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This interview celebrates the long career of British cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Michael E. Cowen. He leaves a legacy of pioneering robotic thoracic surgery and trainee education.
April 4, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Leanne Harling moderates a discussion with David Taggart and Phillippe Kolh on the future of coronary revascularization.
April 3, 2018
Dr Om Prakesh Yadava of the National Heart Institute in New Delhi, India, and Professor Vinayak Bapat of Columbia University in New York, USA, discuss transcatheter valve therapies and sutureless valves.
March 29, 2018
This video shows a novel technique using a transcatheter valve deployed in the mitral position during open surgery.
March 27, 2018
This video demonstrates the closure of a median sternotomy using stainless steel wires.
March 20, 2018
This video demonstrates a left anterior descending coronary artery aneurysm excision and the removal of a previously placed stent in a 64-year-old patient.
March 20, 2018
Find it here: The SCTS "Take on the Experts" Video Competition.
March 15, 2018
This video illustrates a comprehensive approach to leaflet reconstruction in patients with grade 3 or 4 aortic insufficiency.
March 13, 2018
This video demonstrates two separate techniques for anastomosis when performing a totally robotic coronary artery bypass without the use of cardiopulmonary bypass.
March 6, 2018
This video demonstrates the presentation, diagnosis, and surgical treatment of a large complex right coronary artery aneurysm with an arteriovenous fistula to the right atrium.
March 1, 2018
Miles Behan of the Edinburgh Heart Centre in Scotland, UK, discusses the value of fractional flow reserve prior to cardiac surgery.