Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom, moderates a panel discussion on graft sizing in valve-sparing surgery. The discussion was filmed at the 2016 Aortic Valve Repair Summit.
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Cardiac
October 2, 2016
Ruben Osnabrugge interviews EACTS Secretary General and CTSNet President Pieter Kappetein about the highlights of the 2016 EACTS Annual Meeting.
September 30, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa patient resource explaining what to expect the first three days after cardiac surgery.
September 29, 2016
David Taggart of the University of Oxford, UK, argues that CABG remains the best therapy for coronary artery disease.
September 27, 2016
In this single institution retrospective study of postoperative cardiac surgery patients, serum potassium and magnesium levels at times when postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) occured were compared with levels in patients who did not experience POAF. The incidence of POAF was 37%, and was associated with increasing magnesium levels.
September 27, 2016
This analysis of PARTNER data evaluated the impact of chronic kidney disease (CKD) on outcomes after TAVR. Patients were grouped according to GFR as none/mild, moderate, and severe renal disease. Severe disease was most common among women with diabetes.
September 27, 2016
The authors conducted a meta-analysis of propensity-scored matched patients in published studies to assess outcomes of right internal mammary artery (RIMA) and radial artery (RA) as second conduits for CABG. Eight studies included nearly 3000 matched pairs.
September 27, 2016
This single institution retrospective review assessed outcomes of AVR in patients with concomitant aortic root disease using a composite graft. Early mortality was 5.3% and was related to advanced age, poor NYHA status, urgent operation, and associated MVR or CABG.
September 27, 2016
The authors demonstrate how to perform mitroaortic replacement using the David Technique in a case of prosthethic endocarditis.
September 27, 2016
The Duke group analyzed their group of patients undergoing proximal aortic operations during a 9-year period (n=869) to determine the incidence and etiology of reintervention on the aorta during follow-up.