Valve Disease

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Sponsored Content: Double Valve Replacement—How I Do It

June 5, 2023 | Tom Verbelen

Watch Professor Tom Verbelen, from the University Hospital Leuven in Leuven, Belgium, demonstrate a double valve procedure by implanting a Medtronic Avalus™ aortic valve and a Mosaic™ mitral valve. Avalus risk information: bit.ly/3UVTfjV Mosaic risk...

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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,...

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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...

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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...

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Transcatheter Versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement: Propensity-Matched Comparison

July 18, 2017 | Ruben Osnabrugge

In this large propensity-matched study, outcomes after Transcatheter versus Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement (TAVR vs. SAVR) were assessed in a real world intermediate- and high-risk cohort of 9500 patients in...

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Aortic Valve Replacement in Younger Patients

July 15, 2017 | Ruben Osnabrugge

In this editorial, the authors review the current risks associated with aortic valve replacement in younger patients, with an emphasis on anticoagulation options and future perspectives.

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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair via Inferior Mini Sternotomy

July 3, 2017 | Ahmad Abugameh…

This step-by-step video shows how to perform a mitral valve repair via inferior mini sternotomy. Bretschneider cardioplegia was used. The length of the neochords should be determined by considering the...

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Which technique of cusp repair is durable in reimplantation procedure?

June 26, 2017 | Claire Vernon

The authors analyzed long-term recurrent aortic regurgitation (AR) in 249 patients with aortic insufficiency and reimplantation procedure. Of the cusp repair techniques evaluated in the analysis, only free margin reinforcement...

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Tricuspid regurgitation is uncommon after mitral valve repair for degenerative diseases

June 20, 2017 | Claire Vernon

David and colleagues investigate tricuspid regurgitation (TR) before and after mitral valve (MV) repair in a retrospective analysis of over 1000 patients. TR was present prior to surgery in 11.8%...

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The role of neo-sinus reconstruction in aortic valve-sparing surgery

June 19, 2017 | Claire Vernon

Gaudino and colleagues report a retrospective analysis of short-term outcomes following aortic valve-sparing operations (VSO) with and without reconstruction of the sinuses of Valsalva (SV). Despite the importance of the...

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Surgical outcomes of isolated tricuspid valve procedures: repair versus replacement

June 12, 2017 | Claire Vernon

Ejiofor, et al. present a retrospective analysis of the mid- and long-term outcomes following isolated tricuspid valve (TV) surgery in 57 adult patients, with overall operative mortality of 8.6% and...

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Minimally Invasive Repair of Severe Bicuspid Aortic Valve Endocarditis

June 5, 2017 | Konstadinos Plestis…

For young patients with aortic valve endocarditis, preserving the native aortic valve, when feasible, may be the best option. The authors demonstrate the feasibility of performing a complex aortic valve...

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