Dr T. Sloane Guy discusses the motivation behind CTSNet's first Guest Editor Series topic and describes the important cardiac surgery techniques that it covers.
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Cardiac
January 16, 2018
In this study with 663 TAVI patients, the authors investigated the predictors for next day discharge (NDD). After excluding cases that did not have a minimalist transfemoral approach, 150 patients had NDD and 210 patients had non-NDD.
January 16, 2018
This video demonstrates a stage I elephant trunk procedure and aortic valve repair via partial sternotomy, for a woman who presented with aortic valve insufficiency and an aortic aneurysm extending from the ascending to descending thoracic aorta.
January 13, 2018
Using a group of nearly 23,000 individuals in four community-based longitudinal cohorts, the authors studied those who developed heart failure (HF) with either preserved (633) or reduced (841) ejection fraction (EF). HF with reduced EF was more strongly associated with natriuretic peptide, troponin, and C-reactive protein than was HF with preserved
January 13, 2018
Interesting research/opinion piece about how the introduction of robots has forced a change in surgical training, with some residents gaining skill through a process of "shadow learning."
January 11, 2018
De Beaufort and colleagues assessed the outcomes of acute aortic dissections in 258 consecutive patients with Marfan syndrome in the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (IRAD) database, comparing these with the dissection outcomes in the general population.
January 10, 2018
Folliguet and colleagues report on 145 patients from three French centers who underwent transcarotid aortic valve implantation. The procedures were successful in all. Eight patients suffered a stroke, and one patient had a localized carotid dissection.
January 10, 2018
The authors review their clinical experience with management of postoperative chylothorax among 97 patients. They favor duct ligation over embolization, and recommend intervention in patients with outputs greater than 1,100/day.
January 10, 2018
A good follow up for repair of mitral insufficiency due to excessive leaflet mobility, confirming good results for what appears again to be a not very lethal condition. (Be aware of the somewhat confusing abbreviation "MI" for mitral insufficiency.)
January 9, 2018
This video demonstrates the resection of a fibroelastoma in the left ventricular outflow tract using a minimally invasive approach.