This retrospective analysis of the BTT continuous flow (CF) LVAD experience from Harefield Hospital addresses the question: "What are the predictors of the requirement for an RVAD at the time of LVAD implantation?" Of the 152 patients included in the study, 23% underwent RVAD implantation.
ALERT!
This site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 8 (or older).
Please upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use an alternate browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
Cardiac
August 3, 2015
In this manuscript the authors describe their findings in a retrospective review of prospectively obtained 5-year follow up data on 353 patients undergoing transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) with the CoreValve prosthesis in 8 Italian centres.Transfemoral access was used in 317 patients (89.8%); in the rest of the patients in whom the tran
July 30, 2015
Joel Dunning moderates a discussion on the subxiphoid approach in cardiac and general thoracic surgery with Mark Levinson, Chia Chaun Liu, and Takashi Suda.
July 29, 2015
The University of Virginia group retrospectively analyzed all non-emergent cardiac cases performed at their center from 2008 to 2013, and separated the nonemergent cases into two groups: "Early start" cases had an incision time before 3 PM, and "late start" cases, after 3 PM.
July 28, 2015
This article offers a much needed comprehensive overview of temporary pacing strategies specific to cardiac surgical patients.
July 28, 2015
This video demonstrates the treatment of a 64-year-old male who presented with right-sided heart failure symptoms. The patient had a severely dilated right sub-coronary sinus of Valsalva aneurysm, causing right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
July 27, 2015
Clinical trials evaluating transcatheter mitral valve interventions for severe mitral regurgitation (MR) are complex.
July 24, 2015
In this oral history interview filmed in 2000, William Stoney talks with Anthony Dobell.
July 22, 2015
Mayo Clinic surgeons describe and illustrate the techniques they utilize to relieve obstruction in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in those circumstances where it is difficult to adequately expose the basal and midventricular septum through the aortic root. In selected patients, either at primary myectomy or at redo myectomy, septal excision can be appro
July 21, 2015
The presence of lymphoma within the heart has both local and systemic effects. This case report describes a patient who presented with evidence of right-sided heart failure secondary to cardiac involvement of systemic lymphoma.