Valve Disease

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 the Pan-Asian AAHVD Heart Valve...

Video

Fifth Sternotomy: Konno-Rastan Aortoventriculoplasty and CABG

November 2, 2026 | Kareem Bedeir

This surgical video demonstrates they key steps, safeguards, and pitfalls of a Konno-Rastan aortoventriculoplasty. The patient underwent a fifth redo sternotomy after a complicated previous surgical history. In addition, previous...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 178: Managing the Left Subclavian Artery

October 29, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Luca Di Marco, a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Bologna University Hospital, Italy, about...

Video

ECS Club | Mitral Valve Intervention in Asymptomatic Patients

October 23, 2026 | Maurice Sarano

This talk features Maurice Enriquez-Sarano, a senior research scientist at the Minneapolis Heart Institute Foundation’s Valve Science Center, Minnesota, USA, delivering a presentation titled “Mitral Valve Intervention in Asymptomatic Patients:...

JANS Article

Risk Factors for Recurrent TR After Pulmonary Thromboendarterectomy for CTEPH

October 22, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

In this retrospective study of 170 patients undergoing pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension at a high-volume center, 25 percent developed recurrent moderate or greater tricuspid regurgitation. Reoccurrence was...

JANS Article

In Global News: Improving Vein Grafts, a Suture-Based Percutaneous Mitral Device, and Donating CT Surgical Equipment

April 27, 2018 | Claire VernonGold Contributor

Patient Care The Jos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria has received a donation of surgical equipment for cardiothoracic surgery from Project CURE, which will allow the hospital to offer more...

Article

Highlighting Recent Research: Effect of Prosthesis Patient Mismatch in Mitral Position on Pulmonary Hypertension

April 27, 2018 | Claire VernonGold Contributor

Prosthesis patient mismatch (PPM), where a replacement valve that is too small relative to the patient’s body size results in an increased gradient across the prosthesis, has been studied extensively...

JANS Article

Fate of the Aortic Arch Following Surgery on Aortic Root and Ascending Aorta in Bicuspid Aortic Valve

April 26, 2018 | Arie BlitzGold ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors retrospectively evaluated the long-term fate of the aortic arch in 168 patients with bicuspid aortic valves who had undergone either ascending aortic (24%) or aortic root (76%) replacement....

Video

Current and Future Treatment of Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease

April 20, 2018 | Michael Borger…

The Current State of the Treatment of Mitral and Tricuspid Valve Disease Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Randy Martin moderates a discussion on the current...

Video

Double Mini Valve Repair: Mitral and Tricuspid

April 17, 2018 | Neelan Doolabh

This video demonstrates the feasibility of a complex double valve repair performed via a right minithoracotomy. The operation is done via a two-inch incision with caval isolation and access to...

JANS Article

Aortic Valve Reoperation Following Stentless Bioprosthesis: Short- and Long-Term Outcomes

April 10, 2018 | Benjamin Bidstrup

This is a retrospective review of 143 patients requiring reoperation after an initial AVR with a Freestyle® stentless bioprosthesis. Valve survival was 10.4 years for those with structural valve deterioration,...

JANS Article

Arnold Schwarzenegger Undergoes Redo Heart Surgery to His Pulmonic Valve

March 31, 2018 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

70-year-old Arnold Schwarzenegger has undergone successful redo heart surgery at Ceders-Sinai Hospital, after an initial attempt to replace his pulmonic valve percutaneously. He famously underwent an attempted Ross Procedure...

JANS Article

In Global News: Weaving Devices for CHD by Hand, Sodas and CAD, and Rapid Deployment Versus Conventional Valves

March 30, 2018 | Grahame Rush

Patient CareHigher risk of death from coronary artery disease was noted for Americans who drank higher quantities of sugary beverages but not for those who ate more sugary foods. Drugs...

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