Clinical Video
The video begins with an interview featuring thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and Dr. Leanne Ashrafian, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom, interviewing the author of this complex case...
This video demonstrates the case of a 51-year-old female patient with a history of smoking who presented with progressive dyspnea, hemoptysis, and status alteration. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest...
Treating patients with both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and severe obesity can be challenging. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy alone can exacerbate GERD symptoms and can induce GERD in asymptomatic patients (1)....
The authors present their technique for axillary Impella 5.5 insertion. The preferred incision was made through the deltopectoral groove, where the axillary artery is more superficial and easier to access....
The authors present a 75-year-old woman with dyspnea on exertion. She was diagnosed with an aortic valve stenosis and moderate-to-severe mitral valve regurgitation due to a localized A2 prolapse. This...
Tricuspid valve endocarditis with extensive leaflet destruction presents a major surgical challenge, particularly when durable valve repair is no longer feasible and conventional prosthetic valve replacement may be undesirable. In...
This clinical video provides a detailed, step-by-step overview of the robotic-assisted convergent (ROK AF) procedure for the treatment of atrial fibrillation. The technique combines minimally invasive epicardial ablation with endocardial...
In this video, the authors present the case of a 65-year-old female diagnosed with a central squamous cell carcinoma of the left upper lobe with nodal involvement in stations 5...
This video demonstrates the surgical management of a 36-year-old non-smoking female who was diagnosed with a typical carcinoid tumor involving the left lower lobe bronchus. The diagnosis was established through...
This video demonstrates the use of chrondotomies in the Nuss procedure to allow the sternum to lift more safely in the most severe pectus excavatum cases. The authors found that...
The patient was a 2-month-old, 4.5 kg infant with heart failure symptoms and severe pulmonary hypertension who was diagnosed with multiple apical ventricular septal defects (VSDs). He was placed on...
Pectus excavatum is a common chest wall deformity that can cause significant symptoms. The minimally invasive Nuss procedure is a widely used surgical technique to correct this condition by placing...
The patient was a 77-year-old man who presented with progressive shortness of breath. Coronary angiography demonstrated significant proximal left anterior descending artery stenosis, proximal left circumflex artery stenosis, and posterior...













