Category: Cardiac Surgery

Prosthetic valve associated hemolysis is more with paravalvular leak, endocarditis and structural failure in bioprosthetic valve.

Intramural Ventricular Septal Defect (VSD) Intramural VSD is a type of residual VSD seen after repair of complex defects like double outlet right ventricle, truncus arteriosus or Rastelli

Aortocoronary bypass (ACB) is same as coronary bypass except that connection of an internal mammary artery to a coronary artery cannot be technically considered as an aortocoronary bypass. ACB involves

Graft failure after CABG Potential pointers to graft failure after CABG (coronary artery bypass grafting): Electrocardiographic signs of myocardial ischemia Ventricular arrhythmias Significant elevation of biomarkers (five times

The Heart Team includes clinical or non-invasive cardiologists, interventional cardiologists and cardiac surgeons and is entrusted the process of balanced decision making in case of interventional or surgical

Factors predicting stroke after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) Presence of intracerebral and extracerebral atherosclerotic disease Demonstration of previous stroke by imaging Atheromatous disease of the aorta

Starr-Edwards Mitral Prosthetic Valve - Fluoroscopic images

The most important factor is the left ventricular function. Those with poor left ventricular function have poor survival.

X-ray chest PA view showing a prosthetic TTK Chitra aortic valve within the lower portion of the cardiac silhouette overlapping the spine.

Rastelli procedure is done in cases of D-Transposition of great arteries with left ventricular outflow tract obstruction and ventricular septal defect, when arterial switch is not feasible.