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Cardiac

September 19, 2024
This study examined the long-term survival of patients undergoing multiarterial grafting (MAG) versus single-arterial grafting (SAG) in coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
September 19, 2024
Ischemic cardiomyopathy (ICM) accounts for more than 60 percent of congestive heart failure cases and is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. Myocardial revascularization in patients with left ventricular dysfunction (LVD) and a left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF ≤35 percent) is intended to improve survival and quality of life.
September 19, 2024
A cardiac team at King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Centre (KFSHRC) in Riyadh, Saudia Arabia, has achieved a historic milestone by performing the world’s first fully robotic heart transplant. This groundbreaking surgery was performed by Dr. Feras Khaliel on a 16-year-old patient suffering from end-stage heart failure .
September 19, 2024
The authors describe the process and results of implementing a unit-based training program focused on specialized arrest management and resternotomy using the STS cardiac surgical resuscitation (CSR) protocol. Notable staff improvements included better understanding of key roles, activating and initiating the emergency resternotomy protocol, and impo
September 19, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Brian Houseman about VATS vs robotic lobectomy. They discuss training programs, the speed and efficiency of VATS, advanced chemotherapy cases, instruments used, safety, and the difference in pain for robotic-assisted surgery vs VATS.
September 17, 2024
This video demonstrates the technique of robotic-assisted ligation of an aberrant right subclavian artery using a left-sided thoracoscopic approach followed by an open subclavian to carotid transposition for management of dysphagia lusoria.
September 16, 2024
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates an Onyx Chord-X chordal repair of a P1 prolapse and insertion of a posterior annuloplasty ring through a mini sternotomy.
September 16, 2024
This video demonstrates an Onyx Chord-X chordal repair of a prolapsing medial commissure of the mitral valve and insertion of a posterior annuloplasty ring through a mini sternotomy. 
September 13, 2024
At the Transcatheter Heart Valves Greece 2024 conference, leading surgeons delivered presentations on various aspects of TAVI. The leading surgeons include Michael Borger, V. Androutsopoulou, Teoman Kilic, and Gregory Pattakos.
September 12, 2024
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet EIC Joel Dunning speaks with Ahmed Abbas about the recent Karbala conference he organized. They discuss the quality of heart surgery in Iraq, how many available facilities there are, how cardiothoracic surgery differs in Iraq from other countries, and the challenges of performing cardiothoracic surgery in Iraq.

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