The 2025 ESC/EACTS Guidelines for the management of valvular heart disease (VHD) are an update to the 2021 version of this document.
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Valve disease
September 8, 2025
This case report describes a successful redo tricuspid valve replacement in a high-risk patient using an annular-preserving electrocautery explantation technique, highlighting key surgical strategies and educational value.
September 2, 2025
This video demonstrates a redo aortic valve replacement via partial upper resternotomy in a 72-year-old male patient.
August 27, 2025
In this series, CTSNet invites top cardiothoracic surgeons from around the world to engage in in-depth discussions about important topics in the field of CT surgery by examining specific cases in detail.
August 26, 2025
This video demonstrates a modified re-do Commando procedure as a third surgery following an initial root replacement with mitral valve reconstruction for endocarditis and a subsequent modified Commando procedure with tricuspid valve repair due to recurrence of endocarditis.
August 22, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, Dr. Will Moody, a consultant cardiologist in imaging and inherited cardiovascular conditions at Queen Elizabeth Hospital Birmingham, delivered a presentation titled “Etiology, Assessment, and Indications for Surgery for Aortic Valve Disease.”
August 20, 2025
This video demonstrates a unique case of rheumatic mitral regurgitation repair using the SCORE technique, a systematic and reproducible approach specifically designed to address the complexities of rheumatic mitral valve pathology.
August 19, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical correction of posterior mitral annulus disjunction performed during mitral valve repair, involving the placement of pledget sutures at the crest of the left ventricular myocardium and exiting at the atrial surface to close the disjunction gap and securely fix the annuloplasty ring in its correct position.
August 1, 2025
In this fascinating interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, discussing lifetime management of heart valve disease.
August 1, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, about lifetime management of heart valve disease.