Aortic Valve
This propensity-matched analysis compared 10-year outcomes after SAPIEN 3 transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in the PARTNER 2 SAPIEN 3 Intermediate-risk Registry with surgery in the PARTNER 2A trial. Among 2,005 valve-treated patients, 1,069 underwent...
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,...
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...
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...
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...
The DEDICATE-DZHK6 is a non-industry sponsored randomized noninferiority trial conducted at 38 sites in Germany, where patients with severe aortic stenosis who were at low or intermediate surgical risk were...
In this publication, the authors aimed to identify methodological differences that led to varied recommendations between the current American College of Cardiology (ACC)/American Heart Association (AHA) and the European Society...
A ten-year-old girl with history of rheumatic fever for eight years presented with worsening dyspnea upon exertion in the prior four to five months with NYHA class III heart failure....
Aortic valve regurgitation (AR) often occurs after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a viable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in this...
This report presents trends and outcomes of cardiac surgery following initial transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR). The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database was queried for all...
In this brief review article, the authors discuss the pros and cons of early intervention in patients with moderate aortic valve stenosis.
...This population-based cohort study examined midterm outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement with mechanical or bioprosthetic valves in patients less than 50 years old. A total of 991 patients were...
This video demonstrates a suture placement technique for aortic valve replacement that breaks with tradition. Traditionally, sutures are placed along the aortic annulus using a horizontal mattress technique, in which...





