Heart Failure

Video

A Rare Combination—Aortopulmonary Window With Anomalous Origin of the Right Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery

May 25, 2026 | Ahmed Wahba…

A 9-day-old neonate weighing 2.2 kg, who had passed the neonatal screen for critical congenital heart disease, was re-admitted with heart failure symptoms, including lethargy and failure to thrive. A murmur was heard, and a...

Video

Surgical Repair of Mixed Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection

August 31, 2026 | Zineb El Hasnaoui…

The surgical technique used in this video is suitable for patients with mixed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) in whom the right and left pulmonary venous systems drain...

Podcast

The Lifeline: ECMO vs Emergency Resternotomy for Cardiac Surgical Arrest

July 8, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor…

In this edition 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...

Event

10th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit.

November 19, 2026

Thursday, November 19, 2026 – Saturday, November 21, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 12:15 pm – The 10th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Summit brings together leading international experts in...

Video

Precision Medicine in Cardiogenic Shock

June 17, 2026

This video discusses the three pillars of precision medicine in cardiogenic shock and the latest research. First, machine learning phenotyping can identify distinct and biologically meaningful subgroups within the heterogeneous...

Video

Transaortic Septal Myectomy

April 10, 2019 | Ryan Vela…

This educational video explains the crucial operative steps in completing a transaortic septal myectomy for the treatment of hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy. Shown in this video is the presentation of a...

Video

Mechanical Circulatory Support for Chronic Heart Failure

April 4, 2019 | Carmelo Milano…

Carmelo Milano, chief of cardiac surgery and the surgical director of the left ventricular assist device (LVAD) program at Duke University Medical Center in Durham, North Carolina, USA, discusses the...

JANS Article

Anatomy, Function, and Dysfunction of the Right Ventricle

March 31, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

In this state-of-the-art review review, the authors summarize current knowledge of anatomic, structural, metabolic, functional, and hemodynamic characteristics of the right ventricle (RV) in both health and disease. Highlights of...

JANS Article

A Fully Magnetically Levitated Left Ventricular Assist Device — Final Report

March 26, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

The investigators published the final analysis of the MOMENTUM 3 trial comparing the fully magnetically levitated centrifugal continuous-flow HeartMate 3 pump to the mechanical-bearing axial continuous-flow HeartMate II pump. The...

Video

Watch the SCTS 2019 “Take on the Experts” Video Competition

March 11, 2019 | Clinton Lloyd

Find it here: The SCTS “Take on the Experts” Video Competition On Tuesday, March 12, the top four cardiac and top three thoracic videos submitted for this session of the...

JANS Article

In Global News: Overlapping Surgery and CABG, Lung Cancer Screening at the Supermarket, and Reporting Device-Related Injuries

March 8, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest The American Heart Association has released a scientific statement summarizing emerging knowledge about sensitization after heart transplant. The National Health Service England in the UK...

JANS Article

In Global News: Heart Failure in Pregnancy, Unconscious Bias in CT Surgery, and Research From the STS Annual Meeting

February 8, 2019 | Claire Vernon

Patient Care and General Interest As part of the American Heart Association’s Go Red For Women program, a patient shares her story of discovering she had rheumatic heart disease after...

JANS Article

The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Intermacs Database Annual Report: Evolving Indications, Outcomes, and Scientific Partnerships

February 7, 2019 | Wei-Guo Ma

In the February issue of The Annals, The Society of Thoracic Surgeons published the first annual report after the Interagency Registry for Mechanically Assisted Circulatory Support (Intermacs) joined the STS...

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