DAIC

APRIL 30, 2024

As cardiothoracic surgery continues to evolve, STS has responded by adding new risk models to guide treatment decisions and benchmark performance,” said STS President Jennifer C. The analysis found that mitral replacement increases the risk of operative mortality and other adverse outcomes compared to mitral repair.

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TAVR Aortic valve Tricuspid Coronary Artery Bypass Graft 111

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

APRIL 17, 2024

Current surgical options in mitral valve IE include mitral valve repair (MVr) or replacement (M. Valve infective endocarditis (IE) is a potentially life-threatening condition that affects patients’ livelihoods.

Bicuspid/Mitral 69

Bicuspid/Mitral Research 69

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

MAY 20, 2024

The Society’s 8 in 8 Series offers quick access to important topics in cardiothoracic surgery. This video is based on the webinar from the STS Latin Heart Rounds series titled Rounds on a Patient with Barlow's Disease and Annular Disjunction. No CME credit is associated with the viewing of web-based content.

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Bicuspid/Mitral CME Webinar Cardiothoracic 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MARCH 18, 2024

We investigated long-term outcomes, particularly later aorta operations and overall death in patients who underwent aortic valve replacement for bicuspid aortic valve without aortic surgery.

Aortic valve 52

Aortic valve Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic Outcomes 52

DAIC

JUNE 11, 2024

Columbia University Irving Medical Center’s Division of Cardiology has announced its launch of the Mitral & Tricuspid Center. Tricuspid and mitral valves are debilitating conditions that can lead to arrhythmias, hypertension, and heart failure.

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Tricuspid Bicuspid/Mitral Heart Valves Innovation 52

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Early Career

NOVEMBER 19, 2024

Image Blog Managing Relationships with Patients Early career cardiothoracic surgeons have many important relationships that need to be managed and developed. Image News STS Boot Camp: Refine Skills Through Hands-on Practice From August 22 - 25, 2024, 60 first-year cardiothoracic surgery residents took part in the STS Boot Camp in Chicago.

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Cardiothoracic Blog Webinar Aortic valve 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JUNE 27, 2024

There is limited data on the 2-year outcomes of transapical transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TA-TEER) using the ValveClamp in patients with severe primary mitral regurgitation (MR) and its impact on myocardi.

Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Bicuspid/Mitral Outcomes Research 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

DECEMBER 30, 2024

Here, we present a compelling case of windsock mitral va. Windsock deformities, though rare, represent a severe form of valvular aneurysm distinguished by localized balloon-like protrusions of the leaflet body.

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Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic valve Aneurysm Aortic 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Mitral valve (MV) repair for Carpentier functional classification Type II (C-II) mitral regurgitation (MR) is widely accepted because of its efficacy. It is unclear whether MV repair has the same benefits in e.

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Bicuspid/Mitral Research 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JANUARY 22, 2025

Mitral and aortic annular calcification is an age-related degenerative process that can result in severe mitral and/or aortic stenosis and/or regurgitation. Annular calcification not only increases the surgica.

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Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic Stenosis 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JULY 2, 2024

Although mitral valve repair is the preferred surgical strategy in children with mitral valve disease, there are cases of irreparable severe dysplastic valves that require mitral valve replacement. The aim of.

Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Bicuspid/Mitral Outcomes Research 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MAY 6, 2024

Injury to coronary arteries during mitral surgery is a rare but life-threatening procedural complication, an anomalous origin and course of the left circumflex artery (LCx) increase this risk. Recognizing the.

Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JUNE 20, 2024

Pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa (PMAIF) is a rare complication of infective endocarditis or aortic valve surgery. Surgical treatment is suggested, but the long-term follow-up of conse.

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Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic Aortic valve 59

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JUNE 11, 2024

Iatrogenic aortic regurgitation secondary to leaflet injury is a rare complication of mitral valve surgery. For the first time, we report a patient who had progressive aortic regurgitation due to non-coronary.

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Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MARCH 19, 2024

Ischaemic secondary mitral regurgitation (ISMR) after surgery is due to the displacement of papillary muscles resulting from progressive enlargement of the left ventricle end-diastolic diameter (LVEDD).

Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Bicuspid/Mitral Research 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MAY 12, 2024

The donor heart was evaluated as normal preoperatively without mitral regurgitation or the. A 53-year-old woman with the dilated phase of hypertrophic cardiomyopathy underwent orthotopic heart transplantation.

Heart Transplant 52

Heart Transplant Transplant Bicuspid/Mitral Cardiomyopathy 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JANUARY 14, 2025

Transcatheter edge-to-edge repair (TEER) is an alternative for patients with severe degenerative mitral regurgitation (MR). The objective of this study was to compare the outcomes of surgery and TEER in older.

Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Bicuspid/Mitral Outcomes Research 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MARCH 18, 2024

Left atrial dissection (LAtD) is a rare but potentially life-threatening complication of mitral valve surgery. Its management is not well stablished in the literature. However, early recognition through intrao.

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Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

OCTOBER 3, 2024

More than 100 cardiothoracic surgeons, fellows, residents, and advanced practice providers participated in the 2024 STS Mastering Valve Surgery Workshop in Chicago on Sept 20-21.

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Cardiothoracic Tricuspid Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

FEBRUARY 19, 2024

Junctional epidermolysis bullosa is a rare skin and mucosal disorder characterized by blister formation in response to minor trauma and extracutaneous manifestations. There have been no reports of cardiac surg.

