CME – Conference Highlights: AATS 2020
This course discusses the key findings of five studies presented at the 2020 virtual Annual...
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Conference Highlights: AATS 2020
New research was presented at AATS 2020, the virtual Annual Meeting of the American Association...
Rational and design of the ROTAS study: a randomized study for the optimal treatment of symptomatic patients with low-gradient severe aortic valve stenosis and preserved left ventricular ejection fraction.
Fifteen to thirty percentage of patients with severe aortic stenosis (AS) have preserved left ventricular ejection fraction (LVEF) and a discordant AS pattern at Doppler echocardiography, which is characterized by a small...
Mid-term outcomes of valve-sparing root reimplantation with leaflet repair.
Valve repair for aortic insufficiency (AI) requires a tailored surgical approach determined by the leaflet and aortic disease. In this study, we used a repair-oriented system for the classification of AI, and we elucidated...
Age over 35 years is associated with increased mortality after pulmonary valve replacement in repaired tetralogy of Fallot: results from the UK National Congenital Heart Disease Audit database.
Many adults with repaired tetralogy of Fallot will require a pulmonary valve replacement (PVR), but there is no consensus on the best timing. In this study, we aim to evaluate the impact of age at PVR on outcomes.This is a...
Five-year follow-up of patients who underwent everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffold implantation.
The aim of this study was to evaluate very long-term results after unrestricted everolimus-eluting bioresorbable scaffolds (BRS) implantation.Previous randomized studies mainly included selected patients differing from those...
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia with severe involvement of the aortic valve-A sibling-controlled case study on the efficacy of lipoprotein apheresis.
Homozygous familial hypercholesterolemia (hoFH) can cause severe atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD) in early infancy. Diagnosis and initiation of effective lipid-lowering therapy (LLT) are recommended as early as...
Institutional experience of healthy pediatric patients presenting with atrial fibrillation who had an electrophysiology study.
Atrial fibrillation (AF) is a very common tachyarrhythmia with increasing prevalence with age, but uncommon in the pediatric population. Understanding that AF increases comorbidities make the need for investigation and potential...
Refractive twisted microaxicons.
Complex-shaped light fields with specially designed intensity, phase, and polarization distributions are highly demanded for various applications including optical tweezers, laser material processing, and lithography. Here, we...
Acute Coronary Syndrome: Postdischarge Care.
Patients who have experienced an acute coronary syndrome should be evaluated in the office setting soon after hospital discharge. First follow-up appointments more than 6 weeks after discharge reduce adherence to therapy. Care...
Simultaneous Endocardial and Epicardial Delineation of 3D Reentrant Ventricular Tachycardia.
Mechanisms of scar-related ventricular tachycardia (VT) are largely based on computational and animal models that portray a 2-dimensional view.The authors sought to delineate the human VT circuit with a 3-dimensional perspective...
“Fossa navicularis” and “septum glandis”: A “flow-control chamber” for the male urethra?
A clear understanding of the normal anatomy of the glanular urethra is essential for anatomical reconstruction of the male urethra. In hypospadias surgery, tubularization of the neourethra over a catheter or stent has been the...
