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With the recent approval for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) across all risk profiles, reintervention is likely to become common practice.
October 31, 2016
This video shows a unique case of an intramyocardial hydatid cyst of the left ventricle, along with a pulmonary hydatid cyst, in a 38-year-old female patient.
October 27, 2016
Gabriele Di Giammarco of University G D’Annunzio, Chieti-Pescara, Italy, discusses the importance of intraoperative graft verification in CABG procedures to improve patency outcomes.
October 26, 2016
This video shows a left VATS procedure for pseudo-chylopericardium and the insertion of an indwelling left pleural catheter through two 10 mm ports.
October 25, 2016
In this video, the authors show the resolution of two mechanical complications of myocardial infarction in the same patient.
October 12, 2016
Gianni Angelini of Imperial College, London, UK, considers the evidence for single versus multiple arterial grafts in coronary bypass surgery.
October 6, 2016
Niv Ad of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia, discusses his approach to the cryosurgical Cox Maze procedure.
October 4, 2016
Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom, moderates a panel discussion on graft sizing in valve-sparing surgery. The discussion was filmed at the 2016 Aortic Valve Repair Summit.
October 2, 2016
Ruben Osnabrugge interviews EACTS Secretary General and CTSNet President Pieter Kappetein about the highlights of the 2016 EACTS Annual Meeting.
September 29, 2016
David Taggart of the University of Oxford, UK, argues that CABG remains the best therapy for coronary artery disease.
September 27, 2016
The authors demonstrate how to perform mitroaortic replacement using the David Technique in a case of prosthethic endocarditis.