In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how the MitraClips failed in an 88-year-old patient prior to removing them and performing a mitral valve replacement via a hemisternotomy.
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December 14, 2018
Do not miss the First Collaborative Course on Thoracic Oncology, organized by the European Society for Thoracic Surgery in collaboration with the European Respiratory Society, from February 11-13, 2019, in Hamburg, Germany.
December 13, 2018
Filmed at the 2018 EACTS Annual Meeting in Milan, Italy, Shanda Blackmon moderates a discussion on the role of women in cardiothoracic surgery.
December 13, 2018
Torsten Doenst of the University Hospital Jena in Germany presents the argument for minimally invasive techniques over median sternotomy in the treatment of mitral valve disease.
December 12, 2018
The authors discuss the extraction of a rosary bead that was inhaled by a 4-year-old boy using rigid bronchoscopy.
December 11, 2018
This video demonstrates a proximal anastomosis. The authors detail the procedure in a step-by-step fashion, using diagrams and surgical video to illustrate key technical elements.
December 10, 2018
This video demonstrates how imaging-assisted surgery can enhance the prospects of robotic pulmonary segmentectomy.
December 7, 2018
December 7, 2018
New Online Journal CME activities are now available from The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
December 6, 2018
Leanne Harling talks with John McKenna about the role of industry in cardiothoracic surgical advances.