Aortic Valve

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The Ross Procedure: Determinants of Long-Term Durability

September 17, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

This propensity-matched study from the Montreal Heart Institute Ross Registry examined sex-based differences in outcomes following the Ross procedure. Among 816 adults undergoing full-root pulmonary autograft replacement (2011 to 2025), 512 were matched 2:1 (337...

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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...

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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...

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Postdilation of Evolut Transcatheter Heart Valves: Insights From Bench Testing

February 26, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this brief report, the authors present an ex vivo bench study evaluating the impact of post-dilation strategies on Evolut FX+ transcatheter heart valves (23, 26, 29, and 34 mm)....

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Balloon- Versus Self-Expanding Transcatheter Valves for Failed Small Surgical Aortic Bioprostheses: 3-Year Results of the LYTEN Trial

February 19, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors present the three-year results of the randomized LYTEN trial comparing balloon-expandable valves (BEV; SAPIEN 3/ULTRA) and self-expanding valves (SEV; Evolut R/PRO/PRO+) for valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic...

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Transcatheter Aortic Valve-in-Mechanical Valve Replacement: A First-in-Human Study 

February 19, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors present a bench-to-animal-to-human proof of concept for valve-in-mechanical (ViMech) transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) in patients with failed bileaflet mechanical aortic valves. Bench testing showed...

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Five-Year Outcomes of Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Women: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis 

February 5, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

A systematic review and meta-analysis of six randomized controlled trials examined five-year outcomes comparing transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) vs surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in 3,094 women with aortic...

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Percutaneous Aorto-Coronary Bypass Graft to Prevent Coronary Obstruction Following TAVR: First Human VECTOR Procedure

January 29, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This first-in-human case report describes ventriculo-coronary transcatheter outward navigation and reentry (VECTOR), a novel percutaneous aorto-coronary bypass technique to prevent coronary obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve replacement. A 67-year-old man...

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Impact of Resident-Led Operating on Outcomes in Adult Cardiac Surgery: A 10-Year Propensity-Matched Analysis

January 8, 2026 | Eteesha Rao

This 10-year, single-center, propensity-matched study compared the outcomes of resident-led operations with those of consultant-led operations at a high-volume UK center. This study investigated index adult cardiac surgical procedures as...

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Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement With Y-incision Aortic Annular Enlargement Provided Better Hemodynamics Than Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

December 18, 2025 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This comparative study evaluated outcomes between surgical aortic valve replacement with Y-incision aortic annular enlargement (SAVR with Y-AAE) vs transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) in 362 low-to-intermediate risk patients with...

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Transcatheter or Surgical Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at 7 Years

November 13, 2025 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

The authors report seven-year outcomes of the PARTNER 3 trial comparing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in 1,000 low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic...

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