This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Adanna Akujuo, a cardiothoracic surgeon and the surgical director of the Structural Heart Program at UVA Health University Medical Center, about the Voom Foundation and its trips to Africa.
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Cardiac
September 11, 2025
This video demonstrates the application of minimally invasive cardiac surgery in patients with tetralogy of Fallot requiring multiple intracardiac repairs.
September 11, 2025
In this multicenter retrospective study of 1,454 consecutive patients undergoing isolated coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), the SYNTAX Score II was externally validated for predicting four-year mortality.
September 11, 2025
This single-center study assessed the safety and efficacy of minimally invasive total arterial off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting (MICS-CABG) via left minithoracotomy in obese patients (BMI ≥30) compared to nonobese controls. Among 279 patients (2015–2023), 56 were obese.
September 11, 2025
This article explores emerging innovations aimed at addressing the critical challenges of organ transplantation, particularly organ scarcity, rejection, and the burden of lifelong immunosuppression.
September 11, 2025
This video details the case and operative video of a huge left ventricular aneurysm that was on at the authors’ center.
September 10, 2025
This video demonstrates the challenges of distant inferior vena cava cannulation at the third intercostal space and the potential for accidental dislodgment.
September 9, 2025
This video demonstrates how to construct an autologous pericardial mitral valve for infants and small children when repair is not possible.
September 9, 2025
This video demonstrates the fundamentals of aortic cross-sectional imaging and measurement techniques using computed tomography angiography for students and trainees who are not radiologists.
September 8, 2025
This case report describes a successful redo tricuspid valve replacement in a high-risk patient using an annular-preserving electrocautery explantation technique, highlighting key surgical strategies and educational value.