Journal of cardiac surgery
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To evaluate the midterm hemodynamic and functional outcome of pulmonary endarterectomy (PEA) for patients with advanced chronic thromboembolic pulmonary hypertension (CTEPH). ⋯ CPET can be used to quantify progress in functional capacity post-CTEPH, although improvements in peak oxygen consumption plateau at two years.
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With the advent of transcatheter aortic valve replacement and the emergence of rapid deployment aortic valves, there is a resurgent interest in minimizing the trauma of surgical aortic valve replacement (AVR). The present review summarizes the history of minimal access AVR and attempts to collate the existing evidence regarding minimal access AVR.