In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Professor Pieter Kappetein, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Erasmus Medical Center and Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Medtronic, about the future of revascularization.
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Thoracic
July 29, 2025
This video demonstrates the successful management of a challenging case of a centrally located left upper lobe tumor through a minimally invasive bronchial sleeve lobectomy, which led to excellent outcomes.
July 28, 2025
This video demonstrates a right robotic-assisted upper lobectomy performed after neoadjuvant therapy.
July 25, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, Dr. Hazem Fallouh, a consultant thoracic surgeon at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, presented on “Diaphragm Pathologies.”
July 24, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Sameh Said about performing the first successful ex utero intrapartum treatment (EXIT)-to-open atrial septectomy-to-rapid stage I Norwood palliation in a neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome and intact interatrial septum.
July 24, 2025
This recent European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS) survey, conducted via the Fit2Perform working group, highlights critical insights into the well-being and mental health of thoracic surgeons across Europe.
July 22, 2025
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive step-by-step approach to performing uniportal thoracoscopic decortication for late-stage tuberculous empyema, which is often considered suitable only for open surgery.
July 18, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, Dr. Richard Milton, consultant thoracic surgeon at The Leeds Teaching Hospitals, presented a course titled “Thoracic Sepsis.”
July 17, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Daniel Goldstein, professor and vice chairman of Montefiore Health System in New York, USA, about the importance of mentorship.
July 16, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic adaptation of a previously described video-assisted thoracic surgery technique for radial plication of the left hemidiaphragm.