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The authors discuss a technique of aortic root remodeling without handling of coronaries ostia and a special technique for the posterior aortic wall anastomosis that avoids risk of hidden leak and... More
December 9, 2015
D. Craig Miller of Stanford University Medical School, Stanford, California, delivers a talk on his 22 years of experience with the Stanford valve-sparing aortic root replacement technique.
December 3, 2015
Filmed at the 2015 Aortic Valve Repair Summit, an international panel of experts discusses the management of the aortic root in acute aortic dissection.
November 12, 2015
In a roundtable filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, Marjan Jahangiri and Mattia Glauber share perspectives on the evolution and current state of aortic valve replacement surgery.
November 10, 2015
John Yap of The Heart Hospital, London, United Kingdom, discusses organ malperfusion and the management of acute aortic syndrome.
November 3, 2015
The authors propose a novel method of prosthesis sizing, using newly designed sizers and coaptation forceps, which simplifies the steps for the re-implantation of the tricuspid aortic valve.
October 29, 2015
Fred Mohr of the Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany, discusses the benefits of using a ministernotomy approach to aortic valve surgery.
October 21, 2015
Aung Oo of the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital delivers a talk on decision-making in thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair.
October 8, 2015
In an interview filmed at the 2015 SCTS Annual Meeting, Mohamad Bashir talks with Dianna Milewicz about her research into the genetics behind aneurysms. Dr. Milewicz is the Director of the Division of Medical Genetics at the University of Texas Medical School, Houston, Texas.
October 7, 2015
Davide Pacini of the S. Orsola-Malpighi Hospital, Bologna, Italy, poses the question: should the aortic arch be replaced during acute type A dissection repair?
October 6, 2015
This video demonstrates a Florida sleeve valve-sparing aortic root repair, repair of the leaking bicuspid valve with raphe shaving, virtual basal ring annuloplasty and leaflet plication, and ascending through proximal arch replacement with alternate aortic cannulation/clamping.