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Pushing Boundaries in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: Minimally Invasive Bidirectional Glenn Via Vertical Right Axillary Thoracotomy

March 10, 2026 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

An 8-month-old boy with a functional single ventricle secondary to double outlet right ventricle with severe pulmonary stenosis and hypoplastic left ventricle was deemed unsuitable for biventricular repair at this stage. Due to progressive cyanosis,...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 170: 2026 Expert Consensus on the Multimodal Treatment of Pleural Mesothelioma

August 20, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

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...

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Off-Pump Extracardiac Completion Fontan

August 18, 2026 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

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...

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Establishing a Sustainable Pediatric Cardiac Surgical Program in Guyana: An Interview With Rebekah Boyd

August 14, 2026 | Rebekah Boyd…

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,...

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CSIA Conference and Global Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With Emily Farkas

August 13, 2026 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor…

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...

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One-Stage Neonatal Arterial Switch With Mee Procedure and Repair of Aortic Arch Hypoplasia

April 18, 2022 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor

An eleven-day-old female neonate, 4.3kg, presented with cyanosis and had a postnatal diagnosis of transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA), ventricular septal defect (VSD), and aortic arch hypoplasia with coarctation....

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Bilateral Pulmonary Arterial Branches Rehabilitation in Alagille Syndrome

April 12, 2022 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

The patient is a fifteen-month-old, 9kg girl with Alagille syndrome and liver dysfunction who presented with suprasystemic right ventricular pressure due to severe bilateral branch pulmonary arterial stenoses. She underwent...

JANS Article

Pulmonary homograft dysfunction after the Ross procedure using decellularized homografts—a multicenter study

April 9, 2022 | Jessica Luc

This study from the Canadian Ross Registry evaluated 466 consecutive patients who underwent a Ross procedure using a decellularized cryopreserved pulmonary homograft and evaluated for pulmonary homograft dysfunction. They demonstrate...

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Unroofing of Myocardial Bridging Combined with Septal Myectomy in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy: When and How?

April 6, 2022 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, “Operative Management of Obstructive Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy—Gold Standard Septal Myectomy to Stand the Test of Time.” Guest editor Eduard Quintana has curated...

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Surviving the Struggle of COVID-19: Practical Recommendations for Pediatric/Adult Cardiology and Cardiac Surgical Programs in Resource-Limited Settings: a Review

March 30, 2022 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

Every year, millions of people are dying and millions more are disabled due to treatable cardiovascular diseases. Surgical capacity is unevenly distributed around the world and disproportionally affects populations in...

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COVID-19 FAQs in Pediatric Cardiac Surgery: 2022 Perspective and Updates

March 29, 2022 | Mark FergusonBronze Contributor

This timely article addresses the interface between the Covid pandemic and patients with congenital heart diseases. It offers responses to a variety of questions related to: vaccinations, passive immunization, Covid...

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Operative Repair of Aortic Dissection with an Entry Tear on the Lesser Curve of the Arch

March 29, 2022 | Charles Roberts

After more than six hours in an emergency department, a seventy-one-year-old male was diagnosed with acute aortic dissection. He was transported by helicopter and taken directly to the operating room...

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Fourth Sternotomy with Reinforced Ross Procedure

March 22, 2022 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

A twenty-year-old woman presented with a severe left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction secondary to prosthetic aortic valve dysfunction. She was born with a bicuspid aortic valve and had undergone...

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