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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, and Patrick McCarthy, Executive Director...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 177: Expert Consensus Document on LVRS for Emphysema

October 15, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...

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Post-Myocardial Infarction Ventricular Pseudoaneurysm Repair With MVR and CABG Through LAM Via the Fourth Intercostal Space

October 13, 2026 | Oleksandr BabliakBronze Contributor…

The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement and coronary revascularization performed through a minimally invasive left anterior minithoracotomy via the fourth intercostal...

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Rheumatic Mitral Repair: From Understanding Anatomy to Solving Pathology | Guest Editor Series Webinar

November 18, 2026

Wednesday, November 18, 2026 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am – This CTSNet Guest Editor Series, led by Tianyang Yang of Shanghai 4th People’s Hospital, Shanghai, China, presents clinical videos...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 176: The ELANA System in CABG

October 1, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Bart P. van Putte, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, and the Amsterdam University...

JANS Article

Maternal, Valvular and Foetal Outcomes of Pregnancy Following Aortic Valve Replacement 

May 13, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This 2026 meta-analysis pooled 13 studies, including 356 pregnancies in 251 women after aortic valve replacement (AVR). Pregnancy outcomes differed substantially by valve type. Mechanical prostheses carried the highest maternal...

JANS Article

Sodium-Glucose Cotransporter 2 Inhibitor Use and Outcomes After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement

May 7, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article, the authors evaluated perioperative sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor use in 2,930 patients undergoing surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR), with or without coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG),...

JANS Article

Mechanical Versus Biological Aortic Valve Replacement in Patients Aged 50-70 Years: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

April 2, 2026 | Jason TrevisBronze Contributor

This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated outcomes after aortic valve replacement in patients aged 50 to 70 years, including 30 studies and more than 120,000 patients. The findings indicated that...

JANS Article

Surgical Strategy for Preserving Native Mitral Valves in Infants With Ventricular Septal Defects and Mitral Regurgitation

March 12, 2026 | Carl Backer

In 1,524 cases of ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure, 30 patients had moderate or severe mitral valve regurgitation (MR). The 14 cases where valve annular dilatation was the predominant pathophysiology...

JANS Article

Mechanical Versus Bioprosthetic Heart Valves in Hemodialysis Patients

January 15, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This Korean nationwide database study examined prosthetic valve selection in 765 hemodialysis patients undergoing first-time valve replacement between 2003 and 2018. Using inverse probability treatment weighting to adjust for baseline...

JANS Article

Modified Bio-Bentall Operation With A Rapid Deployment Valve

September 18, 2025 | Ali MashadiSilver Contributor

This study reported favorable early outcomes in 11 intermediate- and high-risk patients who underwent a modified Bio-Bentall procedure with a rapid deployment valve between January 2018 and December 2022. The...

JANS Article

Clinical Success of Re-Redo Pulmonary Valve and Pulmonary Trunk Homograft Replacement During the Second Trimester of Pregnancy

September 18, 2025 | Ali MashadiSilver Contributor

This manuscript reports a pregnant patient who developed thrombosis of her mechanical pulmonary valve, necessitating re-replacement of the valve and the trunk. A 30-year-old woman at 18 weeks of gestation...

JANS Article

Surgical Decision-Making for Concomitant Tricuspid Valve Repair in Minimally Invasive Mitral Valve Surgery

September 4, 2025 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

As minimally invasive mitral valve surgery (MIMVS) continues to gain acceptance, concomitant tricuspid valve (TV) repair in patients with significant tricuspid regurgitation (TR) is increasingly encountered. The authors explored the...

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