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This interview features the winner of the 2024 CTSNet Resident Video Competition. Watch the winning video and all other competition entries. CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Allen Razavi, cardiac surgery researcher and general surgery resident at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, California, about his winning video, “Minimally Invasive Bilateral Orthotopic Lung Transplant With Robotic Assistance.” They discussed…
In this CTSNet series, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang presents innovative, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures for a variety of conditions. Stay tuned for more series videos in the coming weeks. The authors present a case of totally endoscopic redo inferior vena cava (IVC) patch enlargement. The patient was a 44-year-old male who, four years prior, had presented with a…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. In this video, the authors discuss a minimally invasive Bentall procedure performed for an aortic aneurysm. A 54-year-old male presented to the outpatient department with a chief complaint of breathlessness persisting for four to five months.…
The patient was a 52-year-old man with a 5.2 cm aorta. A femoral vein cannula was placed, followed by an upper ministernotomy. Retrograde cardioplegia was administered while the aorta was opened after high aortic cannulation. A left ventricle (LV) vent was then placed, and the remainder of the proximal aorta was removed. The decision regarding whether to…
The patient was a 50-year-old man who had undergone a 27 mm Mosaic aortic valve replacement three years previously, who, unfortunately developed a streptococcus mitis infection. The valve was sterilized, but he was left with severe aortic regurgitation. The method described is intended to prevent any emboli from being displaced to the brain using retrograde cardioplegia…
In this CTSNet series, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang presents innovative, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures for a variety of conditions. Stay tuned for more series videos in the coming weeks. The authors present a case of totally endoscopic repair for atrial functional mitral regurgitation, including left atrial ablation and left atrial appendage clip placement. The patient was a…
At the 2025 SCTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Leanne Ashrafian spoke with Drs. Yolonda Colson, chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at Massachusetts General Hospital and Hermes C. Grillo Professor of Surgery in the Field of Thoracic Surgery at Harvard Medical School; Nuria M. Novoa, head of the Department of Thoracic Surgery…
In this new CTSNet President’s Series, Dr. Husam Balkhy, president of ISMICS, showcases cutting-edge, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures from the University of Chicago. Watch for more videos in this series coming soon. A fifty-two-year-old patient with triple vessel disease (TVD) involving the left anterior descending artery (LAD), diagonal branch (D), left circumflex artery (LCX) and right coronary…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Objective The Damus-Kaye-Stansel anastomosis is a common technique for stage I palliation of single ventricle patients. This case involves a patient with double inlet left ventricle (DILV), dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA), and interrupted aortic…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Ventricular tachycardia (VT) is a life-threatening arrhythmia that is typically managed without surgical intervention using a combination of medications, implanted cardioverters, or catheter-based ablations. Some cases of refractory VT, commonly known as VT storm, may require…
For children facing the challenges of aortic valve disease, the surgical landscape has historically presented limited options, each with its own set of long-term uncertainties. The Ross procedure, often considered the gold standard, carries its own complexities. This intricate surgery involves the transfer of the pulmonary valve to the aortic position, followed by the replacement…
The authors present the case of a 59-year-old man with a medical history of dilated cardiomyopathy and heart transplantation 10 years prior following aortic valve replacement and simultaneous implantation of a left ventricular assist device (LVAD). At the time of the transplant, the donor heart had a bicuspid valve and normal aortic diameters. During the…
In this CTSNet series, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang presents innovative, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures for a variety of conditions. Stay tuned for more series videos in the coming weeks. This case included aortic valve replacement (AVR), mitral valve repair (MVr), and tricuspid valve repair (TVr) during triple valve surgery (TVS). The patient was a 68-year-old male with…
The Ross procedure has demonstrated excellent mid- and long-term outcomes (1), establishing it as the preferred aortic valve replacement for young patients in many centers. However, its primary limitation remains the reliance on a homograft in the pulmonary position, which frequently necessitates future reinterventions. This raises a critical question: Can a native tissue valve be…
This video features a 42-year-old male patient who received an On-X mechanical valve. An aortotomy was performed after a hemisternotomy, and then the leaflets were removed as closely to the annulus as possible. Dr. Gaudiani notes that the On-X valve is large; therefore, the sizer must fit easily into the annulus. Additionally, he mentions that…
In this CTSNet series, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang presents innovative, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures for a variety of conditions. Stay tuned for more series videos in the coming weeks. The authors present the case of a mechanical mitral valve repair in a 57-year-old female patient who had previously undergone mitral valve replacement with an…
