Valve Disease

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The Ross Procedure: Clinical Evidence, Surgical Technique, and Q&A

April 8, 2024 | Kareem Bedeir…

This is a recording of an educational webinar held by LifeNet Health in collaboration with Infirmary Health System featuring Dr. Kareem Bedeir and Dr. Peter Pluscht. The presenters discussed the evidence supporting the Ross procedure...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 174: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

September 17, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA,...

JANS Article

The Ross Procedure: Determinants of Long-Term Durability

September 17, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

This propensity-matched study from the Montreal Heart Institute Ross Registry examined sex-based differences in outcomes following the Ross procedure. Among 816 adults undergoing full-root pulmonary autograft replacement (2011 to 2025),...

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Ross Procedure for Infective Endocarditis With Extensive Aortic Root Destruction in a Child With a Bicuspid Aortic Valve

September 16, 2026 | Zineb El Hasnaoui…

An 8-year-old male (24 kg) presented with intermittent fever for 45 days. Echocardiography demonstrated infective endocarditis of a bicuspid aortic valve with multiple vegetations (largest 8 × 6 mm), severe...

JANS Article

The STS Risk Model for SAVR After TAVR

September 10, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

This study developed and validated an updated Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) risk model for surgical aortic valve replacement after a failed transcatheter aortic valve replacement (SAVR-after-TAVR), including the emergent...

JANS Article

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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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...

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