This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Kenneth Liao, professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support at Baylor College of Medicine, about performing the world’s first adult robotic heart surgery in the United States using a subxiphoid approach.
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Cardiac
August 21, 2025
August 21, 2025
The U.S. healthcare system faces significant challenges, including staff shortages and reimbursement cuts, impacting physician compensation and leading to a decline in independent practices. In 2024, average physician compensation increased by 3.7 percent, with greater disparities noted between genders and between adult and pediatric specialists.
August 21, 2025
As interventional techniques continue to gain popularity in cardiothoracic surgery, familiarity and mastery of these techniques are increasingly important for trainees and early career surgeons.
August 21, 2025
In this expert opinion, the authors highlight the challenges faced by international medical graduates (IMGs) pursuing cardiothoracic (CT) surgery training positions in the United States.
August 21, 2025
This video illustrates the repair of a ruptured right coronary artery aneurysm using beating-heart coronary artery bypass followed by ligation of the aneurysm.
August 20, 2025
This video demonstrates a unique case of rheumatic mitral regurgitation repair using the SCORE technique, a systematic and reproducible approach specifically designed to address the complexities of rheumatic mitral valve pathology.
August 19, 2025
This video presents the case of a 6-year-old female with a history of a larger posterior muscular ventricular septal defect and pulmonary artery banding at six weeks of age who required surgery due to exercise intolerance and progressive cyanosis.
August 19, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical correction of posterior mitral annulus disjunction performed during mitral valve repair, involving the placement of pledget sutures at the crest of the left ventricular myocardium and exiting at the atrial surface to close the disjunction gap and securely fix the annuloplasty ring in its correct position.
August 18, 2025
In this outstanding video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how to remove a left atrial myxoma.
Redo Aortic Root Surgery: The David Procedure in a Patient With a Previous Type A Dissection Surgery
August 18, 2025
This video demonstrates a redo aortic root valve-sparing procedure in a bicuspid aortic valve.