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Complex distal aortic arch aneurysms involving the subclavian arteries present major challenges because of limited...
The neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy pathway has become the standard of care for patients with resectable, locally...
This talk features Jae Suk Yoo from the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of...
This session features George M. Pantalos, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering...
This expert consensus document addresses lung volume reduction (LVR) for emphysema, including surgical and endobronchial...
This article summarizes the surgical treatment of Pope Leo XIV, who was recently diagnosed with...
In a Michigan statewide quality collaborative analysis of 6,649 adults undergoing isolated surgery for primary...
This international consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), American College of Cardiology...
In a single-institution series of 43 beating-heart transplants performed after normothermic machine perfusion, predominantly using...
This single-center retrospective study examined 86 living-donor lobar lung transplant recipients who received 163 lobar...
In this episode of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley,...
This talk features CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac Mario Castillo-Sang, Surgical Director of Mitral Valve and Heart...
Mediastinal and intrathoracic germ cell tumors are rare in the pediatric population, and extragonadal yolk...
…The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement...
Most Popular
…This video shows an 85-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room with chest pain...
Introduction On behalf of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at St. James’s Hospital, two cases...
This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing transcatheter aortic...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the...
This article discusses the underrepresentation of women in cardiothoracic surgery, where they constitute less than...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the...
Editors' Picks
Primary tracheal tumors are rare, with adenoid cystic carcinoma being a common subtype with a...
This video is one of the top 10 entries from the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons...
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is increasingly becoming a standard approach for the treatment of various...
This video outlines the surgical technique of beating heart transplantation using the Organ Care System...
In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Fraser Sutherland, a consultant...
This video presents the case of totally endoscopic partial atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) repair in...
The common approach to a Bex-Nikaidoh procedure in a symptomatic neonate with dextro-transposition of the...
…This is the first-place video from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries...
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel Dunning recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Jeffrey Velotta,...
This video presents the case of a 79-year-old male with an unpredictable adhesive process in...
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from...
In this exceptional interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Chief of...
…In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Sameh...
…In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani discusses with Dr. Paul Shuttleworth how they set up...
…In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates his closure technique for an upper ministernotomy. He...
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This video highlights important hints, tips, and techniques for performing a reoperative sternotomy. In this...
…This video details how to enter the sternum when patients have undergone previous sternotomy. This...
The authors present their technique for axillary Impella 5.5 insertion. The preferred incision was made...
This article describes transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) vs surgical aortic valve implantation (SAVR), framed...
The clinical case presented in this video concerns a 67-year-old female patient who came to...
Anomalous origins of the coronary arteries are rare, occurring in 1-2 percent of the general...
At the 2026 Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading...
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from...
…In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates his closure technique for an upper ministernotomy. He...
This video demonstrates Dr. Vince Gaudiani’s technique for performing an upper ministernotomy. The manubrium was...
…This video demonstrates a myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 70-year-old woman with a 100-mmHg...
This expert consensus document addresses lung volume reduction (LVR) for emphysema, including surgical and endobronchial...
The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with...
Diaphragmatic paralysis following congenital cardiac surgery is an important cause of postoperative respiratory morbidity in...
This video shows the successful removal of a 10 cm anterior mediastinal mass. Initially, a...
Proven Techniques
Complex distal aortic arch aneurysms involving the subclavian arteries present major challenges because of limited...
The neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy pathway has become the standard of care for patients with resectable, locally...
A 24-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with progressive exercise intolerance. Further...
This video presents the authors’ standardized technique for multiportal robotic-assisted left pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy,...
The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with...
The role of surgery in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is continuously evolving...
Diaphragmatic paralysis following congenital cardiac surgery is an important cause of postoperative respiratory morbidity in...
Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery from the opposite sinus is uncommon, and an...
An 8-year-old male (24 kg) presented with intermittent fever for 45 days. Echocardiography demonstrated infective...
Mitral valve replacement has become the default strategy for patients with recurrent or persistent mitral...
A 63-year-old woman presented with myasthenia crisis and ptosis, for which she was treated with...
…A 32-year-old man presented with shortness of breath, exertional fatigue, and chest pain. He underwent...
Novel Cases
Mediastinal and intrathoracic germ cell tumors are rare in the pediatric population, and extragonadal yolk...
…The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement...
The authors present a novel operative technique for an aortopulmonary window. The patient was a...
Tracheal rupture after endotracheal intubation is uncommon, occurring in approximately 0.005 percent to 0.37 percent...
Kartagener syndrome is a rare manifestation of primary ciliary dyskinesia characterized by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis,...
A 27-year-old male previously underwent bilateral T2–T3 sympathicotomy for severe palmar hyperhidrosis. Compensatory hyperhidrosis involving...
Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery from the opposite sinus is uncommon, and an...
A 16-year-old male presented with shortness of breath and exertional fatigue. He had a history...
The surgical technique used in this video is suitable for patients with mixed supracardiac total...
Treating patients with both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and severe obesity can be challenging. Laparoscopic...
An 8 cm left sub-areolar thoracotomy was performed as the working port. The pericardium was...
The video begins with an interview featuring thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and...
