Topics covered include SVG outcomes over the last 20 years, elimination of SVGs, best practices in SVG harvesting for CABG, and more.
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Cardiac
May 3, 2024
This video demonstrates a frozen elephant trunk procedure with differential temperature control to the head and the body, with the body at 34 °C and the head at 20 °C.
May 2, 2024
In a national analysis of 19,524 patients with preoperative atrial fibrillation undergoing isolated coronary bypass grafting surgery (11,508 patients [58.9 percent]), left atrial appendage closure (4541 patients [23.3 percent]), or with concomitant ablation and left atrial appendage closure (3475 patients [17.8 percent]), concomitant left atrial appe
May 2, 2024
Some patients with infective endocarditis receive exclusively conservative antibiotic treatment due to their comorbidities and high operative risk, despite fulfilling criteria for surgical therapy.
May 2, 2024
Aortic valve regurgitation (AR) often occurs after left ventricular assist device (LVAD) implantation. Transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a viable alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in this cohort, most of whom have a high surgical risk profile. Procedure outcome and survival were analyzed.
May 2, 2024
A fifty-four-year-old woman became the first person to simultaneously receive a gene-edited pig kidney transplant and mechanical heart valve implantation. Surgeons performed the heart pump procedure first before performing the transplant days later.
May 2, 2024
In this video, the authors show their surgical technique for reimplantation of a right coronary artery with an anomalous origin from the aorta in a patient with ischemia with no obstructed coronary arteries.
May 1, 2024
The Cox-Maze procedure is an effective and successful method of surgical ablation. However, for lone atrial fibrillation cases, invasive sternotomy is not feasible. Patients with persistent atrial fibrillation can benefit by combining left atrial endocardial and epicardial interventions. A step-by-step approach of this hybrid totally thoracoscopic maze procedure is demonstrated in this video.
May 1, 2024
Watch EIC Joel Dunning and Prof. Ralph Damiano discuss new guidelines in surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation, barriers to treatment, and Prof. Damiano’s approach to the procedure.
April 30, 2024
April saw a wide variety of content published on CTSNet. Popular articles published this month include two videos from Dr. Tristan Yan’s off-pump CABG series, important news in CT surgery, and a comprehensive webinar on the Ross procedure.