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Reinterventions in patients with congenital aortic stenosis and a commissurotomy

Open Heart

Background In congenital aortic stenosis (CAS), commissurotomy is an option in patients not suitable to receive a valve prosthesis. However, there is often a need for future additional interventions on the aortic valve. The fate of the aortic valve is, however, essentially unknown. males) were identified.

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New Study Finds Mechanical Valves Offer Superior Long-Term Survival for Aortic Valve Replacement Patients Aged 60 and Younger

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

The decision between a bioprosthetic and mechanical valve is one of the most consequential for patients requiring aortic valve replacement, said Michael Bowdish, MD, lead author of the study and a cardiothoracic surgeon at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in Los Angeles.

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Patients Who Received Ross Procedure Demonstrate Excellent Survival Rates after 20 Years

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Adult Cardiac

Shettys team followed 252 patients who underwent the Ross procedure, a heart valve replacement operation commonly used to treat younger patients with severe aortic valve disease. Freedom from aortic regurgitation was 95.1%, 92.2%, 87.7%, and 84.5% Shettys team found that survival rates were 95.8% at 5 years, 94.3% at 10 years, 93.3%

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Aortic valve replacement in a bicuspid aortic valve patient followed by reoperation for ascending aorta rupture: a case report

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV), the most common congenital cardiac anomaly, predisposes individuals to aortic stenosis and regurgitation due to valve degeneration.

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Contribution of rare chromosome 22q11.2 copy number variants to non-syndromic bicuspid aortic valve

Heart BMJ

Background Bicuspid aortic valve (BAV) is the most common congenital heart defect in adults, often leading to complications such as thoracic aortic aneurysms and aortic stenosis. While BAV is frequently associated with 22q11.2 This study is aimed to assess the role of rare 22q11.2 region (18–24 Mb).

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Peripandemic outcomes of infants treated for sentinel congenital heart diseases in England and Wales

Open Heart

Background Infants with congenital heart disease (CHD) are clinically vulnerable to cardiac deteriorations and intercurrent infections. We aimed to quantify the impact of health system disruptions during the COVID-19 pandemic, on their clinical outcomes and whether these differed by socioeconomic and ethnic subgroups.

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STS and ASCVTS Join Forces for Aortic Summit

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) and the Asian Society for Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery (ASCVTS) recently co-hosted the inaugural Aortic Summit 2024 in Tokyo, Japan.

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