Cardiac
Rheumatic mitral valve repair remains challenging in reconstructive valve surgery. Although rerepair is even more demanding, growing evidence of improved early outcomes, quality of life, and survival provides a compelling argument for offering this strategy,...
Rheumatic mitral valve repair remains challenging in reconstructive valve surgery. Although rerepair is even more demanding, growing evidence of improved early outcomes, quality of life, and survival provides a compelling...
This video features a presentation by Valdano Manuel from the session “Risk Stratification, Quality, and Databases” at the inaugural In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference. Valdano Manuel, Associate Professor of...
This video features a presentation by Jaymie Ang Henry from the session “Risk Stratification, Quality, and Databases” at the inaugural In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference. Jaymie Ang Henry, a...
This interview centers on the state of minimally invasive cardiac surgery in Turkey. At the 40th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac Mario Castillo-Sang, Surgical...
In this single-center study of 651 patients undergoing combined aortic and mitral valve surgery, mitral annular constraint from anterior annular anchoring sutures for mitral replacement or complete-ring annuloplasty was associated...
In this 32-year, single-center retrospective study, the authors evaluated outcomes of total arch replacement (TAR) after prior aortic surgery. Among 219 patients undergoing reoperative TAR between 1993 and 2025, procedural...
In this analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, involving 3,579 patients undergoing septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy between 2014 and 2023, patients with...
In this national registry analysis, the authors evaluated sex-related differences in outcomes among 2,857 patients undergoing surgical repair of type A acute aortic dissection in the United Kingdom between 1996...
This video demonstrates skeletonized harvesting of the left internal thoracic artery (LITA) through a left anterior minithoracotomy. Exposure and Initial Dissection After the thoracotomy, careful exposure began with identification of...
Historically, mitral valve repair has been seen as an art mastered by few and guided by experience. This video demonstrates an innovative, measurement-based approach developed by Dr. McCarthy at Northwestern...
This surgical video demonstrates they key steps, safeguards, and pitfalls of a Konno-Rastan aortoventriculoplasty. The patient underwent a fifth redo sternotomy after a complicated previous surgical history. In addition, previous...
Off-pump totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) requires effective and reliable coronary stabilization. Although the Octopus Nuvo stabilizer has been used for this purpose, its positioning and adjustment may depend...









