Congenital

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March 19, 2026 | Shanda BlackmonSilver Contributor

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,...

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February 14, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

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...

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February 9, 2023 | Abbas Ardehali

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...

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February 8, 2023 | Massimo Caputo

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...

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January 31, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

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...

JANS Article
January 20, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

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...

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January 18, 2023 | Ali MashadiSilver Contributor

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...