This video demonstrates a patch augmentation of the anterior leaflet of the tricuspid valve.
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Tricuspid valve disease
September 17, 2019
This is a video of the authors’ experience with tricuspid valve replacement using the CorMatrix® extracellular matrix cylindrical construct at UC Davis Medical Center.
September 10, 2019
This presentation discusses the experience of Blackpool Teaching Hospitals with endoscopic tricuspid valve surgery.
August 9, 2019
Retrospectively using a longitudinal echocardiography database, the authors analyzed the data of 3,276 patients with isolated severe tricuspids regurgitation (TR) from 2001 through 2016. Of these patients, 5% underwent tricuspid valve surgery.
July 10, 2019
Hamandi and colleagues reviewed outcomes for 95 patients who underwent isolated tricuspid valve (TV) surgery between 2007 and 2017 at their institution. For 41% of patients, the procedure was reoperative, following either prior coronary artery bypass grafting or prior valve surgery. Valve repair was performed in over 70% of patients.
June 4, 2019
This video demonstrates a novel totally endoscopic redo isolated tricuspid repair approach that requires minimal dissection.
May 24, 2019
Patient Care and General Interest
Despite being the leading cause of death in the US, heart disease was the most-Googled disease in only one state: Maine.
May 14, 2019
Abdelhadi Ismail of the Southampton University Hospitals Trust in the UK presents an educational series on cardiac anatomy in which he discusses some of the fundamental concepts.
April 20, 2019
The American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS), American College of Cardiology (ACC), American Society of Echocardiography (ASE), Society for Cardiovascular Angiography and Interventions (SCAI), and Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) published a joint expert consensus and evidence-based recommendations for systems of care related to valvular he
April 11, 2019
The Heart Valve Society Annual Meeting 2019 streamed live from Sitges, Spain. Find the plenary sessions here.