Society of Thoracic Surgeons - Congenital

JANUARY 26, 2025

session, "Robotic Cardiac Surgery: The Future Is Now," Dr. Tedy Sawma will discuss how mitral regurgitation, increasingly common in aging populations, presents unique challenges for older patients considering surgical treatment options. In todays 11:30 a.m.

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Bicuspid/Mitral Open-Heart Surgery 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

Global Cardiac Surgery

SEPTEMBER 17, 2018

These infectious diseases have diverted attention and resources to the detriment of surgery in general and of cardiothoracic surgery in particular. The two aforementioned reasons also explain the high prevalence of rheumatic heart disease among Congolese children.

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Cardiothoracic Open-Heart Surgery Congenital Heart Disease Pericarditis 52

Global Cardiac Surgery

AUGUST 14, 2018

It has been reported that the estimated burden of congenital heart disease (CHD) in Ghana approximates 372 per million population , a disproportionally high number due to the higher fertility rate in the country relative to other countries in the Region. million people, with 10.95 million children (38.8% of total) under 15 years old.

Cardiothoracic 52

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