At the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2025, Dr. Juan A. Crestanello, cardiothoracic surgeon in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at Mayo Clinic, delivered a presentation titled “I Can Tell Your Gender From Your ECG: AI and Big Data.”
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August 15, 2025
This video demonstrates the successful use of the Impella 5.5 device for mechanical support in an 18.5 kg child prior to heart transplantation.
August 15, 2025
This video demonstrates the implantation technique of the EXCOR Venous Cannula for subpulmonary with combined mechanical circulatory support in the Fontan circulation.
August 14, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Todd Rosengart, professor and chair of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery at Baylor College of Medicine, about his team performing the world’s first adult robotic heart surgery in the United States.
Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Implantation at Great Ormond Street Hospital: A Decade of Experience
August 14, 2025
This video highlights important steps in the technique of ventricular assist device implantation based on the experience at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
August 13, 2025
This video demonstrates the authors’ evolution of their surgical technique for single ventricle-ventricular assist device implantation.
August 12, 2025
This video demonstrates a left ventricular assist device implantation in a 26 kg child with a BMI of 17.9, who had hypoplastic left heart syndrome and underwent single ventricle palliation to a Fontan.
August 11, 2025
This video demonstrates bi-atrial cannulation for a ventricular assist device in children with small ventricular cavity sizes.
August 7, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Mara Antonoff, Associate Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Program Director for Education at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and President of Women in Thoracic Surgery, about chest tubes.
August 7, 2025
CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Vince Gaudiani spoke with Ali Mashadi, a medical student at The Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland – Bahrain, about his winning video, “The Ross Procedure Unveiled: Insights into Various Techniques and Modifications.”