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This video demonstrates an efficient method for aortic hemiarch replacement termed the seven-minute technique. Elective aortic hemiarch replacement under hypothermic circulatory arrest is commonly performed for ascending aortic aneurysms with proximal aortic arch involvement. In general, the hypothermic circulatory arrest times in these cases are between eighteen and twenty minutes. With the seven-minute technique, the…
A sixty-six-year-old man who had recently undergone aortic valve replacement presented to the emergency department after out-of-hospital cardiac arrest. Coronary angiography ruled out any significant coronary disease, and an echocardiogram showed a large aortic pseudoaneurysm of the mitral-aortic intervalvular fibrosa, so a subsequent CT scan was performed to confirm the finding. A transesophageal echocardiogram evidenced…
This is a recorded session from the 2021 Birmingham Review Course. In this session, five expert cardiac surgeons came together to present on topics in aortic surgery. This talk from Dr. Pedro Catarino, surgeon at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, United Kingdom, discusses different techniques for aortic arch surgery.In this session, five expert cardiac surgeons came…
Several studies have demonstrated the superiority of pulmonary resections coupled with bronchoplasty due to the possibility of preserving lung parenchyma in the context of a possible pneumonectomy. Likewise, the role minimal invasion has had in this approach has become significantly more prominent, with robotic assisted thoracic surgery (RATS) being the most promising. This is a…
In this exclusive CTSNet Global interview, CTSNet editor in chief Joel Dunning had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Glib Yemets, chief of cardiac surgery at the Ukrainian Children’s Cardiac Center in Kyiv, Ukraine. Dr. Yemets and the members of his clinic have undergone a particularly strenuous and unique set of events over the past…
This video demonstrates a new modification to the periareolar approach, periareolar minimally invasive technique (PAMI). The periareolar approach has been the preferred technique in Brazil since 2006, hence named the Brazilian technique. It is a video-assisted minithoracotomy through a skin incision along the lower ridge of the areola (1). However, in this modified technique, the…
This video presents the case of a sixteen-year-old boy who was diagnosed with type C Ebstein’s anomaly in childhood. Previously, he underwent cone reconstruction and replacement of the tricuspid valve with the Heimlich cylinder valve. This redo surgery is the very first case of totally endoscopic beating-heart tricuspid valve replacement after complex congenital heart surgeries…
This is a recorded session from the 2021 Birmingham Review Course. In this session, five expert cardiac surgeons came together to present on topics in aortic surgery. This talk from Dr. Duke Cameron, former CTSNet President and cardiac surgeon at Massachusetts General Hospital, discusses various aortopathies and their surgical solutions. Disclaimer The information and views…
August saw a wide variety of content published on CTSNet. Popular articles published this month include recordings from ATAS 2023, aortic surgical technique videos, and perspectives on the 2023 Chronic Coronary Disease Guideline. 1. Aortic Arch Debranching: The Off-Pump TechniqueBy Stephen Spindel, Shinobu Itagaki The most popular video in August demonstrates a step-by-step rundown of…
This video demonstrates the construction and implementation of a Cabrol patch and Cooley fistula, which can be an effective technique to combat persistent aortic bleeding. In this case, the Cabrol patch was used on a fifty-eight-year-old women, a former smoker with uncontrolled diabetes and BMI of 34. The patient had undergone aortic valve replacement with…
Dr. Sameh Said wrapped up his congenital heart surgery Guest Editor Series, “Right Axillary Thoracotomy for Repair of a Wide Variety of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants and Children—Should This Be the New Standard?” by moderating a live webinar. Contributors to the series discussed tips and pitfalls of completing various congenital cardiac surgeries via vertical…
This video presents a special case of a fissure last lower bilobectomy after an interoperative unilateral pulmonary artery clamping test. This was necessary because preoperative functional evaluation was inconclusive and intraoperative simulation of bilobectomy by artery clamping was planned to secure functional operability. To the authors’ best knowledge, this is the first documentation of this…
This is a recorded session from the 2021 Birmingham Review Course. In this session, five expert thoracic surgeons came together to present on thoracic malignancy and its surgical solutions. This talk from Dr. David Waller, a cardiac surgeon at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital in London, discusses the role of segmentectomy and lobectomy in early lung cancer…
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, “Right Axillary Thoracotomy for Repair of a Wide Variety of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants and Children—Should This Be the New Standard?” Guest Editor Dr. Sameh Said has curated a robust collection of content that shares the knowledge, techniques, and insights of several distinguished experts from…
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, “Right Axillary Thoracotomy for Repair of a Wide Variety of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants and Children—Should This Be the New Standard?” Guest Editor Dr. Sameh Said has curated a robust collection of content that shares the knowledge, techniques, and insights of several distinguished experts from…
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, “Right Axillary Thoracotomy for Repair of a Wide Variety of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants and Children—Should This Be the New Standard?” Guest Editor Dr. Sameh Said has curated a robust collection of content that shares the knowledge, techniques, and insights of several distinguished experts from…
