Medscape

New Risk Model Accurately Predicts Low-Risk Surgery After TAVR

Study validates a new risk model that allows for more accurate risk estimates, encourages shared decision-making, and helps ...
Medscape

Patients With Marfan Syndrome With Aortic Root >3 cm May Benefit From Prophylactic Surgery

April 12, 2005 -- Patients with Marfan syndrome with an aortic root diameter of more than 3 cm should be considered for prophylactic surgery, according to the results of a Markov decision analysis ...
Nature

The Marfan aortic root: time to refine surgical guidelines

Figure 1: A pair of siblings with Marfan syndrome who underwent aortic-root surgery. Given the prognostic implications, aortic surgery can be the most important event in the life of a patient with ...

Hospital successfully performs high-risk surgery on woman with severe heart failure

Hospital successfully performs high risk surgery on woman with severe heart failure: Kauvery hospital, Vadapalani, performed a rare and high-risk aort.
Nature

Total aortic root replacement versus valve-sparing surgery: providing a basis for comparison

Valve-sparing techniques are increasingly being used as an alternative to total aortic root replacement (TARR), which involves a modification of the Bentall procedure. At present, however, there are ...
Hindustan Times

BHU’s Sir Sundarlal Hosp becomes 1st in East U.P. to perform complex heart surgery

VARANASI A team of cardiothoracic surgeons successfully performed Aortic Root Replacement surgery at the Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery, Sir Sundar Lal Hospital, IMS-BHU. The ...
National Institute for Health and Care Excellence

Personalised external aortic root support (PEARS) using mesh to prevent aortic root expansion and aortic dissection in people with Marfan syndrome

Marfan syndrome is a genetic disorder of the connective tissues. One effect of it is that the wall of the aorta can weaken and progressively widen. The wall can tear (dissection) and possibly rupture, ...