Pedro Catarino
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 advancements in technologies and techniques....
A bilateral axillary cannulation was performed using 10 mm Gelweave grafts. Following a standard median sternotomy, cardiopulmonary bypass was established between the axillary cannulae and a dual-stage venous cannula in...
The aorta was cross-clamped, and the heart was arrested using antegrade cardioplegia. The aorta was transected and trimmed to the sinotubular junction. Commissural pledgeted stay sutures were placed, and the...
This is the winning video from the 2024 CTSNet Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the second and third place winners. Click here to watch Dr....
This is a recorded session from the 2021 Birmingham Review Course. In this session, five expert cardiac surgeons came together to present on topics in aortic surgery. This talk from...
A fifty-three-year-old man was transferred for emergent surgical repair of a left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR). An expedited preoperative workup including an electrocardiogram and echocardiography revealed an old inferior...






