In the final installment of the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, "Insights Into Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support," congenital and pediatric surgeon Sandeep Sainathan was joined by accomplished pediatric surgeons from around the world for a panel discussion on the surgical aspects of pediatric mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to cardiac transplantation or recovery of cardiac function.
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Congenital
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 15, 2025
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.”
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.