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At the 2025 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Watch for more interviews from the meeting. At the 2025 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Professor Michael A. Borger, Chief…
Infective endocarditis (IE) is defined as an infection of the endocardium, most frequently involving the cardiac valves. This condition is associated with high morbidity and mortality, as well as considerable surgical complexity, despite advances in diagnostic and therapeutic strategies. Individuals with congenital heart disease are at significantly higher risk for IE compared to the general…
At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes conducted insightful interviews with leading cardiothoracic surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting. At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons (ECS) Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Husam Balkhy, Professor of…
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. This video demonstrates a novel hybrid strategy that combines transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR), off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (OPCABG), and ascending aortic wrapping in a case of ascending aortic aneurysm in conjunction with severe…
In this new CTSNet President’s Series, Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of WTS, shares insights about the upcoming WTS Annual Meeting. Watch for more videos in this series coming soon. Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS) and Associate Professor and Program Director of Education at MD Anderson Cancer Center, spoke with Dr.…
Background In a field where precision saves lives and innovation shapes futures, every opportunity to learn globally becomes a responsibility to act locally. As a pediatric cardiac surgeon trained in Pakistan, I have long worked in a resource-limited, high-volume environment where each intervention carries immense weight—not just for a child’s survival, but for a family’s…
A 55-year-old male with no known medical diseases presented to the emergency department with exertional dyspnea that had became severe in the past three days. Echocardiography was performed as part of his workup and showed a reduced ejection fraction of 30 percent with a dilated left ventricle (LV), along with an inferior wall aneurysm…
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. Minimally invasive mitral valve repair offers clear advantages over conventional sternotomy, including reduced postoperative pain, shorter recovery time, and improved cosmetic results. However, its broader adoption has been limited by variability in patient selection, incision…
One of the major challenges of the Bentall-de Bono procedure is achieving proper hemostasis. Several techniques have been previously described for managing the aortic root, such as the French Cuff or the use of double suture layers. This technique is remarkably fast, completing the procedure with only 72 minutes of aortic cross-clamping and using a…
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the patient was a 30-year-old man who reported intermittent hemoptysis. Bronchoscopy suggested a well-vascularized endobronchial lesion at the junction of the left lower lobar bronchus and the left mainstem bronchus. Contrast-enhanced…
This interview features the winner of the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch the winning video and all other competition entries. CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Sameh Said about his innovative solution aimed at improving the survival rates of neonates and increasing the likelihood of completing their palliative staged surgeries, as demonstrated in “EXIT-to-Open Atrial Septectomy for…
A 53-year-old man presented with exertional dyspnea. Transthoracic echocardiography demonstrated a coronary sinus atrial septal defect measuring 16 × 21 mm with a left-to-right shunt. Significant secondary tricuspid regurgitation was noted, along with a dilated right ventricle. The pulmonary artery systolic pressure was estimated at 46 mmHg. Further imaging, including transesophageal echocardiography and multislice computed tomography, confirmed the presence…
In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Fraser Sutherland, a consultant cardiac surgeon at Ross Hall Hospital and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Scotland, about the world’s first transcervical robotic aortic valve replacement (AVR) procedures. They discuss the history and evolution of these cases, along with the preclinical work that…
This video details a thoracic surgical procedure in which a patient with a history of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) underwent a Collis gastroplasty and Nissen fundoplication. This case highlights the importance of integrating these procedures to accommodate reduced esophageal length. The video provides an overview of the patient’s medical history, a labeled and dictated surgical…
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. A 27-year-old female presented with intermittent breathlessness and recurrent syncope. Transthoracic echocardiography revealed a mobile right-sided mass, initially raising suspicion of a tumor or thrombus. Transesophageal echocardiography clarified that the mass was vascular in origin.…
In this new CTSNet President’s Series, Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of WTS, shares insights about the upcoming WTS Annual Meeting. Watch for more videos in this series coming soon. Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS) and Associate Professor and Program Director of Education at MD Anderson Cancer Center, spoke with Dr.…
