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This video documents the emergency treatment of a patient with an acute aortic intramural hematoma.
October 11, 2018
Filmed at the 2018 STS Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Jill Ley of the California Pacific Medical Center in San Francisco, California, USA, moderates a discussion on developing and fostering cardiothoracic surgical teams.
October 9, 2018
The authors demonstrate a successful pulmonary thromboendarterectomy, performed for a 37-year-old woman with chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension.
October 2, 2018
This video demonstrates the insertion of postoperative temporary epicardial pacing wires. The authors detail the procedure in a step-by-step fashion, using diagrams and surgical video to illustrate key technical elements.
September 27, 2018
In this interview, Shruti Jayakumar and Martin Elliott discuss his path to and experience in congenital heart surgery.
September 25, 2018
The authors demonstrate their multidisciplinary approach to aortic valve replacement using a right anterior minithoracotomy, the implantation of a sutureless Perceval® S Valve, and ultrafast-track anesthetic protocols.
September 24, 2018
The authors demonstrate a combined transaortic and transapical approach to septal myectomy for complex long-segment hypertrophy.
September 20, 2018
Filmed at the 2018 STS Annual Meeting in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Jay Pal of the University of Colorado moderates a discussion on medical volunteerism.
September 18, 2018
This video demonstrates the steps of an acute type A aortic dissection repair.
September 17, 2018
The authors present a myectomy, mitral plication, and chord cutting for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy through a transaortic approach.
September 4, 2018
The authors demonstrate a transcatheter aortic valve that was implanted in the mitral position in the setting of severe mitral annular calcification.