Congenital
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Senior Editors Dr. Vince Gaudiani, Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA, and Dr. Sameh Said, Chief of the Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital...
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 Invited Perspective article, the authors address major challenges identified in the 2022 Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Workforce Survey, including saturation of the job market, low individual surgeon case-volume, and...
At the 2023 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay...
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...











