Severe aortic regurgitation without calcification of the aortic annulus cannot be treated with transcatheter implantation of a balloon-expandable valve, however, self-expandable valves can be successfully anchored in the absence of annulus calcification.
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Cardiac
November 7, 2017
This video demonstrates how the author teaches a cardiac surgical resident to do a repair of a postinfarction ventricular septal defect.
November 3, 2017
Kamperidis and colleagues report that left ventricular (LV) functional recovery after mitral valve (MV) repair for severe secondary mitral regurgitation is associated with improved patient outcomes.
November 2, 2017
James Tatoulis of the Royal Melbourne Hospital in Australia presents the benefits of choosing the radial artery (RA) as a second or third graft in coronary artery bypass surgery.
November 1, 2017
Mohamad Bashir moderates a discussion on the use of sutureless aortic valves in patients with bicuspid aortic valves, which was filmed at the 2017 STS Annual Meeting in Houston, Texas.
October 31, 2017
This article describes a single-stage surgical repair of pectus excavatum combined with mitral valve repair and David procedure in a patient with Marfan syndrome.
October 30, 2017
A detailed review of the pericardial sinuses on the occasion of discovery of a unilateral pericardial fold caudal to Marshall's ligament. The significance of the structure is discussed as an operating surgical note to ipsilateral pericardial traction/ elevation in beating heart surgery.
October 27, 2017
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By Mark Gerdisch , Christian Shults, Armin Kiankhooy, Eric Okum, Marc La Meir, Patrick McCarthy, Laurie Barron, Gianluigi Bisleri, Niv Ad, Ralph J. Damiano Jr., M.D
October 27, 2017
A measured succinct reflection on MagLev and older ventricular assist devices, on the occasion of a relevant 'expert opinion' paper on the topic.
October 26, 2017
Sotirios Prapas of the Henry Dunant Hospital Center in Athens, Greece, discusses the technique of off-pump coronary artery bypass using two internal mammary arteries.