Valve Disease

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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), 512 were matched 2:1 (337...

Podcast

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

September 17, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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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

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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...

Video

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...

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New Trend in the Periareolar Minimally Invasive Approach: The PAMI Technique

September 5, 2023 | Mohamed El Adel…

This video demonstrates a new modification to the periareolar approach, periareolar minimally invasive technique (PAMI). The periareolar approach has been the preferred technique in Brazil since 2006, hence named the...

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ATAS 2023: Frozen Elephant Trunk Without Circulatory Arrest

August 18, 2023 | Marco Di Eusanio

As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. Marco Di Eusanio presented on frozen elephant trunk without circulatory arrest. Dr. Di Eusanio is a cardiothoracic surgeon at...

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Abbott Pulls Trifecta Heart Valves off the Market Due to Early Deterioration

August 4, 2023 | Cameron Lind

Because of the potential risk of early structural valve deterioration, the FDA has sent notice about Abbott’s decision to stop selling and distributing Trifecta aortic surgical heart valves in the...

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Five-Year Follow-Up after Transcatheter Repair of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

June 1, 2023 | Aristotle Protopapas

This five-year follow-up of a large randomized controlled clinical trial on outcomes after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of severe mitral regurgitation, as compared with outcomes after maximal doses of guideline-directed medical...

Article

5 Heart Valve Procedures to Expand Your Knowledge

March 9, 2023 | Cameron Lind

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...

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...