Cardiac
A 32-year-old man presented with shortness of breath, exertional fatigue, and chest pain. He underwent a Ross procedure in early childhood for rheumatic aortic valve disease, during which a 22 mm homograft was used in...
A 32-year-old man presented with shortness of breath, exertional fatigue, and chest pain. He underwent a Ross procedure in early childhood for rheumatic aortic valve disease, during which a 22...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jacques Kpodonu, a cardiac surgeon at Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA, and Assistant Professor of Surgery...
The patient was a 67-year-old man who was referred for surgical revascularization of coronary artery disease. Three months earlier, he had undergone emergency percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) to the right...
In this international randomized trial, 170 selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease underwent minimally invasive coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) through a small thoracotomy (n=86) or conventional sternotomy (n=84)....
In this episode of The Atrium, host Alice Copperwheat speaks with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory...
Functional (secondary) mitral regurgitation (MR) commonly accompanies aortic valve pathology as a consequence of left ventricular dilatation, which increases interpapillary muscle distance and impairs mitral leaflet coaptation. While correction of...
Oral board exams assess more than clinical knowledge. They require candidates to integrate knowledge rapidly, communicate effectively, and demonstrate sound clinical reasoning in high-pressure, real-time situations. The Oral Board AI...
Join colleagues from across the cardiothoracic community at the SCTS Annual Meeting 2027, taking place March 21-23, 2027, at ICC Birmingham. The meeting will bring together clinicians, researchers, trainees, nurses,...
This interview focuses on basic science research in cardiothoracic (CT) surgery. At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet JANS Editor Mujtaba Mubashir, a cardiothoracic fellow...
Tuesday, June 22, 2027 – Wednesday, June 23, 2027 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – This two-days Symposium is designed for anesthesiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, internists, perfusionists,...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in San...
This cardiac session features leading surgeons providing updates on complex cardiac surgical interventions at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. To begin, Danny Ramzy,...










