Mitral Valve Surgery: Current Minimally Invasive and Transcatheter Options
In this article, we review current techniques for minimally invasive cardiac surgery (MICS) for mitral valve repair or replacement (MVR/r) and upcoming catheter-based therapies for the mitral valve.
Emergent Cardiac Surgery During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI): A Weighted Meta-Analysis of 9,251 Patients From 46 Studies
Refinement in transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) technology should not only focus on miniaturisation and improving flexibility of the delivery systems and/or devices -which may have the potential for decreasing aortic dissection, annular rupture, and tamponade- but also incorporate modifications to prevent embolisation/dislocation of the valve.
Radial-Artery or Saphenous-Vein Grafts in Coronary-Artery Bypass Surgery
We performed a patient-level combined analysis of randomized, controlled trials to compare radial-artery grafts and saphenous-vein grafts for coronary-artery bypass grafting (CABG).
The Dutch Hospital Standardized Mortality Ratio (HSMR) Method and Cardiac Surgery: Benchmarking in a National Cohort Using Hospital Administration Data Versus a Clinical Database
The objective of this study is to compare the accuracy of data from hospital administration databases and a national clinical cardiac surgery database and to compare the performance of the Dutch hospital standardised mortality ratio (HSMR) method and the logistic European System for Cardiac Operative Risk Evaluation, for the purpose of benchmarking of mortality across hospitals.