In the first analysis to validate observed clinical outcomes, two trials compared transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) to surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR). Valve dysfunction was found to be less common after five years in TAVR.
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Aortic valve disease
April 6, 2023
This video shows a case of successful closure of an aortic pseudoaneurysm and mitral paravalvular leak via a hybrid transapical approach.
March 28, 2023
In the second installment of this week’s Guest Editor Series, Axel Unbehaun presents a case of TAVR in which standard techniques were not an option. Instead, the team used a transcaval approach to successfully complete the procedure.
March 27, 2023
In the first installment of Gry Dahle’s Guest Editor Series, Gilbert Tang describes the evolution of transcatheter aortic valve replacement. He goes over the method’s history, limitations, and future directions.
March 27, 2023
In the newest entry into the CTSNet Guest Editor Series collection, “20 Years After First TAVI: Will the Pace of Innovations Continue for All Heart Valves?” Gry Dahle, MD, PhD presents a curated collection of videos on the history, current challenges, and future advances of transcatheter valve replacement.
March 27, 2023
Gry Dahle shares insights on her prolific work in valve surgery, the emergence of artificial intelligence in medicine, and the importance of building in interdisciplinary surgical team.
March 21, 2023
This video shows a sixty-three-year-old man with a prior mechanical Cabrol and total aortic arch replacement who developed a graft infection requiring a reoperative aortic root and carbol procedure with an aortic arch and descending thoracic aorta replacement.
March 14, 2023
This is a video of a reinforced Ross Procedure for a 44-year-old female who presented with acute onset chest pain and heart failure due to acute aortic insufficiency caused by a commissural rupture and aortic leaflet perforation.
March 9, 2023
A variety of procedures make up CTSNet’s catalog of heart valve content, which has continued to expand as surgeons increasingly focus on perfecting valve surgeries. Explore five of the most popular heart valve videos on the site in the past year and let us know your favorite in the comments.
February 9, 2023
Since the recent increase of TAVR to treat aortic valve disease, multidisciplinary heart teams consisting of surgeons, cardiologists, and other allied professionals have become a necessary component in a successful surgery.