Marco Di Eusanio
In this session, cardiothoracic surgery experts gathered to discuss transaxillary valve surgery, options to avoid patients-prosthesis mismatch, aortic valve replacement (AVR), and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). These presentations were recorded during the aortic valve...
In this session, cardiothoracic surgery experts gathered to discuss transaxillary valve surgery, options to avoid patients-prosthesis mismatch, aortic valve replacement (AVR), and transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI). These presentations were...
The authors report the case of a 73-year-old man with a history of acute type A aortic dissection, who was treated with urgent hemiarch repair and later underwent endovascular arch...
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. Prosthetic valve endocarditis (PVE) is a life-threatening condition that...
In March 2025, the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland held its annual meeting, bringing together professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery to discuss the latest...
In this video, we show in a step-by-step fashion how we could perform what is, to the best of our knowledge, the first total arch replacement with Frozen Elephant Trunk...
Postoperative stroke after cardiac surgery is a rare but catastrophic complication. Most commonly, it results from embolic dislodgement of atherosclerotic debris that may occur during surgical manipulation of the ascending...
Due to COVID-19, the Minimally Invasive and Transcatheter Cardiac Surgery course, originally scheduled to be held in person in Ancona, Italy, was converted into the new Ancona Live Virtual Course...
Type Ia endoleak represents a major complication after TEVAR implantation (1). The treatment of choice to obtain the closure of the proximal leak includes a) total arch replacement with a...
While the number of minimally invasive interventions being offered is gradually growing, patients’ requests for interventions associated with minimized trauma and faster recovery often remain unfulfilled (1). Currently, most lines...
In times of expanding indications for transcatheter aortic valve replacement—justified or not—consistent implementation of minimally invasive strategies is needed to meet patients’ growing demands for improved quality of life and...
In patients with hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy, sparing the mitral valve can be a great challenge for the cardiac surgeon. In fact, the anatomy of this disease is greatly inconstant with...
Bentall surgery, often required in patients with an aortic valve prosthesis infection, represents a great surgical challenge. Extensive periannular abscess with annular destruction and friable infected tissues may hamper a...






