Congenital
This prospective cohort is the largest of its kind involving 240 pediatric patients enrolled over eight years and followed for a median of 80 weeks. Patients were screened with a 15-minute in-clinic test requiring at...
Among 1,590 transposition of the great arteries {S, D, D} patients undergoing biventricular repair (1990–2020), 52 (3.3 percent) had abnormal mitral valves (MV)—mainly anterior clefts (88 percent) and subvalvular anomalies...
The authors present a novel operative technique for an aortopulmonary window. The patient was a two-month-old boy, the product of a full-term pregnancy, who presented with an incidental finding of...
A 24-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with progressive exercise intolerance. Further diagnostic evaluation revealed a sinus venosus defect (SVD) associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Bart P. van Putte, a cardiothoracic surgeon at the St. Antonius Hospital in Nieuwegein, Netherlands, and the Amsterdam University...
This case reported by Bartoli and colleagues describes the remarkable recovery of a child who survived prolonged submersion in ice-cold water, enduring more than 2.5 hours of deep hypothermic, asystolic...
Wednesday, November 4, 2026 – Thursday, November 5, 2026 @ 8:30 am – 6:10 pm – This two-day Level 3 Course structured around decision-making, long-term evidence and honest controversy, addresses...
This is a case presentation of an 18-month-old female who presented to the emergency department with altered mental status. In the emergency room, the patient’s electrocardiogram (EKG) raised concerns for...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning discusses the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) heart team potentially losing a member. He explores the current composition of the TAVR...
This interview highlights the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, situated on the outskirts of Khartoum, the capital of Sudan. The Salam Centre was opened in 2007 by the Italian Non-Governmental...
This interview focuses on tracking burnout and recovery in surgical trainees. At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet JANS Editor Ali Mashadi, a medical student...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Isaac George, CTSNet Board Member and Co-Director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center, Surgical Director of Structural...
Tetralogy of Fallot is the most common cyanotic congenital heart disease. In patients with a small pulmonary annulus, repair often requires a transannular patch, resulting in progressive pulmonary regurgitation and...









