In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Samer Nashef, a consultant cardiac surgeon at Papworth Hospital in Cambridge, about complications in cardiothoracic surgery.
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Cardiac
December 12, 2025
The recent webinar, "Optimizing Myocardial Protection in Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery: Contemporary Strategies and Emerging Techniques," brought together three leading experts in robotic cardiac surgery to share practical insights and review emerging evidence supporting myocardial protection in less invasive procedures.
December 12, 2025
In this second episode of the Case of the Month, thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Leanne Ashrafian is joined by CTSNet Senior Editor Lorena Montes, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria, and nurse educator Jill Ley to discuss “Cardiac Complications.”
December 12, 2025
This video demonstrates a complex case involving a double valve repair and anomalous pulmonary venous return with atrial septal defect repair managed endoscopically.
December 11, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Laurens Ceulemans, thoracic surgeon at the University Hospitals Leuven in Belgium, about lung volume reduction.
December 11, 2025
This video demonstrates an endoscopic approach to a high-risk operation for a deteriorating tricuspid valve bioprosthesis (high attenuating leaflet thickening).
December 11, 2025
This study evaluated the outcomes of mitral valve re-repair vs replacement after failed primary mitral regurgitation repair.
December 11, 2025
The UK Mini Mitral Trial compared minimally invasive (Mini) mitral valve repair (MVr) to conventional sternotomy in patients with degenerative mitral regurgitation. The primary objective was to assess physical function (PF) recovery, using the Short Form 36-Item Health Survey, version 2 (SF-36v2) PF scale 12 weeks post-surgery.
December 11, 2025
The PERSEVERE study evaluated one-year outcomes of the AMDS Hybrid Prosthesis for acute DeBakey Type I aortic dissection with malperfusion. This prospective, single-arm trial enrolled 93 patients across 26 US sites between July 2022 and May 2023.
December 10, 2025
This video demonstrates an approach to robotic surgery with fibrillatory arrest.