Mitral Valve Intervention, Pulmonary Hypertension, and Survival in 219 Shone's Syndrome Patients.

Background: Relationships between pulmonary hypertension (PHTN), mitral valve intervention (MVI), and death among patients with Shone's syndrome (SS) are unclear. Our recent data suggested temporal progression of MV disease and early survival benefit with MVI at initial operation. In this expanded cohort, we characterized trajectory and impact of PHTN on survival, and its relationship to MVI(s).

SciScribe: Automating and contextualizing literature reviews in cardiac surgery.

Background: The task of writing structured content reviews and guidelines has grown stronger and more complex. We propose to go beyond search tools and toward curation tools by automating time-consuming and repetitive steps of extracting and organizing information.

Methods: SciScribe is built as an extension of IBM's Deep Search platform, which provides document processing and search capabilities.

Contemporary experience with the Commando procedure for anterior mitral anular calcification.

Objective: Anterior mitral anular calcification, particularly in radiation heart disease, and previous valve replacement with destroyed intervalvular fibrosa are challenging for prosthesis sizing and placement. The Commando procedure with intervalvular fibrosa reconstruction permits double-valve replacement in these challenging conditions. We referenced outcomes after Commando procedures to standard double-valve replacements.

Ross procedure or mechanical aortic valve, which is the best lifetime option for an 18-year-old? A decision analysis.

Objectives: Identifying the optimal solution for young adults requiring aortic valve replacement (AVR) is challenging, given the variety of options and their lifetime complication risks, impacts on quality of life, and costs. Decision analytic techniques make comparisons incorporating these measures. We evaluated lifetime valve-related outcomes of mechanical aortic valve replacement (mAVR) versus the Ross procedure (Ross) using decision tree microsimulations modeling.

Are adult thoracic patient education materials designed with patients in mind?

Objective: Patients are increasingly using the internet to obtain health care information. US News and World Report Best Hospital rankings received more than 103 million views in 2021. Considering 21% of thoracic surgery patients are minorities, 27.