Congenital
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Isaac George, CTSNet Board Member and Co-Director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center, Surgical Director of Structural Heart Disease, and Co-Director of...
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...
Patient Selection Early surgical correction of ductal-dependent neonatal patients with an aortic coarctation (CoA) and distal arch hypoplasia have emerged as the current standard of care. To begin, the criteria...
The use of robotic surgical platforms in mitral valve surgeries is an established technique with excellent outcomes (1). However, its use in congenital heart surgery currently is very limited. This...
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning highlights the Diego Gonzalez Rivas Foundation mobile surgical unit on its first trip to Accra, Ghana. He discusses the different...
Sinus venosus atrial septal defect (SVASD) encompasses 4-11percent of all atrial septal defects. Anomalous pulmonary venous connection (APVC) of some or all pulmonary veins is frequently linked to SVASD (1)....
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the RESTORE trial for individuals with pectus excavatum. He discusses the goals for this trial, Castor EDC vs REDCap,...
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the implementation of the Versius robotic surgical system for thoracic surgery and summarizes the ability of the Versius surgical...
Button battery ingestion in children is associated with severe morbidity and mortality if not treated promptly, due to the coagulation necrosis that ensues. Formation of a tracheoesophageal fistula (TEF), due...
The authors present a case of a fenestrated atrial septal defect (ASD) closure in a 6-year-old female child with severe pectus excavatum and pulmonary hypertension, performed via vertical right axillary...










