This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviews Prof. Dawn Jaroszewski. They discuss the latest techniques in pectus excavatum surgery and Prof. Jaroszewski’s recommendations for safe pectus guidelines. She goes on to demonstrate some of her techniques on a chest cavity simulator.
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Cardiac
June 7, 2024
ERAS Cardiac Society once more conducted a joint webinar with CTSNet on May 30, 2024, bringing about presentations, discussion, and questions on, "Chest Tube Management in Cardiac Surgery." The session included presentations from Dr. Marc Gillinov, Dr. Jurij Kalisnik, and Dr. Lenard Conradi, with Dr. Kevin Lobdell and Dr.
June 5, 2024
In an analysis of 1,826 patients randomized to surgical aortic valve replacement in the three Placement of Aortic Transcatheter Valves (PARTNER) trials, patient-prosthesis mismatch was assessed using transthoracic echocardiography and by the normal reference value for each size and model of implanted valve.
June 5, 2024
Surgical explantation of transcatheter heart valves (THV) is rapidly increasing, but data on patients with THV-associated infective endocarditis (IE) is lacking. This study assessed the outcomes of patients undergoing THV explant for IE based on data from the international TAVR-EXPLANT Registry.
June 5, 2024
This report comprises the contents of the presentations and following discussions of a workshop of the German Heart Transplant Centers in Martinsried, Germany on cardiac xenotransplantation.
June 5, 2024
This video shows the case of a patient in Ghana who underwent a redo sternotomy and then a Bentall's operation for a dilated aortic root with severe regurgitation.
June 3, 2024
In this video, surgeons demonstrate aortic hemiarch replacement without the use of hypothermic circulatory arrest.
May 31, 2024
Four surgeons presented their biggest mistakes in CABG surgery and how they went about fixing them. They emphasized the importance of surgeons sharing their mistakes so others can learn from them.
May 30, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviews Dr. Vince Gaudiani. They discuss his recent video series on CTSNet demonstrating techniques for cerebral protection in cardiac surgery.
May 30, 2024
This video describes the in-house construction of an LVAD plug for closure of a left ventriculotomy following explantation.