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Currently in its 32nd year, the Birmingham Review Course is the longest-running course in the cardiothoracic specialty. The 2025 course promises an immersive learning experience featuring didactic lectures and interactive seminars on cardiac and thoracic topics, along with opportunities to engage with an international faculty. The 2025 Birmingham Review Course will take place from September…
In June 2025, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs assembled leading cardiothoracic surgeons to share insights and expertise on advanced topics in cardiothoracic surgery. Watch for more ASAIO 2025 videos in the coming weeks. At the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 2025 Annual Conference, Zaid Abu-Mowis, a medical student at the University of Florida…
The Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club is dedicated to raising global awareness of the benefits of endoscopic cardiac surgery among patients, surgeons, and industry partners. Stay tuned for more ECSC videos in the coming weeks. At the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Meeting 2024, Dr. Ramprassath M. Siddhan, a senior consultant cardiothoracic surgeon and associate professor at Velammal…
This video presents the case of a 76-year-old male with a significant smoking history who underwent a robotic left upper division trisegmentectomy for a suspicious nodule in the left upper lobe (LUL). Imaging demonstrated a ground-glass opacity (GGO) with an increasing solid component. Positron emission tomography (PET) imaging revealed mild fluorodeoxyglucose (FDG) uptake without evidence…
This interview features the congenital winner of the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch the winning videos and all other competition entries. CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Vince Gaudiani spoke with Ali Mashadi, a medical student at The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Bahrain, about his winning video, “The Ross Procedure Unveiled: Insights into Various Techniques and…
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. This case involves a 62-year-old male patient who underwent valve-sparing aortic root replacement (the David procedure) in combination with two-vessel coronary artery bypass grafting. Preoperative transthoracic echocardiography revealed a dilated aortic root with preserved left…
A 45-year-old female with a body surface area (BSA) of 1.68 m² (weight: 64 kg, height: 154 cm) presented with a one-year history of progressively worsening dyspnea, classified as New York Heart Association (NYHA) Class III. She also reported symptoms of chest heaviness and presyncope. At the time of admission, the patient was hemodynamically stable,…
This interview features the thoracic winner of the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch the winning videos and all other competition entries. CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Edward Kim, a cardiothoracic surgery resident at Tufts Medical Center in Boston, about his winning video, “Robot-Assisted Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy With Bronchoplasty and Thymic Flap Post Neoadjuvant Chemo/IO.” They discussed the…
This interview features the cardiac winner of the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch the winning videos and all other competition entries. CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Anthony Zaki, a cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, about his winning video, “Direct Aortic Impella 5.5 in Post-Cardiotomy Shock.” They discussed the specifics of the surgery, highlighting the advantages of…
This case involves a 72-year-old man with a past medical history of end-stage lung disease due to chronic obstructive pulmonary disease who was on 2-3 liters nasal cannula at home. He was admitted to an outside hospital with acute-on-chronic respiratory failure with worsening exercise intolerance. Despite being on maximum noninvasive oxygen support (high flow oxygen…
In this fascinating interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, discussing lifetime management of heart valve disease. They delve into Dr. Zacharias’s recent paper titled “Lifetime Management of Heart Valve Disease—Treat It Early and Treat It Right, First Time,” and…
In the final installment of the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, Coronary Arterial Anomalies—Pediatric and Adult Congenital, congenital surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Professor Sameh Said was joined by pediatric and adult cardiac surgeons from around the world for a panel discussion on coronary arterial anomalies and different surgical techniques used to manage them. Dr. Said…
Currently in its 32nd year, the Birmingham Review Course is the longest-running course in the cardiothoracic specialty. The 2025 course promises an immersive learning experience featuring didactic lectures and interactive seminars on cardiac and thoracic topics, along with opportunities to engage with an international faculty. The 2025 Birmingham Review Course will take place from September…
In May 2025, the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery brought together professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery to discuss and share knowledge on minimally invasive techniques. Watch for more ISMICS 2025 videos in the coming weeks. At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, Dr. Jacques…
The Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club is dedicated to raising global awareness of the benefits of endoscopic cardiac surgery among patients, surgeons, and industry partners. Stay tuned for more ECSC videos in the coming weeks. At the Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Meeting 2024, Dr. Svetozar Putnik, Director of Cardiac Surgery at the University Clinical Center of Serbia,…
This case describes a robotic left atrial appendage occlusion (LAAO) performed at a specialized institution that receives patients who are poor candidates for percutaneous left atrial appendage (LAA) devices. These include individuals with contraindications to oral anticoagulation (OAC) therapy commonly due to active gastrointestinal bleeding or patients with failed previous device attempts. The robotic LAAO…
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