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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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Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants Are Safe for Selected Patients with Postoperative AF
Patrick T. Ellinor, MD, PhD, Steven A. Lubitz, MD, MPH, Thor M. Sundt, MD, and colleagues determined that after cardiac surgery, non–vitamin K antagonist oral anticoagulants are a safe alternative to warfarin for patients with nonvalvular atrial fibrillation who have acceptable bleeding risk.
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Interventional Cardiology Studies Boost Safety in TAVR, PCI
A Massachusetts General Hospital interventional cardiologist is using research to lower bleeding risk and incidence of stroke in percutaneous coronary intervention and transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
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Using 3D-Printed Anatomical Models for Surgical Planning
Massachusetts General Hospital Heart Center surgeons use detailed 3D-printed models of patients' hearts to better prepare for septal myectomy surgery for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy.
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
DCD Donor Hearts Safely Expand Donor Organ Pool
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David M. Dudzinski, MD
Intensive Care Cardiologist, Massachusetts General Hospital, Director, Cardiac Intensive Care Unit, Associate Editor, Case Records of the MGH
Recent Article
Review: Evidence-Based Management of the Critically Ill Adult with COVID-19
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Duke E. Cameron, MD
Cardiothoracic Surgeon
Recent Article
Consider an Aggressive Approach to the Aortic Arch in Adults with Loeys–Dietz Syndrome
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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
Director of Lung Transplantation in the Division of Cardiac Surgery
Recent Article
TCS–VAD Better Than ECMO for Acute Support Before Heart Transplantation
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Serguei Melnitchouk, MD, MPH
Cardiac Surgeon, Co-Director, Heart Valve Program, Quality Director, Division of Cardiac Surgery
Recent Article
Review: Optimal Anticoagulation After Bioprosthetic Valve Replacement
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Thoralf M. Sundt, MD
Chief, Division of Cardiac Surgery, Director, Corrigan Minehan Heart Center
Recent Article
Non–Vitamin K Antagonist Oral Anticoagulants Are Safe for Selected Patients with Postoperative AF
Cardiovascular Care at Mass General
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