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Lack of evidence-based practice leads to major geographical variations in elective coronary revascularization by stents or surgery in England
Septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy: coil, boil and the role of rescue surgery
Interventional treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy has considerably developed and primary surgical approach is nowadays considered for a minority of patients with insufficient relief of obstruction following catheter intervention. We present the history of a patient who underwent alcohol ablation and developed a life-threatening ventricular septal defect consecutively to a large myocardial infarction because of alcohol injection into the LA
Editorial Comment: Re-operation: a thing of the past? Transcatheter aortic valve-in-valve implantation for failed surgical bioprosthesis
Porcelain aorta does not mean inoperability but needs special strategies
Porcelain aorta is not an absolute contraindication for aortic valve and/or coronary bypass grafting but it requires a special strategy and individualized approach to minimize the risk of embolic complications and technical problems during opening and/or closing the aortotomy.
Keywords: Aortic valve replacement; Coronary bypass grafting; Hypothermic circulatory arrest; Porcelain aorta; Xeno-pericardial patc
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