Massimo Caputo
Use of the right atrial appendage to reconstruct the pulmonary valve (PV) in patients with tetralogy of Fallot (ToF) requiring a transannular patch has been recently introduced in conjunction with bovine pericardial patch with good...
This video shows a rare case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with a large aortic root to left atrial appendage fistula in a baby born with aortic atresia, a hypoplastic...
This video presents surgical details of the double switch operation, consisting of ventricular septal defect (VSD) closure, Senning, and arterial switch procedures in a five-year-old boy. The patient had...
A fifteen-year-old girl (BMI 16.4 kg/m) with a two-year history of dysphagia, periprandial angina, and anorexia was referred to pediatric general surgery. A contrast swallow demonstrated a luminal obstruction...
Cone repair for Ebstein’s anomaly has become the preferred surgical strategy for the tricuspid valve. As the severity in the abnormalities of the posterior and septal tricuspid valve leaflet varies...
Of the 130 million babies born in the world every year, more than half a million will have congenital heart disease (CHD) requiring treatment. Only a small minority of these...
Introduction Coronary fistulae are very rare anomalies found in only 1-2% of the population. However, within the spectrum of congenital coronary anomalies, termination anomalies are the most common after origin...
The authors present the unusual case of a previously fit and well 15-year-old girl. She developed a hoarse voice and was found to have a heart murmur. On subsequent investigation,...
Objectives Deep hypothermia and cardioplegic myocardial arrest, with or without selective cerebral perfusion, is traditionally performed during aortic arch reconstruction. In the following video, the authors describe a technique for...
Massimo Caputo of Rush University Medical Center in Chicago discusses his experience as a CTSNet contributor. Dr. Caputo has contributed four videos on congenital surgery to CTSNet’s educational resources. To...
Objectives The advent of hybrid surgical options for treating cardiac disease has integrated the techniques of interventional cardiology with the techniques of cardiac surgery to provide a form of therapy...
Objectives: In this video, the authors demonstrate the surgical techniques for correction of anomalous aortic origin of the right coronary artery (RCA) with an interarterial and intramural course (AAORCA) or...
By Massimo Caputo, MD, Serban Stoica, FRCS, Andrew J Parry, FRCS, and Jose Pedro Da Silva, MD This video describes the cone procedure for tricuspid valve repair in a 35-year...













