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JTCVS Techniques

February 2023Volume 17

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Issue Highlights - Adult

• Adult: Aorta

  Total arch replacement with extended branched stented anastomosis frozen elephant trunk repair for type A dissection improves operative outcome

  Hashizume et al.

• Adult: Aorta: Expert Opinion

  Uni- versus bilateral antegrade cerebral perfusion during repair of acute aortic dissection: Still a discussed matter!

  Carrel et al.

• Adult: Aortic Valve

  Pledgeted versus nonpledgeted sutures in aortic valve replacement: Insights from a prospective multicenter trial

  Velders et al.

• Adult: Mitral Valve

  Percutaneous reduction of septal-to-lateral mitral annular distance to increase mitral leaflet coaptation length: Preclinical study results

  Tozzi et al.

Issue Highlights - Congenital

• Congenital: Aortic Valve

  Outcomes after the Ross procedure with pulmonary autograft reinforcement by reimplantation

  Guirgis et al.

• Congenital: Aortic Valve

  The Ross operation after removal of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement in pediatric patients

  Eckhauser et al.

• Congenital: Double-Outlet Right Ventricle

  Three-dimensional printing and virtual reconstruction in surgical planning of double-outlet right ventricle repair

  Ponchant et al.

• Congenital: Coronary: Case Reports

  Management of a large coronary artery fistula in a neonate

  McKiernan et al.

Issue Highlights - Thoracic

• Thoracic

  The well-matched interaction between virtuality and reality for intraoperative localization of nonpalpable pulmonary nodules

  Feng et al.

• Thoracic: Lung Cancer: Case Report

  Successful lung-sparing carinal reconstruction after induction chemoradiotherapy for carinal cancer via median sternotomy: Reefing bronchial membrane technique

  Date et al.

• Thoracic: Esophagus: Invited Video Atlas

  Robotic Heller myotomy and Dor fundoplication: Twelve steps

  Kaaki et al.

• Thoracic: Lung Transplantation

  Prioritizing direct heart procurement in organ donors after circulatory death does not jeopardize lung transplant outcomes

  Schwarz et al.

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Adult: The operative procedure and early and midterm results after EB-SAFER.

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Congenital:Symptomatic newborn coronary fistula repair without cardiopulmonary bypass.

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Thoracic: Operative video of carinal reconstruction via media sternotomy. The reefing membrane technique is effective for safe anastomosis, even after induction chemoradiotherapy.

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Adult Legend:  Pledgeted versus nonpledgeted sutures in aortic valve replacement: insights from a prospective multicenter trial. Outcomes were compared according to the use of pledgeted sutures. Propensity score matching was used to adjust for baseline differences. The images showing the suturing techniques were reproduced from Kirali and colleagues with permission from Elsevier. Velders

Congenital Legend: Graphical abstract summarizing the content of our study in a single image. Guirgis

Thoracic Legend: Graphical Abstract. Mahajan

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JTCVS Techniques

JTCVS Techniques is a peer-reviewed, open access journal from the American Association for Thoracic Surgery, the publisher of the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery (JTCVS). Brought to you by the same editorial team as JTCVS, JTCVS Techniques aims to provide timely information to cardio-thoracic surgeons by publishing high-quality case reports, innovative techniques and cardiothoracic images in video and multimedia formats. Videos are an important component to demonstrate techniques and report outcomes of surgical interventions.

 

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery is an international organization of over 1,500 of the world's foremost cardiothoracic surgeons representing 41 countries. Founded in 1917, its members have a proven record of distinction within the specialty and have made significant contributions to the care and treatment of cardiothoracic disease throughout the world.

 

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