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Cardiac

June 26, 2024
Right coronary artery reimplantation is the most anatomic repair of the anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery. The authors have used the minimally invasive approach for RCA reimplantation for all patients with anomalous origin of RCA from the left sinus for the last five years. This video demonstrates their method for this operation along with technical tips.
June 25, 2024
This is a technique video demonstrating how Dr. David Lehenbauer performs a heart transplant in a pediatric patient with dilated cardiomyopathy.
June 24, 2024
This video shows the case of a forty-year-old man who presented with a 6 cm pear-shaped dilated aortic root.
June 24, 2024
This is a video of a sixty-five-year-old man who presented with a critical LAD lesion, and heart failure with severe aortic regurgitation and a root dilated to 48 mm.
June 21, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses a new cardiothoracic surgery conference in Iraq and his insights on the newest surgical robot technology.
June 21, 2024
Next in his series, Dr. Tristan Yan presents a case of type A aortic dissection and his technique when faced with these critical cases.
June 21, 2024
This video demonstrates how the surgical team managed to save an elderly woman who presented initially with tamponade and contained aortic rupture, but subsequently developed frank aortic rupture. The patient underwent aortic root and hemi-arch replacement under this critical circumstance. The patient had a full recovery without any neurological complications.
June 20, 2024
The prevalence of anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery is 0.4 percent to 0.8 percent. The decision to operate and choice of procedure can be challenging.
June 20, 2024
This study assessed the incidence rates of permanent pacemaker implantation (PPM) and the associated long-term clinical consequences of PPM implantation after isolated mitral valve (MV) repair compared to concomitant MV repair and tricuspid annuloplasty.
June 20, 2024
This video demonstrates the authors’ surgical technique for bilateral internal thoracic harvesting and grafting.

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