Nestor Clusa

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August 18, 2025 | Nestor Clusa

Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSRR) techniques have transformed the treatment of aortic root and aortic valve disease, providing an important alternative to conventional aortic valve replacement. A paradigm shift toward the preservation of the native...

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March 14, 2025 | Guillermo Gutiérrez

Aorto-atrial fistulas are rare anatomical anomalies that can arise from various etiologies, with endocardial infections being the most common cause in adults. Their true impact on the population is unknown....

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May 9, 2024 | Juan Cruz Ponceliz

Ebstein’s anomaly is a rare congenital heart malformation that accounts for about 0.5 percent of all congenital heart defects. It is characterized by downward displacement of the septal and inferior...

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May 12, 2022 | Guillermo Gutiérrez

Dextrocardia is a congenital cardiac anomaly in which the base-apex cardiac axis points to the right and may be associated to situs solitus, situs inversus, or situs ambiguous. In cases...

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October 20, 2020 | Daniel Navia

Introduction Aortic valve repair is emerging as a beneficial alternative to aortic valve replacement in the treatment of aortic regurgitation, offering young patients the possibility to eliminate the risks of...

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September 3, 2020 | Jessica Luc

Jessica Luc, a resident editor of CTSNet and a cardiovascular surgery resident at the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada, hosts an informative roundtable with past winners of the CTSNet...

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April 25, 2019 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

CTSNet is excited to announce that “Hybrid Aortic Type I Dissection Repair” by Nestor Manuel Clusa has won first place in the 2018 Resident Video Competition. Dr Clusa is a...

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September 17, 2018 | Juan Vrancic

The patient was a 61-year-old man with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy with severe heart failure symptoms (New York Heart Association functional class III). His cardiovascular history included dyslipidemia, smoking, and the...

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August 27, 2018 | Daniel Navia

The use of both internal thoracic arteries (ITAs) has been shown to provide a decreased risk of death, need for reoperation, or need for percutaneous coronary intervention when compared with...