Valve Disease

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Aortic Valve ReplAcemenT versus Conservative Treatment in Asymptomatic SeveRe Aortic Stenosis: The AVATAR Trial

November 15, 2021 | Jessica Luc

The Aortic Valve replAcemenT versus conservative treatment in Asymptomatic seveRe aortic stenosis (AVATAR) trial is an investigator-initiated international prospective randomized controlled trial that evaluated surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in asymptomatic patients with severe aortic...

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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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Conduction Disorders After Sutureless Aortic Valve Replacement

October 13, 2016 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

This single center retrospective study analyzed the incidence of permanent pacemaker requirement in 108 consecutive patients undergoing sutureless aortic valve replacement with the Perceval S bioprosthesis. In-hospital postoperative pacemakers were...

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Impact of Preoperative Chronic Kidney Disease in 2,531 High-Risk and Inoperable Patients Undergoing Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement in the PARTNER Trial

September 27, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This analysis of PARTNER data evaluated the impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on outcomes after TAVR. Patients were grouped according to GFR as none/mild, moderate, and severe renal disease....

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Composite valve graft implantation for the treatment of aortic valve and root disease: Results in 1045 patients

September 27, 2016 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This single institution retrospective review assessed outcomes of AVR in patients with concomitant aortic root disease using a composite graft. Early mortality was 5.3% and was related to advanced age,...

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Mitroaortic Curtain Replacement

September 27, 2016 | Guillermo Stöger…

Involvement of the mitroaortic curtain as a complication of infective endocarditis constitutes a serious medical condition. Extensive surgical debridement and mitroaortic curtain reconstruction is required in order to eradicate the...

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Is Subvalvular Repair Worthwhile in Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation? (from the Papillary Muscle Approximation trial)

September 27, 2016 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The authors performed a subgroup analysis of the Papillary Muscle Approximation (PMA) trial, a randomized trial that, while showing superiority of PMA + restrictive annuloplasty (RA) over RA alone in...

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Planned Versus Unplanned Reexplorations for Bleeding: A Comparison of Morbidity and Mortality

September 23, 2016 | Arie BlitzBronze ContributorSilver Commentor

The Johns Hopkins group reviewed their experience with mediastinal exploration for bleeding after cardiac surgery during the period from 2011 through June 2014, and retrospectively reviewed the outcomes of two...

Article

Scheie’s Syndrome: Quite Rare, Quite Predictable

September 21, 2016 | Marilou Page…

Fig. 1: Right Hand: short, spindle shaped fingers. Status post carpal tunnel release. Introduction An autosomal recessive lysosomal storage disease, Scheie’s syndrome is a hereditary disorder involving a missing lysosomal...

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Surgical Aortic Valvuloplasty Versus Balloon Aortic Valve Dilatation in Children

September 15, 2016 | CTSNet Staff

Balloon aortic valve dilatation has been assumed by some to provide the same outcomes as surgical aortic valvuloplasty. However, the development of precise modern surgical valvuloplasty techniques may result in...

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