In a debate filmed at the 2015 SCTS Annual Meeting in Manchester, United Kingdom, Friedrich-Wilhelm Mohr and Francis Wells offer different perspectives on how best to treat non-complex degenerative mitral valve disease.
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Cardiac
January 20, 2016
In an interview filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Leanne Harling talks with Gebrine El Khoury, a pioneer of aortic valvuloplasty.
January 18, 2016
HOCM with a high intracavitary gradient is a challenging operation. The endoscopic transmitral approach provides the surgeon with better visualization of the hypertrophic muscle to be resected.
January 14, 2016
Filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting, an international panel of experts discuss the use of the frozen elephant trunk procedure in the treatment of aneurysm and dissection.
January 13, 2016
Comprehensive review article on the role of periperative statin therapy in patients undergoing coronary revascularization.
January 12, 2016
The authors of this paper aimed to study the frequency and predictors of internal mammary artery (IMA) failure in 1539 patients who underwent IMA revascularization of the left anterior descending (LAD) artery. IMA failure was defined as >75% stenosis at a follow-up of 12-18 months. They found that IMA failure occured in 8.6%.
January 12, 2016
Left ventricular pseudoaneurysm is a rare mechanical complication of ischemic heart disease. This video demonstrates a repair of a large left ventricular pseudoaneurysm with two layers of patches.
January 9, 2016
The authors performed a randomized control study of 178 patients with heart failure and systolic dyssynchrony who were accepted for CABG, randomizing the participants into two groups: CABG alone (n=87) and CABG + concomitant epicardial CRT (n=91). CRT was activated postoperatively.
January 7, 2016
In a discussion filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, Jan Gummert and Hermann Reichenspurner consider the current state of heart transplantation, including LVADs and the total artificial heart.
January 6, 2016
Michael Acker of the University of Pennsylvania Health System, Philadelphia, gives an in-depth talk on the current state of temporary mechanical circulatory support practices in the United States.