Arrhythmias

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 167: Insights on Robotic Cardiac Surgery Adoption and Training 

July 30, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Ahmed Ghazy, Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, about robotic cardiac surgery adoption and training. Dr. Ghazy...

JANS Article

Safety and Efficacy of Stand-Alone and Hybrid Thoracoscopic Atrial Fibrillation Ablation

July 23, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This multicenter registry assessed long-term outcomes of thoracoscopic atrial fibrillation (AF) ablation using a bipolar irrigated radiofrequency clamp across 13 years. Among 678 patients (predominantly longstanding persistent AF), freedom from...

JANS Article

Methods and Criteria for Evaluating the Success of Surgical Left Atrial Appendage Closure: A Systematic Review

July 23, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This systematic review of 80 studies (7,517 patients; 10,375 imaging examinations) examined how success is assessed after surgical left atrial appendage closure. Transesophageal echocardiography dominated intraoperative assessment (83 percent), while...

Video

SCTS 2026 | Arrhythmia Surgery

June 11, 2026 | Manuel Castella

At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on arrhythmia surgery. Professor Aldo Rinaldi, consultant cardiologist and clinical lead for electrophysiology at...

JANS Article

Outcomes of Patients With Mitral Annular Disjunction Undergoing Mitral Valve Repair

April 17, 2025 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This retrospective study compared outcomes in patients undergoing mitral valve repair for valve prolapse, with and without mitral annular disjunction (MAD). After propensity score matching, 100 patients (50 with MAD...

JANS Article

Permanent Pacemaker Implantation and Long-Term Outcomes of Patients Undergoing Concomitant Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Surgery

June 20, 2024 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas

This study assessed the incidence rates of permanent pacemaker implantation (PPM) and the associated long-term clinical consequences of PPM implantation after isolated mitral valve (MV) repair compared to concomitant MV...

JANS Article

Surgical Ablation, Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion, or Both? Nationwide Registry Analysis of Cardiac Surgery Patients With Underlying Atrial Fibrillation

May 23, 2024 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

This retrospective study used KROK registry data from Poland between 2012 and 2022 to examine six-year survival after treatment for atrial fibrillation (AF), comparing no treatment, surgical ablation (SA), left...

JANS Article

Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at Five Years

November 29, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An important free-access report on the PARTNER 3 trial that discusses the TAVI-first policy in patietns with Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality risk less than 4% (...

JANS Article

Effects of Atrial Fibrillation on the Human Ventricle

February 24, 2022 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting study of hypertrophied human cardiomyocytes

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Concomitant Tricuspid Repair in Patients with Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation

November 19, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Impressive decrease of death (by approximaltely 40% !) in 2 years from a small RCT in elective structural heart surgery for degeneration. The assumption is a benefit by improvement in...

JANS Article

New-Onset Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation Impact on 5-Year Clinical Outcomes and Costs

May 27, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

This month’s update on the economical and general aspects of the ROOBY-FS trial. The conclusion (on no impact of de novo post-CABG AF on the incidence of stroke nor the...

JANS Article

Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion During Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke

May 21, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A large RCT concluding that ‘surgical occlusion of the left atrial appendage provides additional protection against stroke when added to anticoagulation.’ A number of limitations are briefly discussed. Findings are...

JANS Article

Identification of Functional Variant Enhancers Associated With Atrial Fibrillation

April 9, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Another refreshing change of pace with an interesting pre-translational contibution to the genetics of atrial dysrhythmias.

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