Alan Gillinov
ERAS Cardiac Society once more conducted a joint webinar with CTSNet on May 30, 2024, bringing about presentations, discussion, and questions on, “Chest Tube Management in Cardiac Surgery.” The session included presentations from Dr. Marc...
This video is a part of CTSNet’s World’s Best Centers for Cardiothoracic Surgery: United States series. View every video in the World’s Best series and stay tuned for more. Watch...
Options for aortic occlusion during robotic cardiac surgery include endoaortic balloon occlusion, which requires imaging guidance and coordination between the bedside assistant and anesthesia teams; the Chitwood DeBakey transthoracic clamp,...
This video demonstrates a robotically-assisted mitral valve commissuroplasty in a young patient who presented with a complex mitral regurgitant jet and unclear mechanism of the regurgitation. A 41-year-old man was...
This video demonstrates the technique for robotically assisted myxoma resection. Also, it highlights the tips and tricks that have made this approach the authors’ method of choice for nearly all...
Current American Heart Association/American College of Cardiology guidelines state that mitral valve repair for asymptomatic patients with preserved left ventricular function is reasonable when the likelihood of a successful and...
This video demonstrates a straightforward, reproducible technique for the repair of bileaflet prolapse in Barlow’s disease. The valve is repaired with two sets of chordae to each of the anterior...




