Mini-Sternotomy AVR
In this article, the authors demonstrate a novel technique of antegrade cardioplegia decannulation using the Cor-Knot system with phenomenal video and description on their case series. This technique has great utility in cases where closing...
In this article, the authors demonstrate a novel technique of antegrade cardioplegia decannulation using the Cor-Knot system with phenomenal video and description on their case series. This technique has great...
A medium size RCT with encouraging surgical outcomes in the era of TAVI expansion…..
...I believe that this is the world’s first randomized controlled trial of mini aortic valve replacement (AVR) versus full sternotomy AVR. It is a very well-conducted study where the surgeon...
The overarching, free to read under terms, of the TAVR mini-compendium of this week: the most complex question remains “what is a reasonable expectation of a stakeholder on outcomes of...
In a roundtable filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, Marjan Jahangiri and Mattia Glauber share perspectives on the evolution and current state of aortic valve replacement surgery....
Dr. Michael Mack. Patient Background: 49 year old male, Sever Aortic Stenosis with BicuspidAortic Valve, Normal LV with 60 mmhg peak gradient, Valve area- 0.79 cm2, Moderate Aortic Insufficiency, Minimally...
This group has operated on 5 patients using a totally endoscopic technique for Aortic Valve replacement. See how in this article
...This video shows a mini-sternotomy and femoral vein cannulation in an aortic valve replacement. The patient was a 49-year-old male with severe aortic stenosis.
...This propensity matched single institution study compared conventional aortic valve replacement via a full sternotomy (CAVR) to minimal access aortic valve replacement (MAAVR) via an upper hemisternotomy. Over the eleven...
Andrew Goodwin of James Cook University Hospital, Middlesbrough, United Kingdom, discusses the MAVRIC trial, which is focused on minimally-invasive manubrium-limited AVR as opposed to conventional sternotomy. Mr. Goodwin describes the...
– This study aimed to perform a risk–adjusted comparison of mortality, rate of stroke and perioperative morbidity of aortic valve replacement (AVR) conducted through either partial ministernotomy or conventional...



