This video shows an extended septal myectomy on an eight-year-old boy with hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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Congenital
March 24, 2015
Pieter Kappetein moderates a lively conversation on cardiothoracic surgery training throughout the world. Walter Gomes, Jose Pomar, Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos, and Stephen Yang share perspectives on CT training in South America, Europe, and the United States.
March 3, 2015
412 Fontan patients were evaluated retrospectively for long-term correlations between postoperative haemodynamics and anticoagulant regimens with haemostatic events. Thrombo-embolic events were observed in 2.7% and haemorrhagic events in 4.4% of patients. Risk factors are analysed for both short- and long-term complications.
March 2, 2015
This study examined the utility/accuracy of an administrative database compared to the STS Congenital Database for the outcome of mortality, which is used to rank quality. The administrative database had substantially lower volume and mortality numbers than the STS Database, resulting in ranking differences of 5 or more places for 24% of hospitals.
February 21, 2015
The meta-analysis by Kowalewski et al found that implantable gentamicin collagen sponges significantly reduced the incidence of sternal wound infections by nearly 40%.
February 18, 2015
Lymphangiomas, because of their underlying inherent properties—benign and fluid filled—make them ideal for a minimally invasive approach, in particular when involving the chest wall. However, there is limited experience with the use of these techniques in the management of these complex lesions.
February 4, 2015
Recorded via Google Hangouts, this roundtable discussion focuses on the impact of “human factors” in cardiothoracic surgery. Joel Dunning moderates the discussion with Tara Bartley, Arie Blitz, and Jill Ley.
February 3, 2015
This video shows the surgical correction of two large thoracic aortic aneurysms in a 15-year-old girl.
January 29, 2015
The author recounts the posttraumatic distress that Captain Scully and other crewmembers experienced after the emergency landing of US Airways Flight 1549 on the Hudson River in New York City. She describes the counseling this team required after executing a nearly perfect recovery from a potentially disastrous aviation event. The author wonders wh
January 24, 2015
The Columbia group performed a retrospective analysis of 46 balloon atrial septostomies in 32 patients with severe and medically refractory PAH from 2002-2013. There were no procedural deaths or complications. BAS was safely used as a bridge to lung transplantation or to alleviate right heart failure symptoms and/or syncope.