Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how to perform a complex repair of a mitral valve with a heavily calcified posterior leaflet. He shows how to perform a sternotomy, place an annuloplasty ring, and how to decalcify the leaflet.
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May 9, 2016
This presentation describes the basic surgical techniques and steps required for successfully performing a valve-sparing root replacement.
May 6, 2016
New Online Journal CME activities are now available from The Annals of Thoracic Surgery.
May 5, 2016
Is an open, endovascular, or hybrid approach the most effective treatment for thoraco-abdominal aortic aneurysm? An international panel debates the merits and pitfalls of each approach.
May 4, 2016
Pierre-Emmanuel Falcoz of Nouvel Hôpital Civil, Strasbourg, France, discusses the use of ECMO in thoracic surgery.
May 3, 2016
The authors report on the surgical approach and technique for using the da Vinci Xi and robotic stapler in three different general thoracic cases.
May 2, 2016
This video demonstrates a technique for transmyocardial laser revascularization using a VATS approach.
April 29, 2016
CTSNet and SCTS are excited to bring Perspectives in Cardiothoracic Surgery: The SCTS Ionescu University to the cardiothoracic surgery community, free of charge.
April 28, 2016
Stephen Westaby reflects on his extraordinary career in cardiac surgery in an interview with Leanne Harling, which was filmed at the 2015 EACTS Annual Meeting in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
April 27, 2016
Should off-pump CABG be abandoned? Joseph Sabik of the Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, suggests that while off-pump CABG should not be completely abandoned, it should no longer be the default option.
April 26, 2016
This video demonstrates a radical resection of a Pancoast tumor through a VATS hybrid approach.
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