Transaortic transcatheter aortic valve implantation using the Edwards Sapien valve [0.03%]
经导管Edwards SAPIEN瓣膜主动脉 transcatheter aortic valve implantation术治疗主动脉瓣狭窄
Vinnie Vinayak Bapat,Rizwan Attia
Vinnie Vinayak Bapat
Transcatheter aortic valve implantation using Edwards Sapien Valve can be carried out through the ascending aorta. In the majority of patients, the ascending aorta is approached through a partial upper J-sternotomy. The sternotomy extends i...
Denis A Berdajs,Enrico Ferrari
Denis A Berdajs
According to unselected autopsy data, primary cardiac tumours are a rare entity. About 80% of the tumours are benign and nearly half of these are myxomas. In clinical practice, when diagnosis of this pathological entity is ascertained, deci...
Robert A Dion,Herbert Gutermann,Christiaan Van Kerrebroeck et al.
Robert A Dion et al.
The augmentation of mitral valve leaflets is mostly needed in rheumatic valve disease patients. The technical aspects of augmentation of the posterior leaflet by means of an autologous pericardial patch are described: the thickened and semi...
Cone reconstruction and ventricular septal defect closure for neonatal Ebstein's anomaly [0.03%]
新生儿艾宾森畸形的漏斗重建和室间隔缺损闭合术
Christian Pizarro,Majeed A Bhat,Joel Temple
Christian Pizarro
Neonatal presentation of Ebstein's anomaly is associated with significant morbidity and mortality. We illustrate the technical aspects of the cone procedure and the closure of a ventricular septal defect, to achieve biventricular repair in ...
Gabriel Weiss,Michael Gorlitzer,Sandra Folkmann et al.
Gabriel Weiss et al.
We present a case of a 59-year old male with a Stanford type A aortic dissection (DeBakey type I) extending from the sinotubular junction to the abdominal aorta. The patient was treated by a combined surgical and endovascular repair (frozen...
Vladimir Sojak,Julio Lugo,Dave Koolbergen et al.
Vladimir Sojak et al.
Truncus arteriosus (TA) is a congenital heart defect in which a common arterial trunk supplies systemic, pulmonary and coronary circulation. Associated cardiac anomalies are common. Without surgical treatment, most patients die within infan...
Pulmonary artery banding [0.03%]
肺动脉缩窄术
Emanuela Angeli,Carlo Pace Napoleone,Simone Turci et al.
Emanuela Angeli et al.
Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) is a simple surgical technique to reduce pulmonary overcirculation in some congenital heart disease. In the beginning, when the use of cardiopulmonary bypass was affected by many deleterious effects, this tech...
Pulmonary artery debanding [0.03%]
肺动脉离断术
Guido Oppido,Carlo Pace Napoleone,Simone Turci et al.
Guido Oppido et al.
Pulmonary artery banding is a simple palliative surgical procedure for congenital heart defects with left-to-right shunt or complete mixing and pulmonary over-circulation. Even though indication for pulmonary artery banding has been sensibl...
Subtotal pleurectomy by video-assisted thoracic surgery for metastatic pleuritis [0.03%]
电视胸腔镜下 subtotal 肋膜切除术治疗肋膜转移癌
Kevin Meuris,Marjan Hertoghs,Patrick Lauwers et al.
Kevin Meuris et al.
Metastatic pleuritis can be a severely disabling condition. Recurrent pleural effusion often leads to severe shortness of breath. Treatment should consist of removal of the fluid as well as prevention of the re-accumulation of the pleural e...
Diego Gonzalez-Rivas,Ricardo Fernandez,Mercedes de la Torre et al.
Diego Gonzalez-Rivas et al.
Over the past two decades, video-assisted thoracic surgery (VATS) has revolutionized the way thoracic surgeons diagnose and treat lung diseases. The major advance in VATS procedures is related to the major pulmonary resections. The optimal ...