Valve Disease

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ATAS 2023: Frozen Elephant Trunk Without Circulatory Arrest

August 18, 2023 | Marco Di EusanioBronze Contributor

As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. Marco Di Eusanio presented on frozen elephant trunk without circulatory arrest. Dr. Di Eusanio is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Lancisi Cardiovascular Center and Politechnic...

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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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The Konno Procedure for a Redo Aortic Root Abscess

August 15, 2018 | John Jacob…

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...

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Root Replacement With “French Cuff” Technique: A Challenging Redo Case

July 30, 2018 | Marco Di EusanioBronze Contributor…

Aortic root reoperation represents a great challenge for the cardiovascular surgeon, with a hospital mortality that ranges between 8% and 15% in the literature [1-4]. Arch repair interventions with zone...

JANS Article

CMS Meeting: TAVR Requirements for New and Existing Programs

July 28, 2018 | Tom C. NguyenBronze Contributor

The US Centers for Medicare and medicaid Services (CMS) convened a panel on 07/25/2018 to discuss recommendations for hospitals to maintain and begin TAVR programs. The focus of the discussion...

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Robotic Mitral Valve Repair Using the LEAR Technique, Filmed by the BBC

July 25, 2018 | Paul Modi…

This video shows one of the first totally endoscopic mitral valve repairs using the lateral endoscopic approach with robotics (LEAR) technique performed in the UK, and it follows a patient’s...

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Mitral Repair by Minimally Invasive Approach

July 16, 2018 | Daniel Navia…

Mitral valve repair is shown to have better survival, better preservation of ventricular function, and decreased thromboembolic complications compared to mitral valve replacement for mitral regurgitation (1-2). The Cardiovascular Institute...

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Transcatheter Versus Conventional Mitral Valve Surgery: Which Questions Should Future Clinical Trials Seek to Answer?

July 12, 2018 | Francis Wells

Francis Charles Wells of the Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, UK, compares transcatheter and conventional surgical mitral valve interventions. He focuses on the questions that need to be answered regarding surgical...

JANS Article

The Incidence and Consequence of Prosthesis-Patient Mismatch After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

July 3, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Fallon and colleagues evaluated patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) following isolated aortic valve replacement reported in the STS Adult Cardiac Surgery Database. They found that both moderate and severe PPM were associated...

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Highlighting Recent Research: Preoperative Renal Functional Reserve Predicts Risk of Acute Kidney Injury After Cardiac Surgery

June 29, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Dr Claudio Ronco, senior author of the study. Research published recently in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery suggests a new approach for evaluating a patient’s risk for acute kidney injury...

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