Prakash P. Punjabi of the National Heart and Lung Institute and the Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust in London, United Kingdom, presents a discussion on using midline sternotomy for mitral surgery.
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Cardiac
January 8, 2020
A medium size RCT with encouraging surgical outcomes in the era of TAVI expansion.....
January 8, 2020
In this video, Alaaddin Yilmaz performs a totally endoscopic aortic valve replacement with a 2 cm utility incision and totally endoscopic suturing.
January 7, 2020
Leanne Harling interviews Stephen Westaby about his extraordinary career in cardiac surgery, from his early interest in cardiac surgery to his pursuit of innovative treatments, including the artificial heart.
January 7, 2020
Tom Nguyen interviews former Navy SEAL Brian Ferguson about the pursuit of performance excellence in medicine, and particularly in the realm of cardiothoracic surgery.
January 7, 2020
Dr Om Prakesh Yadava and Professor Vinayak Bapat discuss transcatheter approaches and sutureless valves implanted by minimally invasive approaches.
January 7, 2020
Mara Antonoff, Pavan Atluri, Marko Turina, and Moritz Wyler von Ballmoos discuss the role of research for academic career advancement.
January 7, 2020
The authors present a patient with cardiomyopathy peripartum that led to low output syndrome, where it was supported with ECMO-LVAD system, having partially recovered the heart.
January 3, 2020
Using a standardized intraoperative autologous blood donation protocol, surgical complications, postoperative transfusions, and transfusion volumes were all reduced.
January 3, 2020
The authors aimed to analyze the outcome of transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) via carotid arteries. Included are more than 10,000 patients. The study showed a similar two-year outcome regardless of access. Transcarotid TAVI was associated with higher risk of stroke but lower rate of access site complications.