Innovation
The authors present a novel operative technique for an aortopulmonary window. The patient was a...
Aortic uncrossing is indicated for symptomatic patients with a circumflex aorta causing significant tracheoesophageal compression....
A 16-year-old male presented with shortness of breath and exertional fatigue. He had a history...
Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) remains an important palliative strategy in selected congenital cardiac patients. Traditionally,...
…A four-month-old girl weighing 4.9 kg with trisomy 21 syndrome was referred for the repair...
An 8 cm left sub-areolar thoracotomy was performed as the working port. The pericardium was...
Three dimensional (3D) endoscopic aortic valve replacement combined with extended septal myectomy (the Morrow procedure)...
Mixed reality–guided anatomical segmentectomy represents an emerging strategy to improve intraoperative spatial understanding during sublobar...
Conventional transvenous pacing is standard care; however, patients with limited venous access often face a...
This video demonstrates video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomies, providing step-by-step instructional videos that dissect important structures...
In this video, the authors explain their technique for intrathoracic rib fixation as a treatment...
Background and Rationale Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery remains a cornerstone treatment for advanced...
Cardiac
Complex distal aortic arch aneurysms involving the subclavian arteries present major challenges because of limited...
This talk features Jae Suk Yoo from the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of...
This session features George M. Pantalos, Professor of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery and Biomedical Engineering...
In a Michigan statewide quality collaborative analysis of 6,649 adults undergoing isolated surgery for primary...
This international consensus document from the European Society of Cardiology (ESC), American College of Cardiology...
In a single-institution series of 43 beating-heart transplants performed after normothermic machine perfusion, predominantly using...
In this episode of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley,...
This talk features CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac Mario Castillo-Sang, Surgical Director of Mitral Valve and Heart...
…The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement...
Wednesday, November 18, 2026 @ 7:00 am – 8:00 am – This CTSNet Guest Editor...
This session features Song Li, Director of Data Science at Cardiogenic Shock Working Group and...
This session features Mark S. Slaughter, Professor and Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular and...
This single-center retrospective study evaluated whether stenosis in the intervening left anterior descending artery (iLAD),...
This 20-year propensity-matched study, utilizing data from the UK National Adult Cardiac Surgery Audit, examined...
Thoracic
Complex distal aortic arch aneurysms involving the subclavian arteries present major challenges because of limited...
The neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy pathway has become the standard of care for patients with resectable, locally...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of...
This article summarizes the surgical treatment of Pope Leo XIV, who was recently diagnosed with...
This single-center retrospective study examined 86 living-donor lobar lung transplant recipients who received 163 lobar...
Mediastinal and intrathoracic germ cell tumors are rare in the pediatric population, and extragonadal yolk...
This video presents the authors’ standardized technique for multiportal robotic-assisted left pneumonectomy after neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy,...
Tracheal rupture after endotracheal intubation is uncommon, occurring in approximately 0.005 percent to 0.37 percent...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Bart P. van Putte,...
This prospective European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) Drainology Collaborative registry study examined chest-drain practice...
This retrospective validation study compared conventional hard boundary objective performance indicators (OPIs) with probabilistic expected...
This prospective cohort is the largest of its kind involving 240 pediatric patients enrolled over...
In this episode of The Atrium, host Alice Copperwheat speaks with Jessica Donington, Professor of...
Kartagener syndrome is a rare manifestation of primary ciliary dyskinesia characterized by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis,...
The role of surgery in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is continuously evolving...
Congenital
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of...
Among 1,590 transposition of the great arteries {S, D, D} patients undergoing biventricular repair (1990–2020),...
The authors present a novel operative technique for an aortopulmonary window. The patient was a...
A 24-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with progressive exercise intolerance. Further...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Bart P. van Putte,...
This is a 10-year review of 52 patients (mean age 6 years) with the rare...
This prospective cohort is the largest of its kind involving 240 pediatric patients enrolled over...
In this informative interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair...
Diaphragmatic paralysis following congenital cardiac surgery is an important cause of postoperative respiratory morbidity in...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of...
An 8-year-old male (24 kg) presented with intermittent fever for 45 days. Echocardiography demonstrated infective...
This video demonstrates the modified trapdoor technique for direct reimplantation of an anomalous left coronary...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry,...
…In this episode of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley,...
Aortic uncrossing is indicated for symptomatic patients with a circumflex aorta causing significant tracheoesophageal compression....
Clinical Care Professionals
Join Us in Cape Town for the EACTS/STS/CSIA Cardio-Thoracic Conference, ‘In Africa for Africa’ The...
This session features the presidential address delivered by Dr. Gry Dahle at the International Society...
This interview centers around improving and evaluating surgical programs. At the 2026 American Association for...
…This interview highlights the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, situated on the outskirts of Khartoum,...
…This interview focuses on tracking burnout and recovery in surgical trainees. At the 2026 American...
…In this top-notch interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner...
…At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet JANS Editor Dr....
Change is hard, so for those who are looking for guidance on where to find...
…In this insightful interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner...
…In this important interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic...
In this compelling interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner...
In this extraordinary interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers, speaks with Dr....