Arie Blitz
- Degree
- MD
- Professional group
- doctor
- Fields of interest
- Cardiac Surgery, Transplantation
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- Biography
- Arie Blitz MD is the Director of Mechanical Circulatory Support and Advanced Heart Failure Surgery at the McAllen Heart Hospital. He attended the Albert Einstein College of Medicine in New York, and completed his general surgery and cardiac surgery training at Montefiore Medical Center and UCLA, respectively. He implanted the first Jarvik Heart Pump in Cleveland and has numerous publications in the area of advanced heart failure treatments.
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Heartmate II LVAD Inflow Cannulation Technique
A brief presentation followed by a focused video detailing the technical details of inflow cannulation for Heartmate II LVAD implantation.
Tickle Me ECMO Are the Results Laughable?
A presentation I gave at the 2015 "The New Orleans Conference" on the topic of ECMO. It includes a discussion of the latest outcomes data and developments in the field, and suggests that the...
Removal of Right Ventricular Mass and Tricuspid Valve Replacement
A brief case presentation is followed by a narrated operative video. The case presented here is that of a young male who presented with a large right ventricular mass that involved the tricuspid valve...
Mitral Valve Replacement How to Handle the Big MAC
A short presentation on some of the techniques used to address MAC (mitral annular calcification) is followed by an operative video demonstrating several of the techniques. Techniques include mechanical...
Heartmate II LVAD Outflow Grafting Technique
A brief presentation followed by a focused video detailing the technical details of outflow grafting for Heartmate II LVAD implantation.
ECMO Cannulation Technique
A brief discussion of axillary artery anatomy is followed by a narrated operative video detailing the steps in cannulation for VA (venoarterial) ECMO. Safeguards and pitfalls are discussed.
Central Coaptation (Parks) Stitch for Aortic Insufficency
A discussion of the options available if significant aortic insufficiency is encountered at the time of LVAD placement is provided, followed by a brief operative video demonstrating the technique...
Bypass Surgery on a Beating Heart
A brief case presentation is followed by an operative video detailing the technique of beating heart coronary bypass surgery. In this technique, the patient undergoes revascularization while avoiding...
10 Dangerous Myths about Heart Disease
My video lecture on the 10 most dangerous myths regarding heart disease, derived from the American Heart Association website, www.heart.org.
Vertical vs Horizontal Integration in Cardiac Surgery
A presentation from the 2015 The New Orleans Conference covering the topic of integration in healthcare and how it affects those in the cardiac surgery specialty.
Where Do We Set the LVAD RPM? → Negotiating Between Scylla and Charybdis
This video lecture provides an overview of the factors to take into consideration in adjusting the LVAD pump speed. The final setting is a balance of competing factors that takes into account the specific...
VAD Thrombosis: "A riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma"...
This video and accompanying manuscript review the state of the art regarding the subject of pump thrombosis (PT). The historical context of PT and the clinical data are described, the etiologic factors...
VAD Thrombosis: "A riddle wrapped ina mystery inside an enigma"...
This lecture and accompanying manuscript reviews the state of the art regarding the subject of pump thrombosis (PT). The historical context of PT and the clinical data are described, the etiologic factors...
Removal of a Very Unusual IVC tumor via the Right Atrium
The technique is described for removing an IVC tumor under circulatory arrest and antegrade cerebral perfusion.
Repair of Uncomplicated Type A Dissection
Steps in the repair of an uncomplicated type A aortic dissection are outlined.
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Operative Technique of Aortic Valve Replacement (2)
Two main reasons for aortic valve replacement are aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this procedure damaged valve is replaced with artificial one - mechanical or biological....
Bypass Surgery on a Beating Heart
A brief case presentation is followed by an operative video detailing the technique of beating heart coronary bypass surgery. In this technique, the patient undergoes revascularization while avoiding...
Operative Technique of Aortic Valve Replacement
Two main reasons for aortic valve replacement are aortic valve stenosis and aortic valve regurgitation. During this procedure damaged valve is replaced with artificial one - mechanical or biological....
Excision of Cardiac tumor
Heart tumors are increadibly rare neoplasms. In 75% of cases they are benign tumors, like myxoma. More frequent but still uncommon are metastases to the heart. In the following video a case of 68 year...
A Quick Way of Inserting a Warming or Cooling Catheter
Seldinger technique was elaborated to provide quick and safe access to blood vessels and hollow organs. The desired vessel is puntured with trocar, then a guidewire is introduced through the lumen of...
Treatment for Complications of Rheumatic Heart Disease - Mitral Valve...
The prevalence of the rheumatic fever was substantially decreased by the use of antibiotics. One of its complications is a rheumatic heart disease leading to mitral valve stenosis, heart failure and necessity...
Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (Heartmate II LVAD)
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a device used for partial or complete replacement of the function of failing heart. They are designed to assist either right or left or both ventricles. The used type...
Dissection of Ruptured Aorta Type A - Surgical Repair
Aortic dissection occurs when the inner wall of the aorta is torn, which causes the blood to flow between the layers of an aortic wall, forcing the layers apart. Aortic dissection is a life-threatening...
The Technique of Aortic Root Replacement
Aortic diseases often invlove both wall of aorta and aotic valve. During surgery special consideration of aortic branches, such as coronary arteries and arteries branching from the arch, is required....
Tricuspid Valve Replacement for Endocarditis
Atrioventricular valves, mitral and tricuspid, have an important role of preventing blood regurgitation and allowing the blood to flow only in one direction. Unfortunately many heart diseases involve...
Aortic Cannulation for Cardiopulmonary Bypass: Arie Blitz, MD
Many open heart surgeries require an introduction of cardiopulmonary bypass, which enables to stop and immobilize the heart during procedure. Typically the device consists of 2-4 pumps which sustain the...
Repair of Aneurysm of the Ascending Aorta
Surgical treatment (an ascending aortic replacement) for aneurysmal disease is performed. The narrator underlines important technical details for a perfect repair. Before the surgery the presentation...
The Technique of Aortic Root Replacement - a Treatment for Endocarditis
Endocarditis is an inflammation of the inner layer of the heart, the endocardium, which usually involves the heart valves. Other structures, including the interventricular septum, the chordae tendineae,...
How To Cannulate for ECMO
The ECMO stands for Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation. It is a device, which provides both respiratory and circulatory support for people whose heart and lungs are unable to provide eough blood oxygenation...
Implantation of a Left Ventricular Assist Device (Heartmate II LVAD)
A ventricular assist device (VAD) is a device used for partial or complete replacement of the function of failing heart. They are designed to assist either right or left or both ventricles. The used type...
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