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- ItemChronic coronary syndromes - time to reassess the evidence(South African Heart Association, 2018) Kyriakakis, CharlesNo abstract available.
- ItemDelivering cardiac care : the next frontier(South African Heart Association, 2016) Pecoraro, Alfonso J. K.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: The 17th annual South African Heart congress, co-hosted with the annual meeting of the World Society of Cardiothoracic surgery, brings together both local and international pioneers in the field of cardiology and cardiothoracic surgery. The combination of adult and paediatric cardiologists, cardiothoracic surgeons and allied professionals epitomises the emergence of the the “Heart team” as an integral component of providing optimal cardiac health care.
- ItemEmbracing new techniques and new technologies in cardiac surgery – is it being done responsibly and safely?(South African Heart Association, 2017) Janson, JacquesCardiac surgeons have been pioneers since the inception of this surgical field. Sixty years ago the development of the heart-lung machine paved the way for cardiac surgery. Since then many new innovations have been introduced, including artificial heart valves, coronary artery bypass grafting, cardiac transplantation, minimally invasive techniques, transcutaneous heart valves and mechanical assist devices. This has required parallel development and advances in medical imaging, such as angiography, echocardiography, CT scanning and MRI providing accurate preoperative diagnosis and optimal planning of surgical procedures.
- ItemThe heart team, TAVI and natural selection(South African Heart Association, 2016) Doubell, AntonENGLISH ABSTRACT: The announcement in 2002 that Alan Cribier had performed the first Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation (TAVI) ranked right up there with the announcement that the first heart transplant had been performed by Chris Barnard, or the announcement that Andreas Gruentzig had performed the first coronary angioplasty. At the time we rightly viewed this as an exciting breakthrough in the management of patients with aortic stenosis and had little reason to anticipate that perhaps the major challenge for TAVI still lay ahead.
- ItemThe left atrial appendage - a design flaw or an essential structure(South African Heart Association, 2018) Doubell, AntonENGLISH ABSTRACT: The left atrial appendage (LAA) is considered to be a vestigial remnant of the primitive foetal atrium. It has also been identified as the source of the majority of left atrial thrombi in nonvalvular atrial fibrillation (AF). Not having a clearly defined and recognised function, and having the reputation of being the villain in thrombotic stroke in patients with non-valvular AF, has led to a number of rather aggressive interventions targeted at dealing with the scourge of AF.