Congenital

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EACTS Fundamentals in Congenital Heart Disease Webinar 4

September 16, 2026

Wednesday, September 16, 2026 @ 6:00 pm – 8:00 pm – Single ventricle lesions, heart failure and transplantation Learn More Disclaimer The information and views presented on CTSNet.org represent the views of the authors and...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 170: 2026 Expert Consensus on the Multimodal Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma

August 20, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

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...

Video

Off-Pump Extracardiac Completion Fontan

August 18, 2026 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

A five-year-old girl, weighing 15.8 kg, with a functional single ventricle (hypoplastic left heart syndrome secondary to aortic and mitral valvular atresia), was referred for a completion Fontan procedure. Her...

Video

Establishing a Sustainable Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Program in Guyana: An Interview With Rebekah Boyd

August 14, 2026 | Rebekah Boyd…

This interview focuses on establishing a sustainable pediatric cardiac surgical program in Georgetown, Guyana. At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet JANS Editor Ali Mashadi,...

Video

CSIA Conference and Global Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Emily Farkas

August 13, 2026 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor…

In this insightful interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas, Associate Director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine, about...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 60

June 13, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviews Dr. Robert Cerfolio of NYU Langone Health. They discuss the importance of consistent communication at every touch point before...

Video

Challenging Pulmonary Arterial Reconstruction in an Adult

June 10, 2024 | Amir Rose…

The patient is a twenty-year-old female who was born with congenital bilateral branch pulmonary arteries hypoplasia and severe stenosis. She developed suprasystemic right ventricular pressure and underwent transcatheter balloon dilation...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 59

June 7, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviews Prof. Dawn Jaroszewski. They discuss the latest techniques in pectus excavatum surgery and Prof. Jaroszewski’s recommendations for safe pectus...

Video

Anatomic Correction of the Syndrome of Aortic Valve Cusp Prolapse and Subaortic VSD via Vertical Right Axillary Thoracotomy

June 4, 2024 | Mina Estafanos…

A seven-month-old, 8.5 kg infant was followed clinically for a large ventricular septal defect (VSD) until an echocardiographic evaluation raised concerns regarding aortic valve (AV) regurgitation secondary to a new...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 58

May 30, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviews Dr. Vince Gaudiani. They discuss his recent video series on CTSNet demonstrating techniques for cerebral protection in cardiac surgery....

JANS Article

Volume Alone Does Not Predict Quality Outcomes in Hospitals Performing Pediatric Cardiac Surgery

May 29, 2024 | Jo Chikwe

The 2024 James S. Tweddell Memorial Paper for Congenital Cardiac Surgery compared mortality of 25,749 congenital surgery operations performed at 235 hospitals between 2016 and 2019, identified in the Kid’s...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 57

May 23, 2024 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning introduces the new DV5 Intuitive Da Vinci robot. He talks about the benefits of this technology and demonstrates some of...

Video

Aberrant Right Subclavian Artery Translocation

May 22, 2024 | Karthik Ramakrishnan…

An aberrant right subclavian artery is the most common embryological abnormality of the aortic arch and is known clinically as arteria lusoria. In the case of this patient, there was...

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