Valve Disease

Article

Rheumatic Heart Disease: Important Steps to Tackle a Misunderstood Disease

February 22, 2023 | Dominique Vervoort

Valvular heart disease (VHD) is a leading and growing form of cardiovascular disease worldwide. VHD presents in many forms, but its epidemiology is predominantly driven by chronic noncommunicable disease origins—calcific aortic stenosis and degenerative mitral...

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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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Minimally Invasive Stage I Elephant Trunk and Aortic Valve Repair

January 16, 2018 | Konstadinos Plestis…

Case Presentation A 70-year-old woman presented with a symptomatic aortic aneurysm and mild-to-moderate central aortic regurgitation. Preoperative CT-C showed enlargement of her ascending and descending aorta and her aortic arch....

JANS Article

Transcarotid Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation: Multicenter Experience in France

January 10, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Folliguet and colleagues report on 145 patients from three French centers who underwent transcarotid aortic valve implantation. The procedures were successful in all. Eight patients suffered a stroke, and one...

JANS Article

Should Annuloplasty Prosthesis Be Selected Dependent on the Location of Prolapse in Mitral Valve Repair for Type II Dysfunction?

January 10, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A good follow up for repair of mitral insufficiency due to excessive leaflet mobility, confirming good results for what appears again to be a not very lethal condition. (Be aware...

JANS Article

Rapid Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement: Excellent Results and Increased Effective Orifice Areas

January 8, 2018 | Claire Vernon

Rahmanian and colleagues retrospectively compared surgical outcomes and hemodynamics between rapid deployment aortic valve replacement (RDAVR) and standard AVR. The authors conclude that RDAVR required shorter aortic cross-clamp times and...

JANS Article

Morphologic Variability of the Mitral Valve Leaflets

January 5, 2018 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A large cadaveric study of the scalloping of normal mitral valve leaflets. As the accompanying editorial points out, it would be useful to correlate the cadaveric observations to imaging and...

JANS Article

Mechanically Expanded Versus Self-Expanding Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement

January 2, 2018 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors compared mechanically expanded TAVR to self-expanding TAVR in a randomized non-inferiority trial. Major adverse events occurred in 20% and 17% of patients, respectively (safety measure). The one-year rates...

JANS Article

Contemporary Trends in the Use and Outcomes of Surgical Treatment of Tricuspid Regurgitation

December 31, 2017 | Edward Savage

The Nationwide Inpatient Sample was evaluated to assess tricupsid valve surgery. Isolated and concurrent tricuspid surgery outcomes are analyzed. The authors conclude that “surgical treatment of TR remains underused and...

JANS Article

2017 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease

December 26, 2017 | Marco NardiniBronze Contributor

The Task Force for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) copublished the 2017 guidelines for...

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