Valve Disease

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Long-Term Outcomes of Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement Using a Third-Generation Stented Bovine Pericardial Bioprosthesis in 1907 Patients

August 20, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This single-center retrospective study evaluated long-term outcomes after surgical aortic valve replacement with the Perimount Magna Ease bioprosthesis in 1,907 patients at 12 years of follow-up. Thirty-day mortality was 2.8 percent, stroke occurred in 2.8...

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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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Feasibility of Repeat TAVR After SAPIEN 3 TAVR: A Novel Classification Scheme and Pilot Angiographic Study

July 9, 2019 | Jessica Luc

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is expanding to younger patients, but the feasibility of TAVR in failing transcatheter aortic valves (TAV) remains unknown. Dr Tang and colleagues demonstrate in a...

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Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve-in-Ring Explant for Prosthetic Stenosis

July 9, 2019 | Mario Castillo-SangBronze ContributorBronze Commentor

This video shows the technical challenges of explanting a valve-in-ring mitral valve. The patient was a 40-year-old woman who presented with a failed mitral valve repair in which a P2...

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Repair of Barlow’s Disease: The 4-Chords Technique

June 25, 2019 | Kevin Hodges…

This video demonstrates a straightforward, reproducible technique for the repair of bileaflet prolapse in Barlow’s disease. The valve is repaired with two sets of chordae to each of the anterior...

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Characteristics of Surgical Prosthetic Heart Valves and Problems Around Labelling: A Document From the EACTS—STS—AATS Valve Labelling Task Force

June 19, 2019 | Claire Vernon

This position paper written by the EACTS, STS, and AATS Valve Labeling Task Force focuses on problems around sizing and labeling of various prosthetic valves. The authors provide information on...

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Association Between Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement and Early Postprocedural Stroke

June 18, 2019 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This large review of over 100,000 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve replacement demonstrated a stroke rate of 2.3% within 30 days of the procedure, and no decrease in the rate...

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Complex Mitral Valve Repair: Triangular Resection, Annuloplasty, and Chordal Replacement With Premeasured Loops

June 18, 2019 | Guillermo Gutiérrez…

The authors present a repair for severe mitral regurgitation that demonstrates the effectiveness and reproducibility of the placement of preformed neochords. The procedure was performed in a 64-year-old asymptomatic patient...

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Totally Endoscopic Redo Tricuspid Valve Repair

June 4, 2019 | Antonios Pitsis…

Redo isolated tricuspid repair following previous mitral valve replacement carries a high mortality and morbidity. The authors’ totally endoscopic technique avoids entirely heart dissection, thus minimizing surgical trauma and possibly...

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Southampton Reviews in Cardiothoracic Surgery Chapter Three: Cardiac Anatomy

May 14, 2019 | Abdelhadi Ismail…

Abdelhadi Ismail of the Southampton University Hospitals Trust in the UK presents an educational series on cardiac anatomy in which he discusses some of the fundamental concepts. The optimal way...

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