Congenital
The patient was a 2-month-old, 4.5 kg infant with heart failure symptoms and severe pulmonary hypertension who was diagnosed with multiple apical ventricular septal defects (VSDs). He was placed on home oxygen and Sildenafil in...
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...
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...
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,...
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...
This cross-sectional analysis of data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the Association of American Medical Colleges comparing cardiothoracic surgeon faculty demographics and salary between 2019 and...
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of...
This video is a collaboration between Dr. Nirav Patel, Director of Robotic Cardiac Surgery at Northwell Health in New York, and Michelin star chef Fredrick Berzelius. Dr. Patel wanted to...
This case was performed during a humanitarian mission in Paraguay in April 2023. The patient is a ten-year-old, 40 kg girl with severe tricuspid regurgitation. The surgical team found annular...
As CTSNet wraps up another year of outstanding cardiothoracic content, our editors looked back over the year and chose some of their favorites. From interviews with big names in CT...
This year, adult cardiac and congenital submissions to CTSNet spanned a variety of fascinating procedures, from an efficient technique for aortic hemiarch replacement to a novel method for ventricular septal...
This year, CTSNet published a variety of educational content, including interviews, clinical videos, and more. We are closing out another year with a roundup of the top-viewed content published on...
In this episode of CTSNet’s flagship podcast, editor in chief Joel Dunning runs through the latest, most popular content on ctsnet.org—the largest online community of CT surgeons and source of...











