María G. López-Treviño

David-V Procedure Combined with Zone 2 Arch Replacement for Acute Stanford Type A Dissection

Valve-sparing aortic root replacement is increasingly used in selected patients with acute aortic dissection and preserved valve anatomy. We present the case of a 52-year-old man with acute Stanford type A aortic dissection extending from the aortic root to the iliac bifurcation with arch involvement; this was complica...

TAVR Explant in the Era of Lifetime Valve Management: Indications, Operative Challenges, and Contemporary Outcomes

Primary Cardiac Sarcoma: Impact of Tumor Location and Biology in Surgically Resected Cases.

OBJECTIVE(S) We evaluated perioperative and long-term outcomes after surgical resection of primary cardiac sarcoma (PCS) according to anatomical tumor location and identified predictors of survival. METHODS We retrospectively reviewed 158 patients undergoing 172 PCS resections between 1998 and 2026. Patients were str...