Aortic Valve

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 166: The TAVR Heart Team at Risk

July 23, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Drs. Michael Mack and Tom Nguyen about the proposed US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services changes to how cardiologists and cardiac surgeons interact...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 169: CSIA Conference and Global Cardiothoracic Surgery

August 13, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine,...

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A Step-by-Step Guide to Transaxillary Minimally Invasive Aortic Valve Replacement, Mitral Valve Repair, and Rhythm Surgery

August 11, 2026 | Jelle Fleerakkers

The authors present a 75-year-old woman with dyspnea on exertion. She was diagnosed with an aortic valve stenosis and moderate-to-severe mitral valve regurgitation due to a localized A2 prolapse. This...

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ISMICS 2026 | Cardiac Session—Intraoperative Pearls and Pitfalls

August 7, 2026 | Mario Castillo-SangBronze ContributorBronze Commentor

This cardiac session features leading surgeon Mario Castillo-Sang presenting on intraoperative pearls and pitfalls at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 168: Humanoid Robots and AI in Surgery

August 6, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Aamir Amin, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Manchester University NHS Foundation Trust, UK, about humanoid robots and artificial...

JANS Article

Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Younger Than 65 Years in the US

January 23, 2025 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This retrospective analysis examined trends and outcomes of aortic valve replacement in patients under the age of 65 with aortic stenosis from 2013 to 2021, focusing on transcatheter aortic valve...

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Aortic Valve Replacement vs Clinical Surveillance in Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

January 16, 2025 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

In this study-level meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effect of early aortic valve replacement (AVR) versus clinical surveillance (CS) in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS),...

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Dealing With the Aortic Annulus: Surgical Aortic Annulus Enlargement With a Balloon Catheter

January 9, 2025 | Andre Tyszka

The treatment of aortic valve disease has evolved, and it is expected that TAVR will be available to most patients in the next few years. However, TAVR with a bioprosthesis...

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Impact of Patient-Prosthesis Mismatch on Long-Term Outcomes After Aortic Valve Replacement

December 27, 2024 | Jessica Luc

This study investigated the impact of patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) on long-term mortality and reoperation rates over a 15-year follow-up in patients who underwent biologic aortic valve replacement. A total of...

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Heart Surgeons Perform World’s First Combined Robotic AVR and CABG

December 19, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

Surgeons at the West Virginia University Heart and Vascular Institute performed the world’s first combined robotic aortic valve replacement (AVR) and coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through a single small...

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Five-Year Outcomes After Bicuspid Aortic Valve Replacement With a Novel Tissue Bioprosthesis

December 12, 2024 | Jessica Luc

This article examines the results of the COMMENCE trial, which evaluated the safety and effectiveness of surgical aortic valve replacement using RESILIA tissue valves during a five-year period in patients...

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Early Intervention in Patients With Asymptomatic Severe Aortic Stenosis and Myocardial Fibrosis: The EVOLVED trial

December 5, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

Development of myocardial fibrosis in patients with aortic stenosis precedes left ventricular decompensation and is associated with an adverse long-term prognosis. This study aimed to investigate whether early valve intervention...

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Systolic Heart Failure and Moderate Aortic Stenosis: TAVR UNLOAD

November 26, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

Neurohormonal modulation and afterload reduction are essential for treating heart failure with reduced ejection fraction (HFrEF). In HFrEF patients with concomitant moderate aortic stenosis (AS), therapy with transcatheter aortic valve...

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