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Aortic valve disease

June 9, 2015
Alan Bond, a well known Australian tycoon died after redo triple valve surgery in perth.    more can be found here.   
June 9, 2015
This group has operated on 5 patients using a totally endoscopic technique for Aortic Valve replacement. See how in this article 
June 1, 2015
This video shows an aortic valve replacement in a patient with severe aortic stenosis through a minimally invasive right thoracotomy approach. The postoperative follow-up was uneventful and the patient was discharged on post-operative day six.
May 21, 2015
In March 2015, the first successful transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was performed at the Armed Forces Institute of Cardiology (AFIC) in Rawalpindi, Pakistan. In this interview, recorded via Google Hangouts, Joel Dunning talks with Atiq Rehman of Lourdes Health System, NJ, and Kamran Baig of Trent Cardiac Centre,UK, about this development.
May 14, 2015
In this manuscript the authors describe their findings in an observational study of patients undergoing either aortic valve replacement with a “sutureless” aortic valve bioprosthesis (Medtronic’s 3f Enable) or transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with either an Edwards Sapiens XT or Medtronic CoreValve prosthesis, comparing functional and c
May 12, 2015
This video shows a mini-sternotomy and femoral vein cannulation in an aortic valve replacement. The patient was a 49-year-old male with severe aortic stenosis. 
April 24, 2015
In this manuscript the authors describe a systematic review of 71 cases of transcatheter heart valve embolization. In 72% of the patients, the prosthesis used was a balloon expandable one. In most cases valve embolization occurred soon after implantation and it happened in the aortic direction.
April 2, 2015
Outcomes of stented bovine pericardial aortic valvular prostheses were evaluated over a 30 year experience.  48% had concomitant CABG and 26% had additional valve procedures at the time of implant.  Explants were required in 1.9% at 10 years and in 15% by 20 years.  Explant rates were 3-fold higher in patients younger than 60 years.  Patient-prosthes
April 2, 2015
This video demonstrates aortic valve bypass surgery on an 83-year-old male patient. This surgery was offered to the patient as an alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement. 
March 28, 2015
In a prospective study using MRI before and within 14 days after AVR and TAVI, Crouch and co-authors demonstrated that postoperative aortic regurgitation that was higher in the TAVI group had a significant impact on increasing left atrial size and declining right ventricular function.

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