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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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Risk Factors Identified for Prolonged AF After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
Patients scheduled for surgical aortic valve replacement who are older than 65 and have moderate to severe left atrial enlargement are at high risk of prolonged atrial fibrillation and should be considered for prophylactic surgical interventions.
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Surgery for Isolated Severe Regurgitation Does Not Improve Survival
In patients with isolated severe tricuspid regurgitation, there is no difference in long-term survival for patients who undergo surgical intervention and those who have medical management alone.
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Certain Risks Higher for Women After Surgery for Severe Ischemic Mitral Regurgitation
According to a secondary analysis of a randomized trial of mitral valve surgery for severe ischemic mitral regurgitation, women are at significantly higher risk than men for death, major cardiac/cerebrovascular events and worse quality of life two years after surgery.
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
Risk Factors Identified for Prolonged AF After Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement
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