In this inaugural episode of CTSNet’s new podcast, The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Dr. Daniel Engelman spoke with Drs. Rakesh Arora and Michael C. Grant about cardiac surgery myths.
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November 19, 2025
November 14, 2025
At the 2025 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria spoke with Drs. Emily Farkas and Baffoe Gyan about training in low-income countries.
November 13, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Zara Shirazi, a congenital cardiac surgery post-fellow at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, about advancing pediatric cardiac surgery in Pakistan using what she learned from her fellowship in Austria.
November 13, 2025
This study analyzed 3,394 pediatric congenital heart disease (CHD) patients listed for heart transplant from 2014 to 2023. Of these, 16.5 percent received ventricular assist device (VAD) support while waitlisted. Waitlist mortality was higher in the VAD group (25.7 percent vs 16.2 percent).
November 9, 2025
This video demonstrates a right axillary approach for atrial septal defect closure in pediatric patients, which can also be used for simple congenital heart surgeries.
November 8, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical solution to a percutaneous atrial septal defect closure device that migrated into the main pulmonary artery, creating a life-threatening situation.
November 6, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Liam Burns, CEO of Qaelon Medical, about turning ideas into companies.
November 6, 2025
This article explores the challenges and benefits of growing up with a mother in cardiothoracic (CT) surgery. Through a preliminary survey of 12 adult children of women CT surgeons, the study highlights both positive and negative impacts.
October 31, 2025
This video presents a case of tricuspid and pulmonary valve endocarditis in a patient with a perimembranous ventricular septal defect and a double chambered right ventricle.
October 31, 2025
At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Husam Balkhy about robotic cardiac surgery and simulation training in cardiothoracic surgery.