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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Chris Malaisrie, a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University and an Attending Cardiac Surgeon at Northwestern Medicine,...
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 is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Whole body perfusion utilizing two cannulas for the upper and...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Salim Aziz, thoracic and cardiovascular surgeon and clinical professor at George Washington University, about computed tomography (CT) scan-negative...
This article summarizes the most important issues and recommendations regarding the anatomy and physiology of tetralogy-like lesions, including diagnosis prior to medical, interventional, or surgical intervention; the timing and types...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. The patient was a 2.4 kg neonate diagnosed with hypoplastic...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning recaps two presentations delivered at the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting 2025. The first presentation...
This study evaluated the long-term outcomes of the Ross procedure in neonates and infants with aortic valve pathology demonstrating good post-discharge survival and minimal need for reintervention. Neoaortic dilatation initially...
CTSNet recently partnered with Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS) and the European Society of Thoracic Surgery (ESTS) Women in General Thoracic Surgery (WGTS) Committee to host the second annual three-part...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines future cardiothoracic surgery robotic systems. He discusses the new da Vinci Single-Port surgical system, single-port robotic systems, and the cost...









