Surgical treatment of pleural mesothelioma remains challenging and carries high morbidity, especially in patients who develop post operative empyema. This interesting article retrospectively studied 400 patients of whom 50 developed postoperative empyema.
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Cardiac
August 1, 2024
July 31, 2024
In this month’s episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Lorena Montes about saphenous vein harvesting.
July 30, 2024
A case of fenestrated atrial septal defect closure in a six-year-old child with severe pectus excavatum and pulmonary hypertension via right vertical axillary thoracotomy. This is one of a series of challenging cases in which the authors will be expanding the limits of the right axillary thoracotomy for a wide variety of congenital heart defects.
July 26, 2024
In this part 2 video, Dr. Tristan Yan demonstrates the mini-access CAVIAAR procedure and how to restore aortic valve competency.
July 26, 2024
This video from Dr. Tristan Yan demonstrates the mini-access CAVIAAR procedure and how to assess aortic valve competency.
July 25, 2024
Atrial fibrillation (AF) increases the risk of stroke and systemic embolism. While oral anticoagulation is the current standard of care, there is a growing body of evidence supporting left atrial appendage closure (LAAC) as an alternative or complementary treatment approach to reduce the risk of stroke or systemic embolism in patients with AF.
July 25, 2024
There is limited data about the impact of timing of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) on right heart reverse remodeling in patients with pulmonary regurgitation following intervention for isolated pulmonary valve stenosis (PS).
July 25, 2024
As long-term outcomes of congenital heart operations continue to improve, attention has turned toward neurocognitive development. As such, there is a need for clinical tools to predict neurologic outcomes in mid- and long-term follow-ups.
July 25, 2024
In this episode of The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the best practice consensus guidelines from joint specialist societies for the treatment of patients with pectus abnormalities and summarizes the current evidence for the different treatment strategies for this condition.
July 23, 2024
CTSNet Board Member Marjan Jahangiri spoke with Dr. Joseph E. Bavaria about the different approaches to bicuspid aortic valve repair.