CTSNet livestreamed select sessions from the Birmingham Review Course on September 18, 2020, covering topics in the cardiothoracic specialty.
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Aortic valve disease
August 21, 2020
The authors present a clinical video of modified aortic root reconstruction with valve preservation in a patient with an acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection.
August 20, 2020
The present study reports on the multicenter cohort of patients from the Sutureless and Rapid-Deployment Aortic Valve Replacement International Registry who underwent minimally invasive reoperative aortic valve replacement with a sutureless or rapid-deployment prosthesis.
August 19, 2020
The authors comducted a comparative analysis of the Trifecta and Perimount Magna Ease bioprosthetic valves, using data from a national Finnish database between 2008 and 2017.
August 18, 2020
Leanne Harling talks with Gebrine El Khoury, a pioneer of aortic valvuloplasty, about his distinguished career and specific techniques for aortic valve repair.
August 7, 2020
This manuscript by Hage et al. retrospectively looks into the outcome of more than 2500 patients undergoing aortic arch replacement within the Canadian Thoracic Aortic Collaborative registry. They analyzed risk factors for mortality and stroke.
August 5, 2020
The authors demonstrate a technique to manage the complex aortic pathology with coronary artery disease following percutaneous thoracic endovascular arterial repair in Ishimaru's zone 2, 3, and 4 in a complicated type B aortic dissection.
August 1, 2020
This JANS Note is an editorial in response to a recent publication by Deharo et al comparing TAVR valve-in-valve versus redo-SAVR demonstrating improved short-term outcomes with TAVR ViV. The detail limitations of this study and provide a persuasive argument for the need of a randomized trial comparing both modalities.
July 30, 2020
Complex reoperative arch and root surgery can be safely performed using moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest with selective antegrade cerebral perfusion along with intermittent upper and lower body retrograde perfusion.
July 29, 2020
This video demonstrates a fifth sternotomy for triple valve replacement via combined extended Manouguian and Guiraudon vertical transseptal approach.