Aortic Root

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Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement: Defining High-Volume Centres Using Prospective Data

June 25, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This multicenter registry study evaluated the volume-outcome relationship in elective valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSARR) to establish a threshold for high-volume centers. Utilizing prospective data from 2,668 patients across 37 centers within the Heart Valve...

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Ancona Live Virtual Course: Aortic Valve

July 8, 2026 | Marco Di EusanioBronze Contributor…

In this session, cardiothoracic surgery experts gathered to discuss transaxillary valve surgery, options to avoid patients-prosthesis mismatch, aortic valve replacement (AVR), and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). These presentations were...

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Reoperation for Aortic Root Reconstruction

July 6, 2026 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor…

This video demonstrates a redo operation in a patient in their 60s who had a previous biological aortic valve replacement and required an aortic root replacement with the Konect valved...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 163: Is the TAVR Heart Team About to Lose a Member?

July 2, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning discusses the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) heart team potentially losing a member. He explores the current composition of the TAVR...

JANS Article

Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement: Defining High-Volume Centres Using Prospective Data

June 25, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This multicenter registry study evaluated the volume-outcome relationship in elective valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSARR) to establish a threshold for high-volume centers. Utilizing prospective data from 2,668 patients across 37...

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Grant Wahl Died of a Burst Blood Vessel, His Family Says

December 14, 2022 | Wei-Guo Ma

On December 14, the family of the famous American soccer journalist, Grant Wahl, announced that autopsy confirmed a ruptured aneurysm in the ascending aorta was the reason for Mr. Wahl’s...

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Development of a Prediction Model for Ascending Aortic Diameter Among Asymptomatic Individuals

November 17, 2022 | Wei-Guo Ma

Pirruccello and associates from Massachusetts General Hospital developed a prediction model for ascending aortic diameter in a cohort of 30,018 asymptomatic individuals based on eleven variables: age (years), gender, body...

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2022 ACC/AHA Guideline for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic Disease: A Report of the American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology Joint Committee on Clinical Practice Guidelines

November 3, 2022 | Wei-Guo Ma

On November 2, 2022, the American College of Cardiology (ACC) and American Heart Association (AHA) published an update to the 2010 ACC/AHA Guidelines for the Diagnosis and Management of Aortic...

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Q&A: Small Aortic Root Webinar Follow-Up

November 3, 2022 | Bo Yang

When CTSNet brought together a panel of experts to discuss the often divisive subject of small aortic root replacement methods, webinar participants had a lot of questions. So many, in...

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A Spirited Debate: Annular Root Enlargement vs. Total Root Replacement

October 27, 2022 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

On the topic of aortic root replacement, surgeons tend to be divided, using their own skills and preferences to guide their decision in each case. CTSNet brought together some of...

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Clinical Outcomes Using Freestyle Valve–Valsalva Graft Composite Conduit for Aortic Root Replacement

September 8, 2022 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

From 2005 to 2020, 523 patients were treated using a novel method of aortic root replacement that used a self-constructed tissue valve conduit involving a Freestyle subcoronary valve sewn into...

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Early Mortality in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection: Insights From the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection

September 4, 2022 | Wei-Guo Ma

This is the most recent data on the early mortality of acute type A aortic dissection within the first forty-eight hours from onset. Prior to this study, there was a...

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Emphysematous Aortitis

May 18, 2022 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Gripping vignette of a fatal case of renocardiac pathologies. The stills from the (sadly non-contrast) CTA are most interesting.

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