Right Anterior Minithoracotomy for Endocarditis After Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement.

Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) has become an equivalent alternative to surgical aortic valve replacement also in patients at low surgical risk. Prosthetic valve endocarditis after TAVR (TAVR-PVE) is a dangerous complication with the highest mortality rate among endocarditis patients. Only a minority of patients receive surgical treatment of TAVR-PVE.

[Ischemic heart disease complicated by heart failure: possibilities of surgical treatment].

Aim of the study was to assess remote results of surgical reconstruction of the left ventricle (LV) in patients with ischemic heart disease (IHD) and chronic heart failure (CHF). During 1996-2010 136 patients with IHD complicated by CHD were subjected to surgery. The patients were divided into 2 groups: with LV aneurism (group 1, n=70) and with ischemic cardiomyopathy (group 2, n=66).