Valve Disease

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AAPCHS & AATCVS 2023: Rheumatic Heart Valve Diseases in Children—Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment

March 1, 2024 | Salvatore Lentini

As a part of the 2023 joint international conference of the African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Professor Salvatore Lentini discussed the diagnosis and...

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Direct Axillary Artery Cannulation With the Open Seldinger Technique

July 9, 2026 | Anıl Karaağaç…

Minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) frequently requires peripheral cannulation strategies. Femoral cannulation remains the standard approach; however, it is associated with potential complications such as lymphorrhea, hematoma, infection, and an...

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Pan-Asian AAHVD Heart Valve Meeting 2026

August 22, 2026

Saturday, August 22, 2026 – Sunday, August 23, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – The Asian Academy of Heart Valve Disease (AAHVD) is pleased to invite you to...

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SCTS 2026 | Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

June 18, 2026 | Ranjit Deshpande…

At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on minimally invasive cardiac surgery. Dr. Ranjit Deshpande, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at King’s...

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Surgical Management of Giant Pulmonary Artery Aneurysm Using a T-Shaped Graft-Valve Strategy

June 16, 2026 | Jessica Wahi…

A 56-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion and intermittent back pain. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest demonstrated a markedly dilated main...

JANS Article

“Respect When You Can, Resect When You Should”: A Realistic Approach to Posterior Leaflet Mitral Valve Repair

December 6, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Gilles Dreyfus and colleagues share a decade of mitral reconstruction for degenerative posterior leaflet pathology in Harefield and Monaco (38 per year was the formidable average). The supplementary video is...

JANS Article

Safety and Feasibility of a Nonpledgeted Suture Technique for Heart Valve Replacement

November 25, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This single institution retrospective study examined the utility of using nonpledgeted sutures for aortic valve replacement. In short-term follow-up, 3.6% of patients had insignificant perivalvular leak and 0.9% had significant...

JANS Article

In Global News: Sword Swallowing, Personalizing the MyStudies App, and Tiny Pediatric Pacemakers

November 16, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest An accident during a sword swallowing trick was bad news for the performer’s esophagus. An imaging case study from Medscape walks through the echocardiography of...

JANS Article

Trends in Isolated Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement According to Hospital-Based Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement Volumes

November 7, 2018 | Ruben Osnabrugge

Why this study – the rationale/objective This study compared the volumes of transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) since the approval of TAVR in the...

JANS Article

Neurological Complications After Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Intermediate-Risk Patients

November 7, 2018 | Ruben Osnabrugge

The authors of this study analyzed neurological events and quality-of-life in the Surgical Replacement and Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (SURTAVI) trial. A total of 1746 patients with aortic stenosis and...

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Carcinoid Heart Disease and a Primary Ovarian Carcinoid Tumor

October 23, 2018 | Vishal Shah…

Introduction Primary ovarian carcinoid tumors account for less than 0.5% of all carcinoid tumors [1]. Patients with primary ovarian carcinoid tumors may develop carcinoid heart disease by release of bioactive...

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Axillary Cannulation in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery

October 16, 2018 | Rafael Trunfio…

Surgical exposure and cannulation of the femoral artery and vein is the standard approach for connection to the extracorporeal circulation in minimally invasive valve surgery. There are, however, potential downsides,...

JANS Article

Predicting Quality of Life at 1 Year After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in a Real-World Population

October 14, 2018 | Ruben Osnabrugge

Despite the benefit for most patients, some patients have poor outcome after transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). Currently it is hard to predict which patient is predisposed to poor outcome...

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