At the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 2024 Annual Conference, physician and engineer Dr. Roderic I. Pettigrew presented “Toward CV Health and Longevity: Perspectives on Microstructure, Flow, and Mechanosensing.”
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October 14, 2024
This video demonstrates a Cox Maze III procedure and mitral valve repair of a calcified annulus. Dr. Vince Gaudiani shows how to make an incision from the medial tricuspid trigone to the inferior vena cava and how to decalcify the A1 and P1 leaflets.
October 14, 2024
Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how to perform a complex repair of a calcified posterior leaflet. He shows how to cannulate the femoral vein, remove calcium from under the leaflet, and how to reattach the leaflet.
October 11, 2024
At the TCHVG 2024 conference, leading surgeons delivered presentations on aortic valves. The leading surgeons include Michael J. Reardon and Juan F. Granada.
October 11, 2024
Neonatal epicardial pacemaker implantation is a necessary surgery due to the lack of transcatheter options for neonates. Congenital and post-surgical heart blocks in the neonatal population can only be treated by surgical intervention. The authors present the technical aspects of surgical implantation of an epicardial pacemaker.
October 10, 2024
This video demonstrates a thoracoscopic resection of esophageal leiomyoma in a 51-year-old female patient who presented with shortness of breath, low appetite, weight loss, and thoracic discomfort for a year.
October 9, 2024
This video demonstrates a surgical correction of a 21-months-old infant female diagnosed with pentalogy of Cantrell and a persistent left superior vena cava without a bridging vein.
October 8, 2024
The patient was a 68-year-old male with a type 3 paraesophageal hernia (PEH) recurrence post receiving a Nissen fundoplication. This video demonstrates a robotic hernia repair, which required the use of both abdominal and thoracic entry approaches.
October 7, 2024
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.
October 7, 2024
This video shows an 80-year-old patient who had severe mitral and tricuspid regurgitation with pulmonary hypertension. During surgery, Dr. Vince Gaudiani also discovered a sinus venosus defect.
October 7, 2024
In this new CTSNet series, Dr. Lorena Montes invited top cardiac surgeons from around the world to contribute clinical videos on various aortic root surgery techniques.