Netuka provides several important technical nuances to consider when implanting the HeartMate 3 left heart assist device. He focuses on apical cuff attachment, optimal positioning of the pump in the pericardial cavity, and positioning of the outflow graft.
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Cardiac
November 30, 2018
November 29, 2018
Filmed at the 2018 STS Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Robert Sade moderates a debate on the ethics of a thoracic surgeon at a major medical center performing surgeries at a distant hospital and leaving postoperative care to a local general surgeon.
November 29, 2018
Bob Kiaii of the London Health Sciences Centre in Ontario, Canada, makes the case for a hybrid approach to coronary revascularization.
November 27, 2018
Hebeler and colleagues hypothesized that the inclusion of measures of frailty might improve the prediction of mortality one-year after transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR).
November 27, 2018
This video demonstrates three methods for identifying the LAD target in minimally invasive robot-assisted CABG.
November 26, 2018
Saito and colleagues evaluated the idea that anastomosis assist devices reduced complications for patients undergoing off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting. Their study is a one-to-one propensity scores matched analysis including 7,348 pairs of patients comparing the outcomes of anastomosis assist devices with a side-biting clamp.
November 25, 2018
This single institution retrospective study examined the utility of using nonpledgeted sutures for aortic valve replacement. In short-term follow-up, 3.6% of patients had insignificant perivalvular leak and 0.9% had significant perivalvular leak requiring reoperation.
November 23, 2018
Brown and colleagues evaluated levels of six biomarkers to determine if they improved the prediction of readmission after cardiac surgery: ST2, galectin-3, N-terminal pro-brain natriuretic peptide, cystatin C, interleukin-6, and interleukin-10.
November 22, 2018
Patrick Perier of the Herz und Gefäß Klinik in Bad Neustadt an der Saale, Germany, discusses the problem of excess tissue in mitral valve repair.
November 21, 2018
This video demonstrates a heart transplant for a patient with failed Fontan circulation.