Aortic Valve

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 174: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

September 17, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA, and Patrick McCarthy, Executive Director...

JANS Article

MVr vs Replacement for Degenerative MR in Patients With Poor Ejection Fraction

October 8, 2026 | Eteesha Rao

This 20-year propensity-matched study, utilizing data from the UK National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit, examined whether mitral valve repair (MVr) offers better early outcomes than replacement (MVR) in patients with...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 176: The ELANA System in CABG

October 1, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Bart P. van Putte, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, and the Amsterdam University...

Video

Surgical Management of Porcelain Aorta: Aortic Valve Replacement, Mitral Valve Repair, and CABG

September 30, 2026 | Oleksandr BabliakBronze Contributor…

The video begins with an interview featuring CTSNet Senior Editor—Education Vincent Gaudiani, a Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA, and Lorena Montes, a...

Video

Bicuspid Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement

September 29, 2026 | Sebastian Cirio…

The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with a 5.1 cm ascending aortic aneurysm, aortic root dilation, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation that required...

JANS Article

Association Between Surgical Timing and Postoperative Outcomes in Type A Acute Aortic Dissection

May 7, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the association between symptom-to-admission time and postoperative outcomes following Type A acute aortic dissection (TAAD) repair. Analyzing 1,228 patients treated within 72 hours...

JANS Article

Early Surgery or Conservative Care for Asymptomatic Aortic Stenosis at 10 Years

May 7, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors present the 10-year follow–up of the RECOVERY trial involving 145 asymptomatic patients with very severe aortic stenosis, comparing early surgical aortic valve replacement with conservative...

JANS Article

Mechanical Versus Biological Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Aged 50-70 Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

April 2, 2026 | Jason TrevisBronze Contributor

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated outcomes after aortic valve replacement in patients aged 50 to 70 years, including 30 studies and more than 120,000 patients. The findings indicated that...

JANS Article

‘Concerning’ Trends Seen in Aortic Stenosis-Related Mortality: CDC WONDER

March 26, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

A study using the CDC WONDER database revealed concerning tending in aortic stenosis-related mortality, showing an increase in deaths among adults aged 45 to 74 years since the expansion of...

JANS Article

Bioprosthetic Versus Mechanical Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients ≥65 Years of Age

March 19, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This retrospective study evaluated the longitudinal outcomes of bioprosthetic (bAVR) versus mechanical surgical aortic valve replacement (mAVR) in Medicare beneficiaries aged 65 years old and older (n=69,423). After risk adjustment,...

JANS Article

Mid-Term Valve Performance and Durability of the Ozaki Procedure in Patients on Chronic Dialysis

March 19, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This retrospective study evaluated the hemodynamics and durability of the Ozaki procedure in chronic dialysis patients compared to two groups: non-dialysis Ozaki patients and dialysis patients receiving bioprosthetic aortic valve...

JANS Article

Updated 5-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients With Severe Aortic Stenosis at Low- to Intermediate-Surgical Risk

March 5, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) and surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in low- to intermediate- surgical risk...

JANS Article

Six-Year Outcomes After Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients With Aortic Stenosis

February 26, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors report six-year outcomes from the Evolut Low Risk trial, which randomized 1,414 low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) (n=730)...

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