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This video demonstrates a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery sympathectomy for the termination of ventricular tachycardia electrical storm, featuring an exceptional view and excision of Kuntz's... More
November 26, 2025
This video presents the case of a 34-year-old male who experienced military heart trauma, for which the surgeons performed a totally endoscopic extraction of a cardiac foreign body.
November 25, 2025
This video demonstrates a complex case of aortic reintervention, in which a frozen elephant trunk was performed following the failure of an endovascular arch repair.
November 20, 2025
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive strategy for combined aortic valve replacement using a sutureless bioprosthesis and total coronary revascularization via left anterior minithoracotomy, highlighting the technical details and feasibility of this sternum-sparing approach.
November 18, 2025
This video demonstrates a patient who underwent a Bentall procedure via a minimally invasive right anterior minithoracotomy.
November 18, 2025
This video demonstrates a double-patch modification of the Manougian technique, which offers a simple and reproducible method for achieving true annular plane enlargement.
November 17, 2025
This video demonstrates a high-risk patient with infective endocarditis of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement prosthesis, complicated by aortic root abscess, which was successfully repaired with aortic valve replacement and posterior unroofing of the abscess cavity, followed by patch closure.
November 13, 2025
This video summarizes the key steps in performing branch-first arch replacement, a technique which is growing in popularity.
November 11, 2025
This video demonstrates a beating heart transplant using the Organ Care System ("Heart-in-a-Box").
November 8, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical solution to a percutaneous atrial septal defect closure device that migrated into the main pulmonary artery, creating a life-threatening situation.
November 5, 2025
This video demonstrates a technique for the implantation of a robotic mitral valve annuloplasty band.