This video demonstrates an innovative technique for hypoplastic arch reconstruction in children beyond infancy.
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Congenital
August 22, 2016
August 18, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa resource for patients meeting with their cardiothoracic surgeon to discuss surgical options for heart disease.
August 18, 2016
In a discussion filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, a group of experts discuss the ethics of testing new medical devices in developing countries.
August 16, 2016
This video shows the rerouting of the inferior vena cava into the right atrium and the closure of the residual atrial septal defect in a four-year-old child.
August 10, 2016
This video illustrates a no-patch closure for complete atrioventricular canal defects.
August 2, 2016
This video highlights the general approach to both complete and partial sternal cleft repair in pediatric patients.
August 2, 2016
This single institution study evaluated the accuracy of intraoperative TEE to identify residual intramural ventricular septal defects after repair of conotruncal defects. Intramural VSDs occurred in 10% of 337 pts; postoperative TTE identified all, intraoperative TEE identified 19. Of abnormalities requiring catheterization or reoperation, 6 of 7 w
July 20, 2016
Currently, there are few specific risk models available to predict mortality following congenital heart surgery in adults or to stratify operations on adult patients with congenital heart disease by relative risk of mortality.
July 18, 2016
A handy mini-textbook on ECMO
July 14, 2016
In a discussion filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, a panel of experts share insights into utilizing Internet technologies to improve the practice of cardiothoracic surgery for both surgeons and patients.