A refreshing , adequately supported by pragmatic imaging, 22 minute presentation from an Arizona meeting that many surgeons would find quite informative and educating. Dr.
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Valve Disease
March 28, 2016
March 21, 2016
This French group retrospectively compared their experience with tricuspid valve replacements (n=188) using either tissue (82%) or mechanical (18%) valves during a >30-year period. Findings from the study included:
March 20, 2016
This instructive paper includes three separate meta-analyses focusing on patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM) after TAVR. These meta-analyses revealed the following:
March 14, 2016
This video shows a tricuspid valve replacement in a patient with severe endocarditis.
March 10, 2016
This video show a mitral valve repair in a 64-year-old woman with class III dyspnea and severe mitral regurgitation.
March 7, 2016
This literature review evaluated 21 studies that included nearly 4000 patients having undergone transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI), specifically focusing on prosthesis-patient mismatch (PPM). Overall prevalence of PPM was 35%, with 8% of patients having severe PPM. PPM occurred less often after TAVI than after surgical AVR. PPM was not
March 7, 2016
Outcomes of tricuspid valve replacement at a single institution over a 4 decade period were reviewed. A bioprosthesis was used in 82%, and the surgical mortality was nearly 28%. Freedom from structural deterioration was better in the mechanical valve group. Mechanical valves were, however, associated with earlier and more severe morbidity, includi
March 2, 2016
Friedrich Mohr of the Heart Center, Leipzig, Germany, discusses his 18 years of experience performing minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
February 29, 2016
This video illustrates complete pericardial leaflet replacement via the Ozaki method, using tissue-engineered bovine pericardium as the leaflet substitute.
February 16, 2016
This video is a step-by-step guide for aortic valve replacement using a porcine stentless bioprosthesis via a modified subcoronary implantation technique.