This video demonstrates various techniques and modifications of the Ross procedure.
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Aortic valve disease
June 16, 2025
This video demonstrates an open implantation of a bioprosthesis, mitral valve replacement, and tricuspid valve repair, which were performed via redo sternotomy in a high-risk patient.
June 13, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 67-year-old male who underwent tricuspid valve repair, leadless pacemaker implantation, and pulmonary and aortic homograft implantation for the treatment of severe endocarditis.
June 10, 2025
This video demonstrates a combined surgical intervention involving aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, and tricuspid valve repair through a single minimally invasive approach— a right anterior thoracotomy in the third intercostal space.
June 9, 2025
This video demonstrates a simple and reproducible chest tube snaring technique that allows safe and controlled explantation of transcatheter aortic valve replacement prostheses with minimal risk of damage to surrounding structures.
May 30, 2025
This video demonstrates the repair of a membranous ventricular septal defect (VSD) several weeks post transcatheter aortic valve replacement with an unrecognized root rupture, highlighting the VSD patch, root enlargement, and left ventricular venting via the left atrial appendage.
May 28, 2025
This case review discusses the successful management of a rare complication during transcatheter aortic valve implantation in which the valve migrated to the left ventricle, requiring emergent removal and surgical replacement, emphasizing the importance of a heart team's prompt response for favorable outcomes.
May 27, 2025
In this special one-year anniversary episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Michael Mack about the future of valve surgery.
May 26, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 59-year-old woman with Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis who underwent aortic valve replacement and ascending aortic graft removal followed by annulus repair and Dacron patch placement.
May 23, 2025
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Dr. Gebrine El Khoury, head of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium, delivered a presentation titled “Step-by-Step Technique of Valve-Spring Reimplantation in TAV and BAV.”