Leaving a fenestration in the interatrial septum during a Fontan repair is useful in relieving the central venous congestion when pulmonary blood flow is driven by venous pressure
Heart Transplantation with Donor Hearts Harvested After Circulatory Death (Donors after Circulatory Death Heart Trial) Conventionally, heart transplantation is done using donor hearts obtained after brain death of
Can Radial Artery be Used as Conduit for CABG After Transradial Coronary Angiography? Radial artery is being increasingly used as a conduit for coronary artery bypass grafting in
What is Bentall procedure? Bentall procedure is done for ascending aortic disease in association with aortic valve disease requiring surgical treatment. A composite graft is used to replace
Systolic anterior motion of mitral valve after valve repair Systolic anterior motion (SAM) of anterior mitral leaflet (AML) is a classical finding in hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy and it
Arterial switch operation (Jatene procedure) Arterial switch operation is the ideal corrective surgery for dextro transposition of great arteries (D-TGA). It was described by Jatene and colleagues in
LAAOS III trial – Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery Left Atrial Appendage Occlusion during Cardiac Surgery to Prevent Stroke (LAAOS III trial) was a multicenter, randomized
Aortic stenosis – TAVR (TAVI) vs SAVR As with other cardiac conditions, ACC/AHA guidelines divide aortic stenosis also into stages A to D. In stage A there are
Management of aortic dissection Aortic dissection is the most common aortic emergency. It is one of the three acute aortic syndromes, the others being aortic intramural hematoma and
Surgery for tetralogy of Fallot Tetralogy of Fallot is the commonest cyanotic congenital heart disease. Surgical repair has improved remarkably ever since it was first published in 1955
