JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.02.002
Seohee Joo MD, Byeong A. Yoo MD, Kitae Kim MD, Joon Bum Kim MD, PhD
{"title":"Mini-access ascending aorto-bifemoral bypassing with tricuspid annuloplasty: A novel approach for mid-aortic syndrome combined with valvular disease","authors":"Seohee Joo MD, Byeong A. Yoo MD, Kitae Kim MD, Joon Bum Kim MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.02.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.02.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"30 ","pages":"Pages 18-22"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739573","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.004
Ioana B. Florea MD, MPHS , Jeffrey Lee DO , Nitin Puri MD , Michael Rosenbloom MD, FACS , David D. Shersher MD, FACS , Kenji Minakata MD, PhD
{"title":"A rare case of aortic connective tissue band masquerading as acute aortic dissection","authors":"Ioana B. Florea MD, MPHS , Jeffrey Lee DO , Nitin Puri MD , Michael Rosenbloom MD, FACS , David D. Shersher MD, FACS , Kenji Minakata MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.004","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.004","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"30 ","pages":"Pages 13-15"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143737951","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.013
Hari K. Rajagopal , Mark J. Zucker MD, JD , J. Eduardo Rame MD, MPhil , Louis E. Samuels MD , Keshava Rajagopal MD, PhD
{"title":"HeartMate 3 left ventricular assist device infection−related left ventricular pseudoaneurysm: Extirpation in the setting of left ventricular recovery","authors":"Hari K. Rajagopal , Mark J. Zucker MD, JD , J. Eduardo Rame MD, MPhil , Louis E. Samuels MD , Keshava Rajagopal MD, PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"30 ","pages":"Pages 104-106"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.011
Hani K. Najm MD, MSc , Brittany A. Potz MD, MA , John P. Costello MD , Tara Karamlou MD, MSc , Nicholas Szugye MD , Malek El-Yaman MD , Brad Marino MD, MBA , Munir Ahmad MD , Patcharapong Suntharos MD
{"title":"Biventricular Fontan conversion in criss-cross, superior-inferior ventricles using arterial switch and extra-anatomical left ventricle to aorta prosthesis","authors":"Hani K. Najm MD, MSc , Brittany A. Potz MD, MA , John P. Costello MD , Tara Karamlou MD, MSc , Nicholas Szugye MD , Malek El-Yaman MD , Brad Marino MD, MBA , Munir Ahmad MD , Patcharapong Suntharos MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.011","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.011","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"30 ","pages":"Pages 121-126"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739479","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Extraction of a bullet that migrated to the left ventricle: A case report","authors":"Riccardo Giuseppe Abbasciano PhD , Maryam Alfa-Wali PhD , Marco Scarci PhD , Andrés Diaz MD , Emad AlJaaly PhD , Alessandro Viviano MD(res) , Roberto Casula MD , Thanos Athanasiou PhD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.002","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"30 ","pages":"Pages 101-103"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739959","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.009
Karen B. Abeln MD , Jan M. Federspiel MD , Lennart Froede MD , Hans-Joachim Schäfers MD
{"title":"Quadricuspid aortic valve repair: Results of a phenotype-based approach","authors":"Karen B. Abeln MD , Jan M. Federspiel MD , Lennart Froede MD , Hans-Joachim Schäfers MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>Quadricuspid aortic valve (QAV) anatomy is a rare congenital anomaly. Patients develop relevant aortic regurgitation (AR), commonly between the fourth and sixth decades of life. Various approaches to repair have been proposed, but mid-term data are lacking. The present study aimed to investigate late results of QAV repair using different repair concepts.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Between 2004 and 2023, 19 patients (32% male; mean age, 46 ± 12 years; range, 26-60 years) underwent QAV repair. The mean duration of follow-up was 6.3 ± 5 years (range, 4 months to 19 years), and follow-up was 96% complete. Patients underwent surgery for isolated AR (n = 18) or combined valve disease (n = 1). Three patients (16%) had concomitant ascending aortic dilatation.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>The majority of patients underwent design change—tricuspidization (n = 13; 68%) or bicuspidization (n = 3; 16%)—of the QAV; the valve was left quadricuspid in 3 patients (16%). Sinotubular junction remodeling was performed by adding a sinotubular suture (n = 7; 37%) or by ascending aortic replacement (n = 3; 16%). All patients were alive at 5 years and 10 years postoperation; 2 required late aortic valve reoperation. Freedom from reoperation was 82% at 12 years (86% after tricuspidizdation and 67% after bicuspidization). The 3 patients whose valve remained quadricuspid did not require reoperation after 2 years, 3 years, and 5 years. Overall freedom from AR >2 was 76% at 12 years. At last follow-up, 2 patients had a mean gradient of 21 mm Hg, both of whom had undergone bicuspidization.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>QAVs can be repaired by different methods, including tricuspidization and bicuspidization. If the quadricuspid morphology is preserved, stabilization of annular and sinotubular dimensions may achieve a stable result.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"30 ","pages":"Pages 23-31"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739965","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.023
Fazal Khan MD , Mitra Khosravi-Flanigan MD , Bastiaan L. Kietselaer MD , Steve R. Ommen MD , Hartzell V. Schaff MD , Joseph A. Dearani MD , Paul C. Tang MD
{"title":"Transmitral myectomy for mid-cavity obstruction and mitral replacement for rheumatic disease","authors":"Fazal Khan MD , Mitra Khosravi-Flanigan MD , Bastiaan L. Kietselaer MD , Steve R. Ommen MD , Hartzell V. Schaff MD , Joseph A. Dearani MD , Paul C. Tang MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.01.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"30 ","pages":"Pages 77-80"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739453","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-04-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.12.010
Evgeny V. Arshava MD , Mohammad A. Bashir MD , Julia Klesney-Tait MD , Thuan Nguyen MD , Kent R. Becker MT , John Keech MD , Tahuanty Pena MD , Anthony Swatek MD , Kalpaj Parekh MBBS
{"title":"Cardiac hammock technique to improve exposure of a difficult left hilum during lung transplantation","authors":"Evgeny V. Arshava MD , Mohammad A. Bashir MD , Julia Klesney-Tait MD , Thuan Nguyen MD , Kent R. Becker MT , John Keech MD , Tahuanty Pena MD , Anthony Swatek MD , Kalpaj Parekh MBBS","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.12.010","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2024.12.010","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"30 ","pages":"Pages 169-173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.7,"publicationDate":"2025-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143739413","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}