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In this series of videos, Dr. Vincent Gaudiani shares his experience in the new field of surgery after previous TAVR and provides his tips for safely performing redo surgery for a variety of indications including TAVR early and late failure, endocarditis, and when further valve surgery is required. The patient in this video is an…
At the 2023 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting. CTSNet congenital surgery editor Prof. Sameh Said spoke with Dr. Viktoria Weixler, a cardiothoracic surgery trainee in her…
The patient presented in this video is a sixty-eight-year-old female who had undergone coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in 2020 and percutaneous coronary intervention in 2023. In this case, the Bentall-de Bono procedure with concomitant hemiarch replacement was performed during circulatory arrest with moderate hypothermia at 25 degrees Celsius. Cannulation was performed through the subclavian…
This video describes the set up and pitfalls for cardiopulmonary bypass, including common types of arterial and venous access, as well as cardioplegia routes and venting strategies. For arterial access, aortic cannulation is the most common. First, epiaortic ultrasound is used to assess for aortic calcifications that would affect cross clamp and cannulation sites. Next,…
Watch the Medtronic Global Grand Rounds. Marc Ruel, M.D., Donna May Kimmaliardjuk, M.D., and Gianluca Torregrossa, M.D., discuss the importance of OPCAB procedures and gaining adoption and building an OPCAB practice. Disclaimer The information in this video is intended only for healthcare professionals in countries where these Medtronic products and therapies are approved or available…
The Patient This video presents a detailed demonstration of right VATS segmentectomy of segments 7 and 8 of the lung. The patient is a sixty-four-year-old woman who is a current smoker with no respiratory symptoms. She had a past medical history of breast cancer, which was treated by mastectomy, chemotherapy, and radiotherapy. She had a…
The 13th Annual London Core Review is a three day cardiothoracic surgery course that will be held at the Wellcome Collection in London from April 10-12, 2024. Watch this exclusive interview with course director Aziz Momin as he covers the event’s history and highlights that CT surgeons and trainees alike can look forward to this April.…
As a part of the 2023 joint international conference of the African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Dr. Dominique Vervoort presented his perspective on access to cardiothoracic surgery resources amid the COVID-19 pandemic. View more articles on global cardiothoracic surgery from Dr. Vervoort. Disclaimer…
In this series of videos, Dr. Vincent Gaudiani shares his experience in the new field of surgery after previous TAVR and provides his tips for safely performing redo surgery for a variety of indications including TAVR early and late failure, endocarditis, and when further valve surgery is required. This video presents the case of a…
This video is a collaboration between Dr. Nirav Patel, Director of Robotic Cardiac Surgery at Northwell Health in New York, and Michelin star chef Fredrick Berzelius. Dr. Patel wanted to find projects to help surgeons develop their out-of-theater dexterity. Together with Fredrick, they came up with the concept of using the particular dexterity of a…
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Minimally invasive cardiac surgery has evolved and advanced over the last two decades. However, ever since the first right minithoracotomy approach for mitral repair performed by Alain Carpentier in 1996, the equipment used for these…
At the 2023 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting. Editor in chief Dr. Joel Dunning spoke with Prof. Hans-Joachim Schäfers about his career as an expert surgeon…
A sixty-two-year-old former smoker with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented to the authors’ institution with multiple recent embolic strokes and worsening heart failure symptoms. Careful diagnostic evaluation revealed a large postmyocardial infarction left ventricular (LV) pseudoaneurysm (PSA). Multimodality imaging was used to further characterize the PSA, demonstrating a large outpouching of the posterior LV wall…
This case was performed during a humanitarian mission in Paraguay in April 2023. The patient is a ten-year-old, 40 kg girl with severe tricuspid regurgitation. The surgical team found annular dilatation with no apical displacement, a large anterior leaflet, a restrictive posterior leaflet, and an absent septal leaflet with a remnant in the papillary muscle.…
As a part of the 2023 joint international conference of the African Academy for Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery and the African Association of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgeons, Dr. Bode Falase presented an update on the Nigeria Open Heart Surgery Registry. Read CTSNet’s featured profile interview with Dr. Falase for more on his important work…
At the 2023 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting. CTSNet Global editor Prof. Emily Farkas spoke with Prof. Rui Almeida, a cardiothoracic surgeon, Director of Education of…
