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First Minimally-invasive Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement in New England Performed at Mass General
Physicians at Massachusetts General Hospital recently became the first team in New England to perform a transcatheter mitral valve replacement in a non-calcified mitral valve.
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Surgical Training Model Is Safe Despite Older Surgical Patients With More Complications
Massachusetts General Hospital Surgical Resident Training Model is deemed safe, even as its average surgical patient is older and has more complications.
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Concomitant surgical LAAC should be considered at time of open cardiac surgery, particularly among those in AF
A meta-analysis by Mass General Hospital researchers addresses growing interest in LAAC performed as a prophylactic surgical procedure concomitant with other cardiac surgical procedures.
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New Decision Aid Helps Patients Choose Prosthesis for Aortic Valve Replacement
A decision aid created at Massachusetts General Hospital improved conceptual knowledge and understanding of risks among patients facing surgical aortic valve replacement, reducing their decisional conflict in choosing between a mechanical and tissue prosthesis.
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Risk of Renal Failure After Cardiopulmonary Bypass Depends on Preop Renal Function and Pump Time
In terms of the potential for acute renal failure, prolonged time on cardiopulmonary bypass is riskiest for patients with marked renal impairment preoperatively, Massachusetts General Hospital cardiac surgeons have observed. Here they provide guidance for real-time decision-making in the operating room.
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Multidisciplinary, Protocolized ECMO Team Substantially Improves In-Hospital Survival
Extracorporeal membrane oxygenation is a "team sport," researchers at Massachusetts General Hospital say. In the largest single-center review of ECMO outcomes to date, they found that implementing a protocolized, multidisciplinary approach significantly improved in-hospital survival.
Cardiac Surgery contributors
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David A. D'Alessandro, MD
Surgical Director, Heart Transplantation and Ventricular Assist Devices, Member of Faculty, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Prior Sternotomy Linked to Worse Survival After Cardiac Transplantation
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David M. Dudzinski, MD
Co-Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
Recent Article
The Future of the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit
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Duke E. Cameron, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Recent Article
Concomitant surgical LAAC should be considered at time of open cardiac surgery, particularly among those in AF
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George Tolis, MD
Cardiac Surgeon, Assistant Professor of Surgery, Harvard Medical School
Recent Article
Prior Sternotomy Linked to Worse Survival After Cardiac Transplantation -
Ignacio Inglessis-Azuaje, MD
Director Adult Congenital Heart Disease Interventions
Recent Article
Study Explores Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement -
Jonathan James Passeri, MD
Co-Director, Heart Valve Program, Director, Interventional Echocardiography
Recent Article
Study Explores Novel Transcatheter Mitral Valve Replacement -
Mauricio A. Villavicencio-Theoduloz, MD
Recent Article
Multidisciplinary, Protocolized ECMO Team Substantially Improves In-Hospital Survival -
Serguei Melnitchouk, MD, MPH
Cardiac Surgeon, Co-Director, Heart Valve Program, Quality Director, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Recent Article
Prior Sternotomy Linked to Worse Survival After Cardiac Transplantation
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Recent Article
New Decision Aid Helps Patients Choose Prosthesis for Aortic Valve Replacement
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
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