Congenital
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 Francisco, California, USA, and a...
In this episode of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the...
Aortic uncrossing is indicated for symptomatic patients with a circumflex aorta causing significant tracheoesophageal compression. Case presentation The authors present a two-year-old child (12.4 kg) with dysphagia who was diagnosed...
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...
A 16-year-old male presented with shortness of breath and exertional fatigue. He had a history of repeat hospitalization due to acute episodes of suspected pulmonary edema. He had previously undergone...
This video presents the case of totally endoscopic partial atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) repair in a 40-year-old male with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH). The authors describe the details of the...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Marc Pelletier, division chief of cardiac surgery for the Department of Surgery at Yale School of Medicine, about...
In this new CTSNet President’s Series, Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of WTS, shares insights about the upcoming WTS Annual Meeting. Watch for more videos in this series coming soon. Dr....
In June 2025, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs assembled leading cardiothoracic surgeons to share insights and expertise on advanced topics in cardiothoracic surgery. Watch for more ASAIO 2025...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning shares insights from his recent trip to Ghana. He discusses the various procedures that he and his team performed during their...
The Warden procedure is a common surgical method for repairing partial anomalous pulmonary venous return (PAPVR), but it may be complicated by cavoatrial anastomosis obstruction. A retrospective analysis of 136...
The authors performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to estimate the pooled mortality, morbidity, and reoperation rates after common arterial trunk primary repair. Among 319 articles retrieved, 43 studies including...
In this new CTSNet President’s Series, Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of WTS, shares insights about the upcoming WTS Annual Meeting. Watch for more videos in this series coming soon. Dr....









