Arrhythmias

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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 St. Guy’s and Thomas’ Hospitals,...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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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...

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In Global News: Wearable Ultrasound Patch to Monitor Blood Pressure in Deep Arteries, GALILEO Trial Halted, and CABG With Radial Artery Grafts

October 12, 2018 | Emily RobinsonBronze Contributor

Patient Care and General Interest A family in Atlanta, Georgia, USA, whose 13-month-old daughter was born with pulmonic stenosis, has adopted a dog with the same congenital heart defect. Drugs...

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In Global News: 3D Heart Simulations to Treat Arrhythmias, Early Discharge Safe for TAVR Patients, and Favorable Outcomes Related to 4L Lymph Node Dissection

September 14, 2018 | Emily RobinsonBronze Contributor

Patient Care and General Interest 3D personalized simulations of patient hearts reportedly allow physicians to better locate and treat arrhythmias. A six-year-old girl became the first patient to receive congenital...

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Female Acute Myocardial Infarction Patients Experience Worse Outcomes When Treated by Male Physicians

August 10, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

The latest instalment in the gender discordance saga, this one proferred by business/management school academics. I am not convinced that the coarse gender comparison takes into account the size discrepancy...

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In Global News: Engineering Lungs, New Australian AFib Guidelines, and Considering Race in Lung Cancer Screening

August 3, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest Renowned former Formula 1 racing champion Niki Lauda recently underwent a lung transplant. The president of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) urged the...

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Left Atrial Appendage Resection Can Be Performed Minimally Invasively With Good Clinical and Echocardiographic Outcomes Without Any Severe Risk

July 16, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Inoue and Suematsu report their experience using a minimally invasive approach to left atrial appendage resection. The procedure was performed in 87 patients using an endoscopic linear cutter device, without...

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In Global News: The Canadian Transplant Games, Lung Cancer Advocacy, and a Micropacemaker

July 13, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A 7-year-old girl who received a heart transplant as an infant is now competing in the Canadian Transplant Games, which are underway at the University...

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Live: The 2018 ISMICS Meeting in Vancouver, Canada

June 15, 2018 | E. Weldon…

Did you miss the livestream? View the ISMICS 2018 educational sessions that streamed on CTSNet below: Masters Session: Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Atrial FibrillationAnthony C. DeSouza and Andy C....

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In Global News: Raising Money for Children’s Hearts, Lung Cancer Risk in Former Smokers, and Pacemakers After TAVR

June 8, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest A charity bazaar raised money for a Shanghai Chest Hospital project that offers free heart surgery to children with congenital heart disease in China. Trillium...

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