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Scientific news in cardiac surgery: recent studies, summarised and referenced for operating room teams. Content intended for healthcare professionals.

Mitral valve repair: when stroke risk persists despite sinus rhythm

The widespread adoption of mitral valve repair techniques has significantly shifted the profile of operated patients toward older age groups. While this evolution...

Jun 4, 2026

Obstructive HOCM: chordal cutting ensures long-term success of myectomy

The advent of cardiac myosin inhibitors, such as mavacamten and aficamtene, is transforming the management of obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy (HCM).

Jun 1, 2026

M-TEER: does long-term survival depend on the type of pulmonary hypertension?

In patients over 75, mitral regurgitation (MR) is the most common valvular heart disease. For those whose surgical risk precludes conventional surgery...

Jun 1, 2026

Mitral Valve Repair: When Calibrated Autologous Pericardium Changes the Game

Reconstruction of mitral leaflets in complex pathologies, particularly infectious endocarditis (representing 44% of this cohort), often requires the use of sub...

May 29, 2026

Mitral repair: when robotics optimizes clip precision

Transcatheter valve repair currently remains constrained by the mechanical limitations of manual delivery systems and a particularly steep learning curve.

May 29, 2026

Mechanical valve: when a pannus requires revision after 40 years

The Björk–Shiley monostrut (BS-M) valve is renowned for its exceptional longevity in the aortic position, yet documented clinical follow-up spanning four decades remains rare. While the de...

May 27, 2026

Alveolar haemorrhage: unmasking acute mitral regurgitation

When faced with diffuse alveolar haemorrhage (DAH), clinicians naturally focus their initial hypotheses on vasculitis or autoimmune etiologies. However, this study...

May 26, 2026

Rheumatic mitral valve: repair facing the challenge of reinterventions

Rheumatic heart disease (RHD) remains the most prevalent valvular pathology worldwide, affecting approximately 30 million individuals and causing over 300,000 annual deaths.

May 25, 2026

MICS Mitral Valve Repair: Lung Preservation in Myotonic Dystrophy (Steinert's Disease)

The management of patients with myotonic dystrophy type 1 (DM1) in cardiac surgery is complex, primarily due to a high risk of myotonia and...

May 25, 2026

Robotic mitral valve repair: demonstrated 5-year durability in octogenarians

With the rise of TEER (Transcatheter Edge-to-Edge Repair) procedures in elderly patients suffering from degenerative mitral regurgitation (DMR),...

May 20, 2026

Barlow's Disease: Alfieri Technique Matches Neochords and Reduces Clamping Time

Surgical management of Barlow's disease remains a major technical challenge due to anatomical heterogeneity: tissue excess, bileaflet prolapse, and dilata...

May 15, 2026

Thoracoscopic mitral valve repair: equivalent efficacy to sternotomy at 4 years

Surgical treatment of mitral regurgitation currently requires a constant trade-off between the optimal exposure provided by median sternotomy and the benefits of c...

May 14, 2026

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