In May 2015, a CardioStart International medical team was scheduled to help initiate a cardiac program at Kathmandu University in Nepal, but, in the wake of a devastating earthquake, the team instead assisted with earthquake relief efforts.
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Cardiac
October 13, 2016
In an interview with Joel Dunning, Emily Farkas discusses her humanitarian work, including a recent surgical mission to Nepal.
October 13, 2016
This is the first report of the use of a balloon expandable transcatheter heart valve (Edwards Sapiens 3) for TAVI in chronic aortic regurgitation (AR) involving non-calcified native valves. The authors implanted Edwards Sapiens 3 prostheses in three patients with severe AR deemed inoperable by the heart team.
October 13, 2016
This single-center study explored the relationship between spontaneous echo contrast (SEC) and the incidence of thromboembolism and CVA in 98 patients undergoing peripheral VA ECMO. Twenty-two percent of patients had SEC while they were on ECMO. Those exhibiting SEC had significantly higher rates of intracardiac thrombus (46% v.
October 13, 2016
This single center retrospective study analyzed the incidence of permanent pacemaker requirement in 108 consecutive patients undergoing sutureless aortic valve replacement with the Perceval S bioprosthesis.
October 12, 2016
In the FREEDOM trial, 1900 diabetic patients were randomized between coronary bypass surgery and percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI). Of these, 451 patients had chronic kidney disease (CKD) with a GFR 30-60 mL/min/1.73m2, and the remaining patients were categorized as having no CKD.
October 12, 2016
Gianni Angelini of Imperial College, London, UK, considers the evidence for single versus multiple arterial grafts in coronary bypass surgery.
October 6, 2016
Niv Ad of the Inova Heart and Vascular Institute, Falls Church, Virginia, discusses his approach to the cryosurgical Cox Maze procedure.
October 4, 2016
Mohamad Bashir of Barts Heart Centre, London, United Kingdom, moderates a panel discussion on graft sizing in valve-sparing surgery. The discussion was filmed at the 2016 Aortic Valve Repair Summit.
October 2, 2016
Ruben Osnabrugge interviews EACTS Secretary General and CTSNet President Pieter Kappetein about the highlights of the 2016 EACTS Annual Meeting.