CTSNet hosted a webinar on January 18, 2025, featuring a transatlantic panel of cardiologists and cardiac surgeons discussing the topic “Unifying Revascularization Guidelines Across Continents and Specialties.”
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Cardiac
January 22, 2025
January 20, 2025
This video documents how to perform a second redo mitral valve replacement in an 82-year-old woman with a previous mitral valve repair and replacement.
January 17, 2025
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Jessica Hungate about her novel pericardial patch for mitral valve replacement in the setting of mitral annular calcification (MAC), as demonstrated in “The Mitral Patch Technique for Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC).”
January 16, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning dives into the best resources available for cardiothoracic surgery professionals.
January 16, 2025
In this study-level meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) evaluating the effect of early aortic valve replacement (AVR) versus clinical surveillance (CS) in patients with asymptomatic severe aortic stenosis (AS), four RCTs were identified and included for analysis: AVATAR, RECOVERY, EARLY TAVR, EVOLVED.
January 16, 2025
The development of robotic surgical systems in cardiac surgery has significantly impacted the field, reducing the invasive nature of certain cardiac surgical procedures in recent decades.
January 16, 2025
In this article, the authors provide the first global quantification of women cardiac surgeons (WCS) and examine factors related to workforce diversity. The authors report that women constitute 8.0 percent (1,178/14,651) of the international cardiac surgical workforce, with a median of 0.00 WCS per million women (IQR: 0.00–0.09).
January 15, 2025
At the 2024 WTS conference, Dr. Ammara Watkins spoke with Dr. Deniz Piyadeoğlu about her research on gender differences in ergonomics within cardiothoracic surgery.
January 14, 2025
This video demonstrates the implantation of a modified Micra Pediatric Implantable Pulse Generator with FDA approval for off-label use in an infant diagnosed with unspecified atrioventricular heart block and a history of pentalogy of Cantrell.
January 13, 2025
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how the MitraClips failed in an 88-year-old patient prior to removing them and performing a mitral valve replacement via a hemisternotomy.