JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.023
Matthew Aizpuru MD , Benjamin D. Elder MD, PhD , Philip J. Spencer MD , Sahar A. Saddoughi MD, PhD , Hector R. Cajigas MD , Mauricio A. Villavicencio MD
{"title":"Management of cerebral ventriculoatrial shunt during pulmonary endarterectomy","authors":"Matthew Aizpuru MD , Benjamin D. Elder MD, PhD , Philip J. Spencer MD , Sahar A. Saddoughi MD, PhD , Hector R. Cajigas MD , Mauricio A. Villavicencio MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.023","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.023","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"33 ","pages":"Pages 122-123"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145190115","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.009
Yasuyuki Kobayashi MD, PhD , Aditya Suryakumar BS , Wayne Tworetzky MD , Sitaram M. Emani MD
{"title":"Neonatal rapid 2-stage double-switch operation for congenitally corrected transposition of the great arteries with severe tricuspid regurgitation","authors":"Yasuyuki Kobayashi MD, PhD , Aditya Suryakumar BS , Wayne Tworetzky MD , Sitaram M. Emani MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.009","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"33 ","pages":"Pages 184-187"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145190125","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.05.029
Hüseyin Sicim MD, Mohamad Alaeddine MD, Daniel A. Velez MD
{"title":"Handcrafted device closure of muscular ventricular septal defect in newborn: How to do it?","authors":"Hüseyin Sicim MD, Mohamad Alaeddine MD, Daniel A. Velez MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.05.029","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.05.029","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"33 ","pages":"Pages 192-194"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145190127","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.07.009
Dominic P. Recco MD , Lauren Marshall MS , V. Kandice Mah MD , Kimberlee Gauvreau ScD , Peter E. Hammer PhD , David M. Hoganson MD , Sitaram M. Emani MD , Pedro J. del Nido MD , Christopher W. Baird MD
{"title":"Aortic valve repair using aortic wall as leaflet patch material in children","authors":"Dominic P. Recco MD , Lauren Marshall MS , V. Kandice Mah MD , Kimberlee Gauvreau ScD , Peter E. Hammer PhD , David M. Hoganson MD , Sitaram M. Emani MD , Pedro J. del Nido MD , Christopher W. Baird MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.07.009","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.07.009","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Aortic valve repair (AVr) exhibits acceptable outcomes in children with adequate native tissue. With deficient leaflets, patch augmentation is often required. Autologous pericardium (AP) calcification precipitates cusp immobility and high failure rates. Alternatively, the use of aortic wall (AW) as leaflet patch material was assessed.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Between January 2023 and July 2024, 38 children underwent AVr using bicuspidization (n = 29; 76%) or another technique with AW (n = 19) or AP (n = 19) patches. Concurrent reduction ascending aortoplasty was performed more often in AW (n = 18 [95%] vs 10 [53%] for AP; <em>P</em> = .008). Primary endpoints were AoV reoperation and/or recurrent >mild aortic regurgitation (AR).</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Hospital stay, complications, and predischarge reoperation (3 AW, 2 AP) were similar in the 2 groups. There were no deaths in either group. At discharge, the AW and AP groups had a similar rate of >mild AR (19% vs 6%; <em>P</em> = .34), but the AW group had a >30% lower incidence of >trivial AR (25% vs 59% for AP; <em>P</em> = .08). At a median follow-up of 10.2 months, there were no additional reoperations in the AW group but 3 (16%) in the AP group (<em>P</em> = .61). On follow-up echocardiography at a median of 5.4 months, the rate of >mild AR was 23% in the AW group versus 24% in the AP group (<em>P</em> = .59). At 8 months postoperatively, for the AW and AP groups, freedom from reoperation was 84.2% versus 79.0% (<em>P</em> = .61), recurrent >mild AR was 82.8% versus 78.6% (<em>P</em> = .45), and the composite of reoperation and recurrent AR was 68.4 versus 73.7% (<em>P</em> = .61).</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Pediatric AVr using AW as leaflet patch material has similar short-term outcomes as AP. Given the potential advantages of using a living autologous cardiovascular material, AW patches for AVr may demonstrate superior valve performance and durability with longer-term follow-up and expand options for valves previously thought to be unrepairable.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"33 ","pages":"Pages 174-183"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145190124","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.005
Lee M. Fuentes MD, Davi F. Tenorio MD, Roderick W. Yang MD, William R. Owens CCP, Erin A. Gottlieb MD, Charles D. Fraser Jr. MD
{"title":"Neonatal paracorporeal ventricular assist device as bridge to neonatal heart transplant: Case report","authors":"Lee M. Fuentes MD, Davi F. Tenorio MD, Roderick W. Yang MD, William R. Owens CCP, Erin A. Gottlieb MD, Charles D. Fraser Jr. MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.005","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.06.005","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"33 ","pages":"Pages 220-224"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145189776","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.07.013
Bogdan Kindzelski MD, MS , Richard Bloomingdale MD , Ivan Hanson MD , Rita Coram MD , Alessandro Vivacqua MD , Jeffrey Altshuler MD , Thomas Schwann MD, MBA , Rakesh M. Suri MD, DPhil
{"title":"Left ventricular aneurysm repair with concomitant septal myectomy","authors":"Bogdan Kindzelski MD, MS , Richard Bloomingdale MD , Ivan Hanson MD , Rita Coram MD , Alessandro Vivacqua MD , Jeffrey Altshuler MD , Thomas Schwann MD, MBA , Rakesh M. Suri MD, DPhil","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.07.013","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.07.013","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"33 ","pages":"Pages 108-109"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145189899","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
JTCVS TechniquesPub Date : 2025-10-01DOI: 10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.08.003
Joseph D. Ryan , Harold M. Burkhart MD , Arshid Mir MD , Holly I. Burkhart , Andrew Cave MD
{"title":"Surgical repair of an isolated right subclavian artery originating from the right pulmonary artery","authors":"Joseph D. Ryan , Harold M. Burkhart MD , Arshid Mir MD , Holly I. Burkhart , Andrew Cave MD","doi":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.08.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.xjtc.2025.08.003","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":53413,"journal":{"name":"JTCVS Techniques","volume":"33 ","pages":"Pages 199-203"},"PeriodicalIF":1.9,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145190122","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}