Many obstacles challenge cardiac surgery in low- and middle-income countries, despite unmet cardiac surgical needs. One challenge has been providing adequate follow up care to monitor anticoagulation, manage morbidity, and prevent mortality.
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Cardiac
March 19, 2024
March 19, 2024
Heart transplantation (HT) is the only life extending option in adults with congenital heart disease (CHD) and end stage heart failure. This study evaluated outcomes after heart transplantation in adults with univentricular versus biventricular CHD. One-hundred-forty-nine patients were included, 55 of whom (36.9 percent) had univentricular CHD.
March 19, 2024
In this brief review article, the authors discuss the pros and cons of early intervention in patients with moderate aortic valve stenosis.
March 19, 2024
Watch Professor Lars Svensson demonstrate his technique for aortic valve-sparing aortic root replacement and discuss the history of the groundbreaking cardiac surgeries pioneered at Cleveland Clinic.
March 19, 2024
CTSNet continued its webinar series with ASAIO Journal on March 14, 2024 by enrolling cardiac surgery and heart transplantation professionals to discuss the topic, "Donor Heart Preservation and Resuscitating Marginal Donors: Hot or Cold?" Panelists included Dr. Michael E.
March 15, 2024
Dr. Mara Antonoff discusses the benefits of remote monitoring for cardiac surgery patients, including decreased emergency room visits and increased quality of life, with Prof. Kevin Lobdell.
March 15, 2024
These videos demonstrate how to position the heart in total arterial anaortic off-pump CABG without touching the ascending aorta to minimize the risk of stroke, as well as the surgeon’s technique for radial artery to LIMA T graft formation.
March 14, 2024
This week on CTSNet’s flagship podcast, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning focuses on the key elements of the world’s best centers for cardiothoracic surgery ahead of the publication of the CTSNet World’s Best series on Cleveland Clinic, one of the best CT surgery centers in the United States.
March 14, 2024
Between 2001 and 2021, 51 percent (n = 28,012) of US pediatric heart donors underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Donor acceptance was lower after CPR (54 percent versus 66 percent; P < .001) and across successive quartiles of CPR duration (P < .001).
March 14, 2024
This commentary refers to “PCI or CABG for left main coronary artery disease: the SWEDEHEART registry,” by J. Persson et al.