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5 Heart Valve Procedures to Expand Your Knowledge

March 9, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

A variety of procedures make up CTSNet’s catalog of heart valve content, which has continued to expand as surgeons increasingly focus on perfecting valve surgeries. Read on to explore five of the most popular heart...

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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...

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...

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Video-Assisted Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Repair: Periareolar Approach

May 2, 2017 | Juan Umana…

In the view of the authors, video-assisted minimally invasive mitral valve repair is associated with the same mortality as conventional sternotomy, but with less morbidity, fewer infections, a shorter hospital...

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Regional Heterogeneity in the Mitral Valve Apparatus in Patients With Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation

April 18, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The type and extent of mitral valve remodeling in response to ischemic mitral regurgitation may predict success/recurrence after mitral valve repair. The authors collected 3-dimensional data from patients with ischemic...

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Incorporated Aortomitral Homograft for Double-Valve Endocarditis: The “Hemi-Commando” Procedure

April 10, 2017 | Jose Navia…

This video demonstrates a “hemi-commando” procedure in a 64-year-old female patient with aortic root abscess involving the intervalvular fibrosa. The hemi-commando procedure is a feasible treatment option for invasive double-valve...

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Surgical Correction of Barlow’s Mitral Valve

March 29, 2017 | Steven Livesey

Steven Livesey of Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK, discusses the anatomy of Barlow’s mitral valve and the options for correction. Dr. Livesey demonstrates his repair technique with an operative video....

JANS Article

Levosimendan for Hemodynamic Support after Cardiac Surgery

March 28, 2017 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors report here on the results of the Italian CHEETAH study, a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial examining whether adding the unique inotrope levosimendan—in low doses—improves 30-day mortality after cardiac...

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Assessment of the Melody valve in the mitral position in young children by echocardiography

March 27, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

The authors describe use of a stented jugular vein graft in the mitral position in infants at a median of 8.5 months and 5.6 Kg. Hemodynamics improved substantially, with no...

JANS Article

Patient-specific computational fluid dynamics—assessment of aortic hemodynamics in a spectrum of aortic valve pathologies

March 27, 2017 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

Using MR scans and computational fluid dynamics, the authors sought to evaluate differences in flow, shear stress, and oscillatory shear stress in normal individuals and patients with 1 of 4...

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Mini-AVR Right Anterior Thoracotomy

March 9, 2017 | Mattia Glauber

Mattia Glauber of Instituto Clinico Sant Amgrogio, Milan, Italy, argues in favor of the right anterior mini-thoracotomy approach for minimally invasive aortic valve replacement. Dr. Glauber uses a short video...

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