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Think Aorta and Aortic Disease Awareness: An Interview With Gareth Owens and Dr. Ben Youdelman

April 3, 2026 | Cristina Ruiz SegriaBronze Contributor…

In this inspiring interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner at James Cook University Hospital, UK, speaks with Dr. Ben Youdelman, Director of Thoracic Aortic Surgery and Co-Director of the...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 173: Uniportal Robotics in the UAE

September 10, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...

Podcast

The Lifeline: Postoperative Pearls in Adults With Congenital Heart Disease, Part 1

September 9, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor…

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...

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Aortic Uncrossing Procedure for Circumflex Aorta

September 7, 2026 | Zineb El Hasnaoui…

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...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 172: Intraoperative AI Copilot in Robotic Cardiac Surgery

September 4, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

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...

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Da Silva Cone Operation After Starnes Procedure for Ebstein’s Anomaly

October 11, 2021 | Allison Davila…

Severe neonatal Ebstein’s Anomaly can present a surgical challenge, and the advent of the Starnes procedure has improved survival in these critically ill neonates. Importantly, however; this does not commit...

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Fast-Track Arterial Switch Operation

October 8, 2021 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This is the case of a 3. 3 kg, male neonate who was born with a prenatal diagnosis of dextro-transposition of the great arteries (d-TGA) and an intact ventricular septum....

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Reinforced Ross Procedure in an Adult – “Beating Heart Autograft Harvest”

October 5, 2021 | Sameh SaidGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This is a case involving a 28-year-old male patient with a history of bicuspid aortic valve and previous repair of aortic coarctation via left thoracotomy as a child, which involved...

JANS Article

Current Status of Paediatric Cardiac Surgery in Pakistan

September 22, 2021 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

Pakistan has a prevalence of approximately 60,000 births with Congenital Heart Diseases (CHD) each year. With a population of 200 million and only 17 paediatric cardiac surgeons in Pakistan, the...

JANS Article

Developing an African cardiothoracic surgery database.

September 22, 2021 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

There is a lack of reliable data to measure the impact of cardiovascular surgical activities in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) and to compare with those of the other sub-regions. The Pan...

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Double Valve Replacement and Tricuspid Annuloplasty in Patient With Dextrocardia Due to Rheumatic Heart Disease

September 21, 2021 | Kuntal Surana…

Dextrocardia is a rare congenital cardiac anomaly with the heart in the right side of the chest, which can often be associated with other complex congenital heart diseases. A 30-year-old...

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Surgical Correction of Ruptured Sinus of Valsalva Aneurysm in a Patient With Bicuspid Aortic Valve

September 14, 2021 | Halkawt Nuri…

This video illustrates the surgical correction of ruptured sinus of Valsalva aneurysm in a 13-year-old patient. 1. The patient had an initial diagnosis of moderate aortic valve regurgitation on functional...

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Innovations to the Norwood Procedure: Sustained Total All-Region Perfusion

September 8, 2021 | Neel Prabhu…

Recovery following the neonatal Norwood procedure is often complicated by bleeding, acute kidney injury, systemic inflammatory response, and low cardiac function [1]. The traditional conduct of this operation under deep...

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