Valve Disease

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New Trend in the Periareolar Minimally Invasive Approach: The PAMI Technique

September 5, 2023 | Mohamed El Adel…

This video demonstrates a new modification to the periareolar approach, periareolar minimally invasive technique (PAMI). The periareolar approach has been the preferred technique in Brazil since 2006, hence named the Brazilian technique. It is a...

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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...

Event

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...

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Aortic Valve Replacement With Right Anterior Thoracotomy, Sutureless Valves, and Ultrafast-Track Anesthesia: A Truly Minimally Invasive Approach in Ancona

September 25, 2018 | Marco Di EusanioBronze Contributor…

While anatomical and clinical indications to transcatheter aortic valve interventions are expanding, surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR) continues to progress, as demonstrated by improving clinical outcomes in contemporary patients’ cohorts...

JANS Article

Transcatheter Mitral-Valve Repair in Patients With Heart Failure

September 25, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This multicenter study evaluated the efficacy of medical therapy plus transcatheter valve repair (MitraClip) to medical therapy alone for heart failure accompanied by secondary moderate to severe mitral regurgitation. The...

JANS Article

When a Sore Throat Becomes a Death Sentence

September 19, 2018 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

A New York Times journalist travels with Team Heart, a nonprofit organization providing humanitarian heart surgery for rheumatic disease in Rwanda. In addition to highlighting the overwhelming need, her perspective...

JANS Article

Meet William Novick, the Doctor Fixing Iraq’s Bleeding Heart

September 11, 2018 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

In this Men’s Journal feature, Dr. William Novick describes his beginnings in international congenital heart surgery and how the personal credo: “Screw politics, screw religion; I’m here to help” has...

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Minimally Invasive Video-Assisted Mitral Valve Repair using PTFE-Chordae: A Simplified Technique

August 28, 2018 | Mohamed El Gabry…

The authors demonstrate a video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve repair via an anterolateral right minithoracotomy. The patient was a 54-year-old man who was referred to the authors’ department with severe...

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Optimal Treatment for the Failing Prosthesis is Redo Aortic Valve Replacement

August 23, 2018 | Clifford Barlow…

Clifford W. Barlow of the Southampton General Hospital in the United Kingdom presents a discussion on the optimal treatment for failing surgical prosthetic valves within the context of aortic valve...

JANS Article

Bicuspid Aortic Valve With Aortic Aneurysms

August 23, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A brief, useful editorial advancing the position of watchful waiting in selected aneurysmopathic patients, on the occasion of new AATS guideline on bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) aortopathy.

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JANS Article

Functional Mitral Stenosis After Mitral Valve Repair for Type II Dysfunction: Determinants and Impacts on Long-Term Outcome

August 15, 2018 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors reviewed their experience with 602 patients who underwent mitral repair for type II mitral regurgitation. Mitral stenosis was defined as a mean transmitral pressure gradient (MTPG) of >...

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