Valve Disease

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5 Heart Valve Procedures to Expand Your Knowledge

March 9, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

A variety of procedures make up CTSNet’s catalog of heart valve content, which has continued to expand as surgeons increasingly focus on perfecting valve surgeries. Read on to explore five of the most popular heart...

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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...

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Predicting the Impact of Sutureless Valves: An Analysis of Trials and Registries

February 15, 2018 | Christopher Young

Christopher Young of St Thomas’ Hospital in London, UK, reviews clinical trials evaluating sutureless aortic valve implantation. He focuses on patient outcomes, valve hemodynamics, and the combination of rapid deployment...

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In Global News: Heart Disease Awareness Month, Understanding Aortic Disease in Women, and Cannulae Receive CE Mark

February 2, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care Several charities provided free surgeries to 15 Kashmiri children with congenital heart defects at the Fortis Memorial Research Institute in Gurgaon, India. A man in his 40s discovered...

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Paradigm Shift for Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation in Heart Failure

February 2, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

An editorial from an influential source discussing the recent robust results of the CASTLE-AF RCT trial. It is likely that interventions for atrial fibrillation will be boosted by these results,...

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Right Anterior Minithoracotomy AVR Intuity Valve for Bicuspid Aortic Stenosis

January 30, 2018 | Neelan Doolabh

This video demonstrates the author’s technique of right anterior minithoracotomy for placement of the Edwards Intuity rapid deployment valve. The procedure is performed for a patient with bicuspid aortic valve...

JANS Article

Survival and Long-Term Outcomes After Mitral Valve Replacement in Patients Aged 18 to 50 Years

January 26, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A clear message (although no causation is proven) regarding an important patient-centered research question, going bravely against the tide.

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JANS Article

Mitral Valve Surgery in the US Veterans Administration Health System: 10-Year Outcomes and Trends

January 25, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A large follow-up study comparing repair and replacement results and trends. Of particular interest to the UK and European readership is the page 113 discussion on the center of mitral...

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Letter from the Guest Editor: Advances in Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery

January 17, 2018 | T. Sloane GuySilver Commentor

For CTSNet’s first Guest Editor Series, Advances in Minimally Invasive Valve Surgery, we asked Dr T. Sloane Guy of Weill Cornell Medicine/New York-Presbyterian Hospital to bring together videos from experts...

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Predictors and Clinical Outcomes of Next-Day Discharge After Minimalist Transfemoral Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

January 16, 2018 | Ruben Osnabrugge

In this study with 663 TAVI patients, the authors investigated the predictors for next day discharge (NDD). After excluding cases that did not have a minimalist transfemoral approach, 150 patients...

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