Valve Disease

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Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Mitral Valve Repair (MitraClip) Step-by-Step Guide

July 15, 2022 | Jessica Luc

In this article, the authors provide a step-by-step illustrated guide to performing transcatheter edge-to-edge mitral valve repair (MitraClip). This is a key article that will be of benefit to all learning to perform MitraClip.

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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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Submitral Aneurysm Repair

January 17, 2017 | Rama Subrahmanyam Gutti…

Submitral Aneurysm is a rare cardiac pathology with varied clinical manifestations. Etiology can be congenital defect in fibrous annulus of posterior mitral leaflet and/or inflammation. This video presents a successful...

JANS Article

Incidence, Predictors, and Mid-Term Outcomes of Percutaneous Closure Failure After Transfemoral Aortic Valve Implantation Using an Expandable Sheath (from the Optimized Transcatheter Valvular Intervention [OCEAN-TAVI] Registry)

December 27, 2016 | J. Rafael Sadaba

The authors report on their findings an ongoing Japanese multicentre prospective registry. They evaluate outcomes in 478 patients undergoing transfemoral TAVI and treated with percutaneous puncture using an expandable sheath,...

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Celsior Versus Microplegia: Analysis of Myocardial Protection in Elective Aortic Valve Replacement

December 22, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This retrospective study compared Celsior (65% of pts) to all-blood continuous myocardial protection (35%) in 631 patients undergoing elective aortic valve replacement. Troponin T release was lower in Celsior patients,...

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Video-Atlas on Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery: The Mohr Technique

December 20, 2016 | Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr…

Friedrich Mohr and Martin Misfeld from the Leipzig Heart Center in Leipzig, Germany, present this operative video on their minimally invasive mitral valve surgery technique. Introduced in 2000, the Leipzig...

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Twenty-Year Outcome after Mitral Repair Versus Replacement for Severe Degenerative Mitral Regurgitation. Analysis of a Large, Prospective, Multicenter International Registry

December 6, 2016 | J. Rafael Sadaba

In this article, the authors describe their findings from a direct, propensity score matching and inverse probability-of-treatment weighting analysis of patients with degenerative MR with a flail leaflet, included in...

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Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement in Bicuspid Valve With Papillary Fibroelastoma

December 5, 2016 | Matthias Siepe…

This video demonstrates a valve-sparing root replacement (David procedure) with removal of the papillary fibroelastoma and reconstruction of the valve using 180° commissure orientation and cusp plications. A 34 mm...

JANS Article

Medical Treatment of Aortic Stenosis

December 3, 2016 | J. Rafael Sadaba

In this manuscript, the authors offer a comprehensive and thorough review of the pathophysiology of aortic stenosis and relate this to the different potential medical treatment options to slow down...

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Approach to Functional Mitral Regurgitation

November 30, 2016 | Hans-Joachim Schäfers

Hans-Joachim Schaefers of Saarland University Medical Center, Homburg/Saar, Germany, discusses the pathophysiology of functional mitral regurgitation. Dr. Schaefers stresses the importance of addressing the ventricular component of the disease to...

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