Congenital
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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...
According to results of the STRESS trial, infants undergoing heart surgery with cardiopulmonary bypass did not have a lower chance of a bad outcome when administered with the steroid methylprednisolone,...
This study assessed the use of regional analgesia in the reduction of postoperative opioid use in patients undergoing a sternotomy. Researchers used factors such as amount of opioids used, pain...
When Dr. Sameh Said came to the United States in 2005 for an advanced cardiovascular surgical fellowship at Mayo Clinic, he expected to return to his home country of Egypt,...
The patient was a two-day-old, 3.6 kilogram neonate who was diagnosed prenatally with aortic coarctation. After birth, a prostaglandins infusion was initiated, and a transthoracic echocardiogram showed critical aortic...
Although preoperative exchange transfusion is frequently recommended in patients with homozygous sickle cell anemia undergoing cardiopulmonary bypass, the information regarding the ideal level of sickle hemoglobin for patients undergoing the...
October’s top content includes a CTSNet webinar, a video on the implantation of a total artificial heart, a roundup of helpful CABG videos, and more useful articles. 1. How to...
After a fetus was diagnosed with severe pulmonary stenosis, the first in-utero percutaneous balloon pulmonary valvuloplasty in western China was performed. Because the baby would be born with serious complications...
In this video, the authors present a recent case of subaortic membrane resection via cosmetically appealing right axillary minimally thoracotomy, with an emphasis on the quality of the exposure, ease...









