This video documents the emergency treatment of a patient with an acute aortic intramural hematoma.
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October 18, 2024
This video provides updates on the Y-incision aortic annular enlargement and includes a demonstration and discussion of the technique.
October 18, 2024
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet EIC Joel Dunning discusses the highlights of the 38th EACTS Annual Meeting and reviews several important presentations. He discusses the speeches from engineer Amy Kertok on the interdisciplinary intersection of medicine and technology, and the presidential speech delivered by Franca Melfi on perseverance.
October 17, 2024
This is a highly novel way for performing an aortic root replacement, where the aorta is opened but not resected, and the coronary buttons are not harvested. Instead, the valsalva root graft is placed into the aortic annulus, and the coronary arteries are then sutured to the graft in situ without cutting the wall of the aorta.
October 16, 2024
The authors introduce their technique of using the Freestyle xenograft root as an alternative to homograft in the Ross procedure.
October 15, 2024
The authors present the case of a 39-year-old woman with a diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, a mutation found on FBN1, and aortic root dilatation. She underwent an aortic valve reimplantation using the T. David-V Stanford modification.
October 14, 2024
This video demonstrates an 82-year-old male undergoing an aortic root replacement with a bioprosthesis.
October 14, 2024
This video demonstrates a Cox Maze III procedure and mitral valve repair of a calcified annulus. Dr. Vince Gaudiani shows how to make an incision from the medial tricuspid trigone to the inferior vena cava and how to decalcify the A1 and P1 leaflets.
October 14, 2024
Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how to perform a complex repair of a calcified posterior leaflet. He shows how to cannulate the femoral vein, remove calcium from under the leaflet, and how to reattach the leaflet.
October 11, 2024
At the TCHVG 2024 conference, leading surgeons delivered presentations on aortic valves. The leading surgeons include Michael J. Reardon and Juan F. Granada.
October 11, 2024
Neonatal epicardial pacemaker implantation is a necessary surgery due to the lack of transcatheter options for neonates. Congenital and post-surgical heart blocks in the neonatal population can only be treated by surgical intervention. The authors present the technical aspects of surgical implantation of an epicardial pacemaker.