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Kim de la Cruz
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CT Surgeon| Assoc. Prof of Surgery, University of Virginia| Co-Director of Aortic Disease Program, UVA Health| Fmr. Section Chief of Aortic Surgery, Div of Thoracic & Cardiac Surgery, Dept of Surgery, Brigham & Women’s Hospital| Opinions are my own
#STS2025 Chamberlain Memorial Paper for Adult Cardiac Surgery:

“Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement versus Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerated Bioprosthetic Valves”

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www.annalsthoracicsurgery.org/article/S000...
Redo Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement versus Valve-in-Valve Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement for Degenerated Bioprosthetic Valves
Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve replacement (ViV-TAVR) is associated with improved perioperative safety compared to redo surgical aortic valve replacement (redo-SAVR), but long-term outcomes...
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January 27, 2025 at 1:14 AM
Sexagenarian w/ acute type A #aorticdissection, mild aortic insufficiency, CKD, tx’d w/ aortic valve resuspension, felt patch neomedia & subcommissural plication, ascending aortic/zone 2 arch replacement (28 x 10 mm)+ aorto-innominate/aorto-left common carotid bypass w/ Y-graft (12 x 8 mm) #aortaed
March 6, 2024 at 1:45 PM