Prof. Tristan Yan demonstrates his technique for a redo median sternotomy, total arch replacement, and frozen elephant trunk procedure.
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Aorta
June 28, 2024
June 27, 2024
This video is a balanced, gripping presentation on an increasingly common emergency problem for the on-call cardiac surgeon. Professor Oo discusses the evolving landscape of surgery for acute De Bakey I and II pathologies of the aortic organ.
June 24, 2024
This video shows the case of a forty-year-old man who presented with a 6 cm pear-shaped dilated aortic root.
June 24, 2024
This is a video of a sixty-five-year-old man who presented with a critical LAD lesion, and heart failure with severe aortic regurgitation and a root dilated to 48 mm.
June 21, 2024
Next in his series, Dr. Tristan Yan presents a case of type A aortic dissection and his technique when faced with these critical cases.
June 21, 2024
This video demonstrates how the surgical team managed to save an elderly woman who presented initially with tamponade and contained aortic rupture, but subsequently developed frank aortic rupture. The patient underwent aortic root and hemi-arch replacement under this critical circumstance. The patient had a full recovery without any neurological complications.
June 19, 2024
Dr. Vince Gaudiani introduces his series on different techniques for aortic root reconstruction.
June 14, 2024
This video demonstrates dissection of the visceral pericardium for ascending aortic and hemiarch replacement.
June 14, 2024
Prof. Tristan Yan demonstrates the importance of the visceral pericardium in addressing type A aortic dissection.
June 13, 2024
This paper reports the interim findings from the clinical registry that was initiated after FDA approval to validate the findings of the 386 PROACT trial for the On-X aortic valve. The original trial showed that low dose warfarin (INR range 1.5-2.0) and aspirin were safe starting at least three months after On-X aortic valve implantation.