Congenital
In this important interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic surgeon and Professor of Surgery, as well as the Director of the Lung Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston,...
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...
Congenital heart defects are the most common type of birth defect worldwide, affecting one in every one hundred babies born each year. Of these, fewer than 1.5 percent receive the...
During the 2022 Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland (SCTS) Annual Meeting, cardiothoracic professionals from across the world came together to present on pivotal topics, congregate for...
This video shows a rare case of hypoplastic left heart syndrome with a large aortic root to left atrial appendage fistula in a baby born with aortic atresia, a hypoplastic...
In celebration of CTSNet’s twenty-fifth anniversary, CTSNet leaders and participants new and old came together to share the story of the organization’s founding and how CTSNet has impacted their professional...
1. JANS: Major TAVI Studies Have ‘Methodological Issues,’ INTEGRITTY Group Contends The controversy surrounding major TAVR versus SAVR studies has received no shortage of documentation, and this definitive study raised...
A model of mortality risk for adults with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery was presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The model was developed...
This analysis of The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database aimed to evaluate clinical outcomes of the Ross procedure in children from 2000 to 2018. It was found...
This patient is an eight-week-old, 4.6 kg infant who was diagnosed postnatally with cor triatriatum dexter and a patent foramen ovale. A follow-up was recommended at that time, as she...











