Mahesh Ramchandani
The authors present a case of a patient who underwent right anterior thoracotomy aortic valve replacement with concomitant ascending and hemiarch replacement. This video demonstrates the feasibility of combining a minimally invasive thoracotomy approach with...
In the final installment of the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, Coronary Arterial Anomalies—Pediatric and Adult Congenital, congenital surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Professor Sameh Said was joined by pediatric and...
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, Coronary Arterial Anomalies—Pediatric and Adult Congenital. CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Sameh Said invited both pediatric and adult cardiac surgeons from around...
In this CTSNet Guest Editor Series, Coronary Arterial Anomalies—Pediatric and Adult Congenital, congenital surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Professor Sameh Said invited both pediatric and adult cardiac surgeons from around...
This is the case of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) explantation due to late thrombosis leading to cardiogenic shock. The patient was a sixty-seven-year-old woman with a complex medical...
This video demonstrates a valve-sparing root replacement with a reimplantation technique in a fifty-two-year-old female with a dilated root aneurysm and a bicuspid aortic valve with mild aortic valve regurgitation....
The patient was an eighty-two-year-old man with severe ostial LAD stenosis, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, and paravalvular leak in a two-year-old TAVR valve. The operation was performed via median sternotomy, followed...
This video demonstrates the setup for a minimally invasive mitral valve surgery in a step-by-step approach. Femoral cannulation is done through an oblique incision in the right groin. Both the...
Jessica Luc, Shanda Blackmon, Mahesh Ramchandani, and Nahush Mokadam discuss the topic of telemedicine for the cardiothoracic surgeon during the COVID-19 pandemic and beyond.
...CTSNet Roundtable filmed on April 15, 2020. Dr. Jessica Luc, cardiovascular surgery resident from the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, is joined by an expert panel of colleagues discussing the...
This video demonstrates a technique for performing a minimally invasive multi-vessel coronary bypass. The authors show how to safely access the ascending aorta for proximal anastomosis.
...Mahesh Ramchandani of Houston Methodist Hospital, Houston, Texas, discusses the use of the AngioVac device for removal of unwanted intravascular material. This educational presentation was originally given during the 9th...
Redo vascularization of a severely stenosed graft is considered risky because of the likelihood of embolization. The authors present a video of a severely stenosed and tortuous graft, redone via...










