This multicenter study from the TITAN trial examined the quality of life in 157 patients with moderate ascending thoracic aortic aneurysms (ATAA) undergoing surgery (n=52) or surveillance (n=105) between 2019 and 2022.
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Aortic Root
November 20, 2025
October 16, 2025
The authors analyzed 2,748 adults undergoing aortic root replacement between 2004 and 2021. They report an overall stroke rate of 3.4 percent, which was highest in patients aged 80 years and older (9.7 percent).
October 2, 2025
Sanad and colleagues report promising early- to mid-term outcomes of aortic valve neocuspidization (AVNeo), commonly known as the Ozaki procedure, in patients with rheumatic heart disease.
September 18, 2025
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.
April 3, 2025
In a large cohort of 632 patients who underwent “true redo root" surgery (reoperative aortic root surgery after a previous aortic root procedure), the indications for endocarditis and the presence of a previous prosthetic aortic root graft increased the complexity of the procedure and the perioperative course; however, it did not impact the operative
July 16, 2024
In this continued series of webinars, CTSNet hosted a discussion on, “Advanced Aortic Root Surgery—Series 3: Evolving surgical techniques with Cardioroot in Bio-Bentall and David procedures,” in collaboration with Getinge. The webinar was broadcasted to a live audience on July 10, 2024.
July 1, 2024
This is the case of a sixty-eight-year-old man who had an acute aortic dissection 10 years previously and had quite a small prosthetic aortic tube grafted onto a relatively large distal aorta.
July 1, 2024
A video demonstrating aortic root replacement after complications from previous procedures.
June 28, 2024
Prof. Tristan Yan demonstrates his technique for a redo median sternotomy, total arch replacement, and frozen elephant trunk procedure.