The authors present the first autoregulated total artificial heart implant in the United States. The Aeson total artificial heart provides biventricular support with improvements in hemocompatibility and autoregulation in response to higher filling pressures, when compared to previous generations.
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Cardiac
August 18, 2023
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. Marco Di Eusanio presented on frozen elephant trunk without circulatory arrest. Dr. Di Eusanio is a cardiothoracic surgeon at Lancisi Cardiovascular Center and Politechnic University of Marche in Ancona, Italy.
August 17, 2023
This study compared in-hospital mortality risk prediction after cardiac surgery using the EuroSCORE II system with results generated by several machine-learning techniques. The dataset contained 227,087 adult patients, among whom there were 6,258 deaths (2.76 percent).
August 17, 2023
This paper reports the first in-human trial exploring surgical reduction therapy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy (HOCM). Patients recruited to the trial were those who presented with refractory HOCM with disabling symptoms despite best medical management.
August 17, 2023
Can we increase the rate and consistency of organ donation from donors experiencing out-of-hospital arrest? What are the challenges and opportunities associated with procurement from this population?
August 17, 2023
Joel Dunning discusses recent news in CT surgery and the latest CTSNet content.
August 16, 2023
This video provides a case presentation and step-by-step walkthrough for performing off-pump aortic arch debranching.
August 16, 2023
Recently, NICE released guidance from the British regulatory body limiting the Ozaki operation to research until further review, which is scheduled in three calendar years. The overarching concern appears to be the durability of the autoprosthesis. NICE guidelines have the strongest influence in healthcare in the United Kingdom and often abroad.
August 14, 2023
This video explains how a ruptured sinus of Valsalva (RSOV) obscured the presence of ventricular septal defect (VSD) in a patient, who underwent device closure for the same. The presence of VSD caused hemolysis in the patient in the post procedure period, for which it required surgical removal of the device and closure of the RSOV and VSD.