In this video, the authors present their totally endoscopic technique for aortic valve replacement with a bovine pericardial prosthesis, using a 3D endoscope, one 3 cm working incision, and two 10 mm ports.
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August 20, 2019
August 19, 2019
In a QI study of nearly 5,400 operations, 188 adverse events were recorded. Of these, over 56% were associated with human error. Of all human performance deficiencies, cognitive error accounted for over half.
August 19, 2019
Ever wonder why your patients get respiratory infections postoperatively? Here's another risk factor. Almost 95% of hospital caregivers completed at least one shift while ill with an acute upper respiratory infection during flu season, despite hospital policies against such behavior. This was more common among physicians than among nurses.
August 16, 2019
The FDA-approved use of TAVR has now expanded to low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis. This includes both Edwards Lifesciences' Sapien 3 and Sapien 3 Ultra as well as Medtronic's Evolut R and Evolut PRO.
August 15, 2019
Filmed at the 2019 AATS Annual Meeting in Toronto, Canada, Marc Moon of Washington University in St Louis, Missouri, moderates a discussion on wellness in cardiothoracic surgery.
August 15, 2019
Using a machine learning algorithm, resource utilization among more than 1 million Medicare patients undergoing one of 6 operations including CABG and lung resection was analyzed. Super users comprised 4.8% of the cohort but consumed 31.7% of the resources. Risk factors for super use included paraplegia/hemiplegia, weight loss, and CHF combined wit
August 14, 2019
Filmed at the Heart Valve Society Annual Meeting 2019 in Sitges, Spain, Sir Magdi Yacoub and Patrick Serruys discuss the future of tissue engineered valves.
August 13, 2019
The translational value for cardiac transplantation of this prospective multi-centre clinical study of vasodilation in amyloidosis remains to be evaluated.
August 13, 2019
A most educative cross-Atlantic retrospective study on an always important question. The short accompanying video is also valuable!
August 13, 2019
This video describes a systematic approach to mitral valve repair, highlighting five techniques that are utilized at the Cleveland Clinic to repair the vast majority of degenerative mitral valve cases.