{"title":"Just Short of the Silver Medal: The Radial is a Close Third to the Right Internal Thoracic Artery in the Hierarchy of Arterial Coronary Bypass Grafts.","authors":"Michael Salna, Michael Argenziano, Craig R Smith","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.01.009","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jagdip Kang, Antonia van Kampen, Maja Theresa Dieterlen, Ricardo Spampinato, Thoralf Sundt, Serguei Melnitchouk, Robert A Levine, Michael A Borger
{"title":"Arrhythmic Mitral Valve Prolapse: Pathophysiology, Diagnostics, and Management Strategies.","authors":"Jagdip Kang, Antonia van Kampen, Maja Theresa Dieterlen, Ricardo Spampinato, Thoralf Sundt, Serguei Melnitchouk, Robert A Levine, Michael A Borger","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.005","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.005","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Mitral valve prolapse (MVP) is a common disease in which ventricular arrhythmias/sudden cardiac death can be the first symptom of presentation. This review article explores the current understanding of underlying pathological mechanisms leading to an increased risk for ventricular arrhythmias in the setting of MVP and elaborates on the current evidence regarding the diagnosis and management of the disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796712","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Aortic Aneurysmectomy: The ACC/AHA Guidelines.","authors":"Davut Cekmecelioglu, Ourania Preventza","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.007","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.007","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Aneurysmectomy is a primary intervention for thoracic aortic aneurysms due to their high risk of rupture or dissection. Recent updates to the ACC/AHA and EACTS/STS guidelines provide refined criteria for intervention, integrating genetic risks, body-size adjustments, and advanced imaging protocols. This review examines these guidelines, focusing on surgical indications, threshold rationales, and morphological and genetic factors influencing dissection risk. By synthesizing guideline recommendations with data from pivotal studies, this review provides clinicians with an evidence-based framework for balancing guideline criteria with individualized patient risk profiles.</p>","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143796707","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jesse Chait, Armin Tabiei, Gustavo S Oderich, Bernardo C Mendes
{"title":"Spinal cord ischemia prevention and management in thoracoabdominal branched endovascular aortic repair.","authors":"Jesse Chait, Armin Tabiei, Gustavo S Oderich, Bernardo C Mendes","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.003","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Spinal cord ischemia (SCI) is the most feared complication of complex aortic surgery owing to significant morbidity, decreased patient quality of life, and increased risk of overall short- and long-term mortality. As endovascular repair of thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysms (TAAAs) has evolved to become a first-line therapy owing to decreased perioperative complications and mortality when compared to open surgical repair, a focus on prevention and rescue of SCI has become a primary concern. This review describes the background, incidence, risk factors, prevention, and treatment of SCI following branched endovascular aortic repair of TAAAs.</p>","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-04-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143789152","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Matthew Kazaleh, Catherine Wagner, Steven F Bolling
{"title":"Atrial Dysfunction Induced Mitral Regurgitation: A Different Problem with a Different Solution.","authors":"Matthew Kazaleh, Catherine Wagner, Steven F Bolling","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.001","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.001","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143694028","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Seth E M Wolf, Berk Aykut, Cathlyn K Medina, John A Kucera, Hiba Z Ghandour, Joseph W Turek, Douglas M Overbey
{"title":"Partial Heart Transplant Update: Where Are We In 2025?","authors":"Seth E M Wolf, Berk Aykut, Cathlyn K Medina, John A Kucera, Hiba Z Ghandour, Joseph W Turek, Douglas M Overbey","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.002","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.03.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Partial heart transplantation (PHT) creates a new and innovative approach to allow for patient and disease tailored intervention with the ability to treat a larger patient base. It offers the growth capacity of a heart transplantation without the need for high dose immunosuppression. The importance of a valve replacement with the potential of growth is imperative in the pediatric population as these patients will otherwise outgrow their new valves requiring repeat and high-risk interventions. Adaptive valve growth has been observed prior to PHT, in the case of orthotopic heart transplantation and Ross pulmonary autografts. The first human PHT was performed in April of 2022 at Duke. The recipient was a 17-day old infant with truncus arteriosus and severe truncal valve regurgitation. The operation was a success and the transplanted PHT conduit showed appropriate adaptive valve growth. Due to the low immunogenicity and recipient endothelialization of the transplanted PHT graft, the immunosuppressive requirements for PHT patients are low. One of the benefits of PHT is that it utilizes hearts which would otherwise not be suitable for orthotopic heart transplantation. Furthermore, the prospect of domino and split root PHT increases the potential of ethical and efficient organ stewardship. Currently PHT is regulated by the Food and Drug Administration, a ruling which was released in early 2024 as human cells, tissues, or cellular or tissue-based products (HCT/Ps). This means it does not compete with hearts suitable for orthotopic heart transplantation which are regulated as organs under the Organ Procurement and Transplantation Network (OPTN).</p>","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143674764","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Commando Operation.","authors":"Tirone E David, Malak Elbatarny","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.02.009","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.02.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143671489","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Congenital Heart Surgery Workforce Issues.","authors":"Brian Kogon, Jay Patel","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.02.006","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.02.006","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143634909","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Current Status of Treatment for the Acute Type A Aortic Dissection in Japan.","authors":"Yutaka Okita","doi":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.02.008","DOIUrl":"10.1053/j.semtcvs.2025.02.008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Presenting the current status of patient outcomes with acute type A aortic dissection in Japan. The Japanese Association for Thoracic Surgery (JATS), Japanese Registry of All cardiac and Vascular Disease (JROAD), Japan Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection (JRAD), Japan Cardiovascular Surgery Database (JCVSD), National Clinical Database (NCD), The Tokyo acute aortic super network, and J-Open caRdiac aortic arCH DisEase replacement Surgical TheRApy (J-ORCHESTRA) database were used. The incidence of AAD ranged from 10 to 20 per 100,000 population. Thirty percent of patients were older than 70 years. Malperfusion syndrome or ruptured aorta was found in 10-20%. Over 90% of patients had surgery within 24-hour after diagnosis. The mortality tended to be higher in the super-acute phases from onset to surgical treatment. Acute organ malperfusion requires an accurate and prompt diagnosis to proceed with an appropriate intervention before repairing the central aorta. Antegrade cerebral perfusion was used in 70-80% and deep hypothermic circulatory arrest with/without retrograde cerebral perfusion in 20-30%. High-moderate or mild hypothermia was applied in more than 50% of patients. Replacement of the ascending aorta was performed in 70% and total arch replacement in 30%. Treatment with frozen elephant trunk as well as thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) has increased. The aortic valve was replaced in 8-10%. Thirty-day mortality was 9.0-10%. The number of operations has increased over time. Stroke occurred in 10-12%. Although the early outcomes are acceptable, there is still room to be improved in patients with preoperative comorbidities.</p>","PeriodicalId":48592,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.6,"publicationDate":"2025-03-12","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630949","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}