ALERT!
This site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 8 (or older).
Please upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use an alternate browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
Cardiac Portal
Pages
With the recent approval for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) across all risk profiles, reintervention is likely to become common practice.
June 21, 2018
Marco Ranucci of the IRCCS Policlinico San Donato in Italy discusses the association between hemodilution, oxygen delivery, and acute kidney injury.
June 19, 2018
A young patient with a failed bicuspid valve repair and remodeling aortic root replacement underwent a successful re-repair using bicuspid ring annuloplasty and leaflet plication.
June 15, 2018
Find it here: The 2018 ISMICS Annual Meeting in Vancouver, Canada.
June 14, 2018
James Tatoulis of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia presents technical tips and tricks for total arterial revascularization.
June 14, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Mara Antonoff of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston moderates a discussion on the role of research for academic career advancement.
June 12, 2018
The author demonstrates how to repair a mitral valve with Barlow's disease without resecting the tissue of the prolapsing leaflet.
June 6, 2018
This article presents an edited video of the speech given by Alfred Blalock at his 1960 birthday celebration.
June 5, 2018
This video demonstrates a technique of posterior aortopexy to manage airway compression.
May 31, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 Aortic Live meeting in Essen, Germany, Mohamad Bashir, Joseph Bavaria, Heinz Jakob, Tilo Kolbel, Gebrine El Khoury, and Stephan Haulon discuss endovascular approaches to aortic disease.
May 31, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Leanne Harling of Imperial College in London, UK, moderates a discussion on minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.