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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine, about the upcoming Cardiac Surgery...
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...
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Agathe Seguin-Givelet, a thoracic surgeon at Ambroise Pare-Hartmann Hospital in France, about segmentectomy. They explain what segmentectomy...
The Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club is dedicated to raising global awareness of the benefits of endoscopic cardiac surgery among patients, surgeons, and industry partners. Stay tuned for more ECSC videos...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Kenneth Liao, professor of surgery and chief of the Division of Cardiothoracic Transplantation and Circulatory Support at Baylor...
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. The anomalous origin of the right coronary artery (RCA)...
The U.S. healthcare system faces significant challenges, including staff shortages and reimbursement cuts, impacting physician compensation and leading to a decline in independent practices. In 2024, average physician compensation increased...
In this expert opinion, the authors highlight the challenges faced by international medical graduates (IMGs) pursuing cardiothoracic (CT) surgery training positions in the United States. Before training, IMGs face significant...
The video details a surgical technique for permanent pacemaker implantation in a pediatric patient diagnosed with congenital complete heart block (CCHB) of maternal lupus origin. A left posterolateral thoracotomy with...
In the final installment of the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, Insights Into Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support, congenital and pediatric surgeon Sandeep Sainathan was joined by accomplished pediatric surgeons from around...











