This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, about lifetime management of heart valve disease.
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Cardiac
July 31, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic left atrial appendage occlusion in an 84-year-old male with long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation, polycythemia vera, and recurrent GI bleeds.
July 30, 2025
In Part 4 of this series, experts discuss mitigating hemorrhages, the use of coagulation factors vs blood products, administration rations, and much more.
July 30, 2025
This article discusses the Ross procedure in young adults with aortic valve disease, highlighting its excellent long-term outcomes, including a 94 percent survival rate at 10 years and a 70 percent survival rate at 25 years.
July 30, 2025
Cardiac valve replacement during pregnancy is a high-risk operation that is performed occasionally when indicated. This study queried the Registry of Pregnancy and Cardiac disease (ROPAC) III database, as well as available cases in the literature, and found an overall maternal mortality of 9 percent, while fetal mortality was 34 percent.
July 30, 2025
In recent years, there has been a trend toward using more bioprosthetic valves compared to mechanical valves in patients under 65 years old.
July 30, 2025
This study examined the effects of cardiac shockwave therapy (SWT) on heart function in patients with ischemic cardiomyopathy. The researchers found that SWT activates Toll-like receptor 3 (TLR3), which plays a key role in reprogramming cardiac fibroblasts into endothelial-like cells.
July 29, 2025
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Professor Pieter Kappetein, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Erasmus Medical Center and Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Medtronic, about the future of revascularization.
July 28, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical management of an aorto-left ventricular tunnel in an 11-month-old infant.
July 25, 2025
At the ASAIO 2025 Annual Conference, Dr. Yeahwa Hong presented on “Utilization of Hearts Donated After Circulatory Death Improves All-Cause Survival in Candidates With Durable Left Ventricular Assist Device.”