This study analyzed results of aortic valve repair in patients with tricuspid aortic valves and aortic regurgitation caused by prolapse, comparing the results in cases caused by cusp fermentation and myxomatous degeneration.
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Cardiac
June 21, 2023
This video discusses the surgical treatment of a very rare cardiac hydatid cyst with right intraventricular extension.
June 19, 2023
This case report presents the first procedure of a successful implantation of a rapid deployment aortic valve over a mechanical bileaflet valve.
June 15, 2023
The authors performed a systematic review to determine whether direct oral anticoagulants (DOACs) are as safe and effective as vitamin K antagonists in the three months after bioprosthetic valve replacement.
June 15, 2023
This is a groundbreaking article that, for the first time, compares port access mitral surgery with sternotomy in a randomized multicenter trial. It demonstrates benefits for surgery through a minimal access route and, most importantly, that it is as safe as open surgery.
June 14, 2023
In this interview, conducted by CTSNet Global Senior Editor Emily Farkas at the 2023 Annual Meeting of the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, surgeon-scientist Loretta Erhunmwunsee shares stories and strategies for creating cross-cultural connections to understand patients’ needs, goals, and appropriate care.
June 12, 2023
This video shows a quick, safe, and reproducible technique for percutaneous SVC cannulation without using dilators, and decannulation without using manual compression.
June 8, 2023
Through the Palestine Children’s Relief Fund (PCRF), a group of Italian doctors and nurses traveled to the Gaza Strip to perform cardiac surgery on a group of ten children with congenital heart disease.
June 8, 2023
The authors investigated the outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for retrograde Stanford type A acute aortic dissection (R-AAAD) at their institution. The early- and mid-term outcomes of thoracic endovascular aortic repair for R-AAAD in nineteen patients were satisfactory, but long-term follow-up is needed.
June 6, 2023
This video showcases a successful posterior postinfarction ventricular septal defect closure parachuting two composite handmade patches through the aortic valve and the tricuspid valve—without performing a left ventriculotomy.