Dmytro Babliak
The authors present a case of reoperative settings using a minimally invasive approach in an 11-year-old girl with a complex congenital heart defect. The procedure consisted of pulmonary valve replacement via a left anterior minithoracotomy...
This video demonstrates a simplified ring-only mitral valve repair technique for patients with symmetrical bileaflet mitral valve prolapse, annular dilatation, and centrally directed multiple jets of mitral regurgitation. The technique...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. The authors present a case of a minimally invasive left...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. The authors present a case of subaortic stenosis repair in...
The authors present a case of endoscopic saphenous vein harvesting for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) using a reusable retractor with an open CO₂ insufflation system. Prior to the procedure,...
The authors present a case of open cutdown cannulation of the right common carotid artery for cardiopulmonary bypass (CPB) using the semi-Seldinger technique. A 65-year-old man presented with chest pain...
A 64-year-old male presented with complaints of severe dyspnea on minimal exertion, lower extremity edema, and weakness. The patient had a history of long-term atrial fibrillation (AF). Echocardiography revealed reduced...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video demonstrates the technique of open cut down femoral...
The authors present a case of extra-anatomical bypass formation combined with aortic valve replacement in a patient with aortic coarctation and aortic valve insufficiency. A 50-year-old female with a history...
The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect repair with coronary artery bypass grafting performed via minimally invasive access—a left anterior minithoracotomy through the fourth intercostal space....
This video is the second-place winner from CTSNet’s 2024 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos. This video demonstrates a novel surgical technique...
This video presents a case of endoscopic radial artery harvesting using a reusable retractor with an open CO2 insufflation system. The procedure was performed with the patient’s arm positioned at...
This video presents a case of minimally invasive mitral valve replacement, left atrial appendage closure and left atrium plication. The patient is a sixty-eight-year-old woman with a history of rheumatic...












