In this Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery interview, Jessica Luc speaks with Lars G. Svensson about his career in cardiac surgery.
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Aorta
January 10, 2021
An interesting retrospective study on the efficacy of the the US screening program for aortic aneurysmal disease in the abdomen. The discussion on the detective importance of clinical examination being complementary to sonography is pertinent.
December 20, 2020
A scholarly metanalytic review on training by surgical simulators. The authors submit that low-fidelity is acceptable, balancing affordable basic inanimate models against the higher cost (and ethics) of zootomy and cadaceric dissection.
December 14, 2020
This video demonstrates the first implantation of E-vita Open NEO in Hong Kong for a patient with chronic arch and descending aortic dissecting aneurysm.
December 7, 2020
This is demonstrates a valve sparing type A dssection in a 45-year-old man.
December 7, 2020
This video demonstrates a straight-forward acute type A aortic dissection repair.
December 4, 2020
This video details the authors' approach to the surgical treatment of uncomplicated acute type A aortic dissections with proximal felt neomedia reconstruction and ascending hemi arch repair.
December 3, 2020
This video describes the most common techniques used in the surgical management of type A aortic dissection.
December 2, 2020
In the video, the authors describe their standard approach for complex zone 2 repair of aortic arch in the setting of type A aortic dissection.
December 1, 2020
The authors depict a method of Type I aortic dissection repair with the use of direct aortic cannulation, moderate hypothermia with antegrade and retrograde cerebral perfusion, frozen elephant trunk, and Cabrol coronary anastomosis to facilitate root replacement.