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August 14, 2019
Filmed at the Heart Valve Society Annual Meeting 2019 in Sitges, Spain, Sir Magdi Yacoub and Patrick Serruys discuss the future of tissue engineered valves.
August 13, 2019
This video describes a systematic approach to mitral valve repair, highlighting five techniques that are utilized at the Cleveland Clinic to repair the vast majority of degenerative mitral valve cases.
August 7, 2019
Three pioneers of Enhanced Recovery After Surgery discuss why its principles can and should apply to every patient admitted for surgical treatment.
August 6, 2019
This video demonstrates a transapical off-pump mitral valve repair case.
August 6, 2019
The authors present a modified no-touch technique of the saphenous vein harvesting in an off-pump coronary artery bypass surgery.
July 31, 2019
The right lateral access for minimally invasive aortic valve surgery is a superior concept, leaving the sternum and ribs untouched and allowing an unbeatable cosmetic result.
July 30, 2019
This video emphasizes technical pearls and pitfalls for a minimally invasive mitral valve repair using adjustable Gore-tex neochords via a right minithoracotomy.
July 24, 2019
The authors report a case of early migration of a self-expanding transcatheter aortic valve prosthesis causing coronary obstruction and myocardial infarction.
July 23, 2019
The authors present herein a type A dissection repair using the Florida sleeve technique, which allows for preservation of the native aortic valve and sinuses.
July 23, 2019
The authors’ method of left ventricular aneurysm repair was hemostatic with no short- or mid-term complications.