A panel of leading cardiac surgeons met at the 2016 SCTS Annual Meeting in Birmingham, United Kingdom, to discuss the current state of cardiac surgery, and what is on the horizon for the subspecialty.
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Aortic valve disease
March 28, 2016
A refreshing , adequately supported by pragmatic imaging, 22 minute presentation from an Arizona meeting that many surgeons would find quite informative and educating. Dr.
March 22, 2016
In this study the STS/ACC Transcatheter Valve Therapy registry was used to compare TAVI in nonogenarians versus TAVI in patients <90 years old. In total 3,773 (15.7%) of the patients were >90 years old. Mortality at 30 days and 1-year was significantly higher for nonogenarians (8.8% vs. 5.9%, p<0.001 and 24.8% vs.
March 20, 2016
This instructive paper includes three separate meta-analyses focusing on patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) after TAVR. These meta-analyses revealed the following:
March 7, 2016
This literature review evaluated 21 studies that included nearly 4000 patients having undergone transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), specifically focusing on prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM). Overall prevalence of PPM was 35%, with 8% of patients having severe PPM. PPM occurred less often after TAVI than after surgical AVR. PPM was not
February 29, 2016
This video illustrates complete pericardial leaflet replacement via the Ozaki method, using tissue-engineered bovine pericardium as the leaflet substitute.
February 16, 2016
This video is a step-by-step guide for aortic valve replacement using a porcine stentless bioprosthesis via a modified subcoronary implantation technique.
February 10, 2016
The video shows the explantation of a Corevalve through a minimally invasive inferior ministernotomy approach.
January 23, 2016
In a propensity-matched analysis of the national database of Sweden, Glaser et al found that survival among patients aged 50-69 who underwent aortic valve replacement was significantly better in those receiving a mechanical versus biological valves. In a subgroup analysis this was evident in patients aged 50-59 but not in those aged 60-69.
January 20, 2016
In an interview filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Leanne Harling talks with Gebrine El Khoury, a pioneer of aortic valvuloplasty.