Endocarditis and Inflammatory Diseases
In this article, the authors report early and long-term outcomes of cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex native and prosthetic aortic valve or root infective endocarditis in the EUropean REgistry of Cryopreserved Aortic Homografts (EURECAH). Across...
This video presents a Ross procedure with internal and external reduction annuloplasty using autologous tissue rings. The patient was a 41-year-old previously healthy male who presented after a syncopal episode....
In this article, the authors report early and long-term outcomes of cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex native and prosthetic aortic valve or root infective endocarditis in the EUropean REgistry of...
Tricuspid valve endocarditis with extensive leaflet destruction presents a major surgical challenge, particularly when durable valve repair is no longer feasible and conventional prosthetic valve replacement may be undesirable. In...
In this retrospective study, the authors analyzed outcomes in 245 patients with left-sided infective endocarditis (IE) and noninfected cardiac implantable electronic devices (CIEDs) who underwent cardiac surgery, using data from...
Patient Care and General Interest The British Heart Foundation reports that the number of premature deaths related to cardiovascular disease has risen in the UK for the first time in...
This video demonstrates the technique of the “Commando procedure.” Reconstruction of the aortomitral fibrous body for invasive double valve endocarditis is a technically challenging operation. It includes aortic valve or...
Bentall surgery, often required in patients with an aortic valve prosthesis infection, represents a great surgical challenge. Extensive periannular abscess with annular destruction and friable infected tissues may hamper a...
This video shows a complex mitral valve repair using a modification of the Leipzig loop technique (1) with a modular Gore-Tex neochord system to address the anterior and the posterior...
This video demonstrates a technique of complex aortic reconstruction in bacterial endocarditis. The patient had a previous aortic valve replacement for native valve endocarditis, then a subsequent aortic root with...
Patient Care and General Interest Surgeons at the Cleveland Clinic Abu Dhabi in the UAE used a metal stent for an emergency repair of a patient’s windpipe, which had been...
Management of tricuspid endocarditis in this single institution study of 63 patients included repair, replacement, and excision. Repair patients were older and sicker. Acute outcomes were similar among the groups....
This video highlights the use of the Konno procedure to safely expose the root of the aorta in a patient with an aortic root abscess and a history of multiple...





