severely calcified aorta with severe aortic regurgitation, calcified ascending aorta, and an occluded distal aorta with claudication. The aorta had to be cannulated at the back...

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Redo Root Replacement After Previous Aortic Dissection Repair

July 1, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This is the case of a sixty-eight-year-old man who had an acute aortic dissection 10 years previously and had quite a small prosthetic aortic tube grafted onto a relatively large...

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Redo Aortic Root Replacement and Tricuspid Repair After Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

July 1, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This fifty-five-year-old, 125 kg patient had a previous aortic valve replacement and presented with endocarditis with heart failure with a CVP of 30. It was determined unsafe to give antegrade...

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Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: Three Tips and Tricks for Redo Total Arch and Frozen Elephant Trunk

June 28, 2024 | Tristan D. YanSilver Contributor

Redo median sternotomy, total arch replacement, and the frozen elephant trunk procedures for chronic aortic dissection comprise a complex operation. In this video, Professor Yan first explains his operative approach....

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AMDS or FET in Acute Aortic Dissection Indications and Controversies

June 27, 2024 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

This video is a balanced, gripping presentation on an increasingly common emergency problem for the on-call cardiac surgeon. Professor Oo discusses the evolving landscape of surgery for acute De Bakey...

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Aortic Root Replacement With a Konect Prosthesis, Full Cox Maze, and IMA to LAD

June 24, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This is a video of a sixty-five-year-old man who presented with atrial fibrillation, a critical LAD lesion, and heart failure with severe aortic regurgitation and a root dilated to 48...

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