Duke Cameron of the Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, Maryland, discusses the surgical management of the aortic root in acute aortic dissection.
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Cardiac
August 26, 2015
Vinod Thourani, Michael Mack, Wilson, Szeto, Eric Roselli, and Gorav Ailawadi discuss percutaneous mitral valve repair at the 2015 STS Annual Meeting.
August 25, 2015
Mahesh Ramchandani of Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, discusses the use of the AngioVac device for removal of unwanted intravascular material.
August 22, 2015
Outcomes of robotic vs nonrobotic cardiac surgery were evaluated using 1:2 propensity score matching of patients in the Nationwide Inpatient Sample. Operations included valves/septae (10%), coronary arteries (47%), and other. Mean costs were 7.5% higher for robotic cases. Robotic procedures had shorter length of stay (5 vs 6 days), lower mortality
August 21, 2015
This protocol outlines the multidisciplinary approach to perioperative blood management for cardiac surgical patients at the California Pacific Medical Center.
August 20, 2015
This video demonstrates the surgical resection technique for a right atrial myxoma.
August 19, 2015
Olaf Wendler of King’s College Hospital, London, UK, discusses the surgical treatment of aortic infections, including aortic root endocarditis and mycotic aortic aneurysm.
August 18, 2015
Denton Cooley, founder of the Texas Heart Institute, was the first US surgeon to perform a heart transplant and implant an artificial heart. He discusses his incredible career with Mohamad Bashir in a new CTSNet interview.
August 18, 2015
This paper is now one of the largest meta-analyses performed to compare off and on pump CABG. It demonstrates comparable outcomes between the two groups.
August 16, 2015
The authors investigate the safety of minimally invasive Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement (MA-TAVR) and its learning curve. MA-TAVR was performed by a team consisting of a cardiologist and cardiac surgeon. The patient was teated in a catheterization laboratory under conscious sedation.