Congenital Surgery in Adults
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Luca Di Marco, a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Bologna University Hospital, Italy, about managing the left subclavian artery...
A 24-year-old male presented with chest pain and dizziness. His medical history was notable for emphysematous lung changes, most likely related to heavy smoking. Holter monitoring performed after admission demonstrated...
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...
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...
A 46-year-old male was referred to the authors’ unit with severe symptomatic pulmonary valve regurgitation, which caused severe right ventricular dilatation. The patient had a history of tetralogy of Fallot...
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...
Valve-sparing aortic root replacement (VSRR) in grown-up congenital heart (GUCH) patients is a complex but feasible approach. The authors present their experience performing the David procedure in two adult patients...
Anomalous origins of the coronary arteries are rare, occurring in 1-2 percent of the general population. While anomalous aortic origin of the coronary artery alone is less often problematic (for...
Interesting registry review form an international voluntary registry. The retrospective historical data can be juxtaposed favourably to the recently presented ( also excellent results) in JANS on acute dissection in...
The arterial switch operation, combined with the LeCompte maneuver, is the treatment of choice for transposition of great arteries. Right ventricular outflow tract (RVOT) obstruction remains one of the most...
Recently, NICE released guidance from the British regulatory body limiting the Ozaki operation to research until further review, which is scheduled in three calendar years. The overarching concern appears to...
This specialist review of congenital aortic root anatomy provides a detailed framework for evaluating and treating pediatric and adult patients across the whole spectrum of congenital aortic root pathology.
...A model of mortality risk for adults with congenital heart disease undergoing cardiac surgery was presented at the annual meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons. The model was developed...