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Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic 98

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MARCH 25, 2025

However, to repair a quadricuspid aortic valve is not as easy to realize as in bicuspid aortic valve. Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) is rare. The surgical design is crucial to rebuild the stable structure.

Aortic valve 52

Aortic valve Aortic Tricuspid Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MAY 23, 2024

Mitral valve failure is one of the most common valvular heart diseases worldwide. Valve replacement and repair have an impact on the quality of life of patients. Therefore, the present study was conducted to c.

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Quality of Life Bicuspid/Mitral Heart Disease Hospital 40

Open Heart

APRIL 24, 2023

Methods A nationwide survey was sent to all interventional cardiologists and cardiothoracic surgeons in the Netherlands, regarding their preferred diagnostic and treatment modality of PPE. Results In total, 46/140 interventional cardiologists and 48/120 cardiothoracic surgeons responded (27/31 contacted centres).

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Cardiothoracic Tricuspid Bicuspid/Mitral Hospital 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

NOVEMBER 5, 2024

Acute ischemic mitral regurgitation (AIMR) is a significant complication of acute coronary syndrome that leads to severe and immediate hemodynamic deterioration and cardiogenic shock. Intra-aortic balloon pump.

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Cardiogenic Shock Bicuspid/Mitral Aortic 40

Global Cardiac Surgery

AUGUST 14, 2018

Today, for the first blog of this series, Global Cardiac Surgery is featuring Ghana, a lower-middle-income country in West Africa with a strong history in the realms of cardiothoracic surgery. Frimpong-Boateng introduced the use of cardiopulmonary bypass (heart lung machine) in the country, replacing a mitral valve.

Cardiothoracic 52

Cardiothoracic Open-Heart Surgery Bicuspid/Mitral Congenital Heart Disease 52

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Technology

JANUARY 19, 2022

This fellowship also will allow Dr. Fiedler and Dr. Folesani to learn novel techniques, adapt innovative technology, and receive training from expert mentors who are dedicated to the highest standards of cardiothoracic surgery. Applications for the 2023 TSF/FFF Fellowship will open this summer.

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Cardiothoracic Heart Transplant Allied Health Education 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JANUARY 19, 2024

We present a patient with a history of heart failure and metallic aortic and mitral valves surgeries, who required ablation for a drug-refractory left ventricular tachycardia. But the metallic valves prohibite.

Bicuspid/Mitral 40

Bicuspid/Mitral Tachycardia Aortic Ablation 40

Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

After 6 months, there were no signs or symptoms of cardiothoracic infection or evidence of mitral valve regurgitation in echocardiography. The procedure involved a partial thymectomy and pericardial opening, and the patient was released from medical care after 14 days.

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Embolism Pulmonary Cardiothoracic Bicuspid/Mitral 49

Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Allied Health

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

The STS 2023 Coding Workshop: Best Practices for Cardiothoracic Surgery is a 2-day virtual event that will provide cardiothoracic surgery coders, surgeons, and all billing professionals with the latest coding and reimbursement updates affecting cardiothoracic surgical practices. STS Members receive a discount!

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Reimbursement Cardiothoracic Document Congenital 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MARCH 25, 2025

Hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM) is the hereditary cardiomyopathy with the highest incidence rate. Its main pathological changes are ventricular septal myocardial hypertrophy and myocardial disorder, which ar.

Cardiomyopathy 52

Cardiomyopathy Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

APRIL 7, 2024

Although risk factors for unsuccessful Maze procedure have been demonstrated, an appropriate patient selection is still controversial. In our institute, Maze procedure is indicated for those whom normal sinus.

Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Bicuspid/Mitral Risk Factors Research 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JUNE 18, 2024

Perioperative management and cardiac surgery in pregnant women with anti-phospholipid syndrome combined with heart valve disease have been rarely reported.

Heart Valves 52

Heart Valves Bicuspid/Mitral 52

DAIC

FEBRUARY 21, 2024

“There are many reasons for the low number of eligible patients,” said Dr. O’Neill, “The main reason is that many patients are not deemed good candidates by their cardiologists or cardiothoracic surgeons to undergo open heart surgery.”

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Heart Failure Open-Heart Surgery Tricuspid Heart Disease 105

DAIC

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

Patients with aortic/mitral/tricuspid valve disease or root/ascending aorta >40 mm were included as soon as they were diagnosed with heart valve disease. Highlights include: Due to the aging population and improvement in diagnostic strategies, the prevalence of heart valve disease is expected to double by 2040 and triple by 2060.As

Heart Valves 52

Heart Valves Quality of Life Cardiothoracic Outcomes 52

Global Cardiac Surgery

SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

In as early as 1958, the first heart surgery -a closed mitral commissurotomy on a 30-year-old man with rheumatic mitral stenosis- was performed by Professor Ton That Tung, setting the stage for many decades of cardiac surgical endeavours to come.

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Open-Heart Surgery Bicuspid/Mitral Congenital Congenital Heart Disease 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

MARCH 26, 2024

The minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation (MiECC) system was developed to minimize the contact of blood with air and foreign surfaces during conventional cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB). It is also aimed.

Bicuspid/Mitral 52

Bicuspid/Mitral Circulation 52

Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery

JANUARY 27, 2024

Cardiac blood cyst is a very rare benign tumor of the heart in adults. Though it is very common in the first half year of life, it regresses with time and its occurrence is very rare in children older than six.

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Bicuspid/Mitral 52