Valve Disease

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AAPCHS & AATCVS 2023: Rheumatic Heart Valve Diseases in Children—Diagnosis and Surgical Treatment

March 1, 2024 | Salvatore Lentini

As a part of the 2023 joint international conference of the African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Professor Salvatore Lentini discussed the diagnosis and...

Podcast

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

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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Minimally Invasive Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement

December 19, 2017 | Derek Brinster…

This video demonstrates the basics of the valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSARR) procedure, including the dissection, graft measurement, and surgical tips for a competent and durable repair. Minimally invasive procedures...

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Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement Via Right Anterior Thoracotomy

December 12, 2017 | Selim ISBIR…

The authors present a sutureless aortic valve replacement via a right anterior thoracotomy, using minimal extracorporeal circulation (MECC) in an 84-year-old patient with severe aortic stenosis. Preoperative tomographic angiography showed...

JANS Article

In Global News: Heart Transplant 50th Anniversary and Making a Cheaper Robot

December 1, 2017 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care December 3rd is the 50th anniversary of the first human heart transplantation, and the occasion is being commemorated with an event in Cape Town and writing about the...

JANS Article

Early Results of Robotically Assisted Mitral Valve Surgery: Analysis of the First 1000 Cases

November 19, 2017 | Tom C. NguyenSilver Contributor

The authors review their first 1000 robotically assisted mitral valve surgery, demonstrating excellent repair rates and low operative mortality and morbidity.

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JANS Article

The Use of del Nido Cardioplegia in Adult Cardiac Surgery: A Prospective Randomized Trial

November 19, 2017 | Tom C. NguyenSilver Contributor

Del Nido cardioplegia has been used in congenital heart surgery but the data for adult cardiac surgery has been lacking. This randomized trial compares del Nido to whole blood cardioplegia...

JANS Article

Evolution of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in the Era of Transcatheter Valve Technology

November 16, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This brief article compares costs and morbidities for TAVR and SAVR in the current era. TAVR costs are higher than for SAVR and have increased despite no apparent change in...

JANS Article

Circumflex Artery Injury During Mitral Valve Repair: Not Well Known, Perhaps Not So Infrequent—Lessons Learned From a 6-Case Experience

November 15, 2017 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

With the impressive average of 150 mitral repairs annually for the last 16 years (possibly a world record, even more impressive given the population of Portugal), the Coimbra team led...

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