It never ceases to amaze me how much a large ascending aortic aneurysm can displace the heart southeast in the chest. It's amazing that patients are usually asymptomatic!
@AortaEd
We just performed the first aortic valve repair at the MGH using the HAART rigid annuloplasty ring for a young man with a forme fruste bicuspid valve with “swiss cheese” leaflets. Thanks to these master surgeons, Drs. Sundt and Rankin for being there to support this endeavor.
While I may not be a huge fan of minimally invasive cardiac surgery, a right mini-thoracotomy is a fantastic approach for addressing an atrial septal defect in a young patient.
@MGHHeartHealth
#ACHD
How is it possible that a study on TAVR vs SAVR in low risk patients gets published in the NEJM with equivalence at one year? Who cares about one year in low risk patients?
#falsenews
@NEJM
@MGHHeartHealth
14 years ago colleagues and I founded the Philadelphia Surgery Symposium with a mission to integrate surgically minded students from 5 medical schools. I was humbled and thrilled to give the keynote address at the 14th annual Philadelphia Surgery Symposium.
#gibbonsurgicalsociety
Just finished a reinforced Ross on a 36 year old male with unicuspid aortic stenosis. Post-op mean gradient 4mmHg with zero neo-aortic regurgitation. Feels great to do the only operation which restores normal life expectancy to a patient with AS.
#Ross
#Survive
#NoPPM
While a bit scary, critical AS with LV failure can be a great indication for the Ross Procedure. LVOT gradient went from 130/70 to 5/2 mmHg which is not possible with any prosthetic valve (SAVR or TAVR). EF from 20% to low normal post-bypass.
#survive
#cureAS
#ross
#ACHD
Amazing to be in the presence of these legends taking about what life was like when they were literally pioneering our specialty. Thanks to
@JCoselli_MD
and Tirone David for figuring everything out so we can provide the best care to our patients.
#AATSHQ
Colleagues, please help...man in his 20s with 5.1 cm aortic root and severe AR. Leaflets are thin and mobile. He has an anomalous LCX coming from the RCA and traveling around the circumference of the basal ring. What operation would you do?
@schaefers_hans
@GebrineK
This was a fascinating and puzzling case of a man that presented with angina about one-year s/p acute type A aortic dissection with malperfusion. He had a history of Kawasaki Disease and had a chronic large RCA aneurysm that was actually growing and causing coronary ischemia,
@georgetolisjr
Diameter based decision making is too primitive. We need better genetic testing and biomarkers to predict who actually needs to have surgery.
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#TSRA
Completely starstruck at the
#EACTS
Aortic Forum. One session = Yacoub, David, El Khoury and Schafers. Truly unparalleled innovation and timeless contribution to our specialty.
Calling all current-, future- or even anti-Ross surgeons. We have launched an international survey to better understand current best practices regarding all things Ross. The survey is anonymous and should take 5 minutes to complete. Please consider our survey.
50-year-old man s/p VSRR ~10 years ago now with recurrent severe symptomatic AR with LV dilation. What would you do? Re-repair? Ross? AVR Tissue? AVR Mechanical?
@AortaEd
@MGHHeartHealth
Great experience presenting projects at the 5th International Coronary Congress. This was an intimate meeting filled with international leaders in coronary surgery.
@MarcoZenatiMD
@MGHSurgery
@MGHHeartHealth
@mikeibrahimmd
When will cardiologists and cardiac surgeons stop talking about anticoagulation vs. reoperation...? Dead patients don't care. Let's talk survival! How much data will it take...?
@georgetolisjr
I learned this from you and wholeheartedly agree. The fundamental problem is 40-45% of SAVR is complicated by PPM (TAVR no better). Since 100% of biological valves fail by progressive stenosis (SVD), all patients who undergo AVR with a biological valve will suffer from many
@AATSHQ
@Kunaal_Sarnaik
Wow!! Amazing results. Lifetime cost of $54,233 vs $507,240 (Ross vs. mAVR). We need to start offering Ross to patients in countries with limited resources!!!
@PJSpen1982
I agree with you 100% that our team is the most amazing group of people in the world. That said this is a testament to the way you treat people PJ.
#GentleHandling
@jloumiotis
Duke Cameron taught me to repair the valve prior to reimplantation. You have the best exposure and sewing it into the graft shouldn’t change the geometry. Nice case!
@jon_mcdonagh
Hi Jon, i respect your comment and opinion but in the right hands the autograft can last for life. Emerging data from numerous large series have shown that freedom free reoperation on the autograft exceeds 90% at 20 years.
How to Make a High-Quality Cardiac Surgery Video
Great job to Stan et al. for making this important instructional video. Journals are seeking high quality video for education and this concise, instructional guide will help!!
@mghctsurgery
@DrManiCTSurgery
@BrentKeeling
I have had three cases like this in the last 6 months. The fasteners may be oriented correctly when you deploy them but you cannot control how the scar tissue forms around the sewing ring and how that may in turn angulate the fastener. This cannot happen if you just tie knots.
@Laserrman
I don’t know the secret but we use ASA/Plavix starting immediately post operatively and strictly do not use any antifibrinolytics during or after the procedure.
@jloumiotis
@schaefers_hans
@JJahanyarMDPhD
Agree this valve does not look like it would be amendable to a durable repair. What was the age of the patient? I would’ve considered Ross versus what you did.