Pulmonary Artery
This thoracic session features leading surgeons presenting on advancements in robotic and complex thoracic surgery at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. To begin, Desmond M. D’Souza from the...
This thoracic session features leading surgeons presenting on advancements in robotic and complex thoracic surgery at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026. To begin,...
An 8 cm left sub-areolar thoracotomy was performed as the working port. The pericardium was opened vertically over the left ventricular apex and suspended with retraction sutures. Using 3-0 polypropylene...
This study demonstrates that using autologous right atrial appendage (RAA) tissue to create a neovalve during RVOT reconstruction is a safe and effective alternative for pediatric patients with congenital heart...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Ahmed Ghazy, Head of Minimally Invasive Surgery at Johannes Gutenberg University of Mainz, Germany, about robotic cardiac surgery...
The patient is a twenty-year-old female who was born with congenital bilateral branch pulmonary arteries hypoplasia and severe stenosis. She developed suprasystemic right ventricular pressure and underwent transcatheter balloon dilation...
The patient is a twenty-three-month-old boy with total anomalous pulmonary venous return (TAPVR), ventricular septal defect (VSD), and secundum atrial septal defect (ASD II) initially treated with a TAPVR correction...
A collection of congenital cardiac defects known as TAPVC are those in which the pulmonary veins empty into the right atrium or any of its branches. Based on the level...
A mildly symptomatic seven-year-old male patient presented with a high partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection of the right upper and middle veins into the superior vena cava high above the...
The technique in this video demonstrates how to implant a leaflet apparatus into any conduit type. This includes conduits not previously demonstrated, such as ring-reinforced ePTFE and sinus of Valsalva...
The patient was a nine-month-old, 8.8 kg infant who was born with anomalous origin of the right pulmonary artery (RPA) from the ascending aorta. She underwent an initial median sternotomy...
This video presents a case of primary sutureless repair of obstructed total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) in a neonate. The patient is a full-term, 3.1 kg male neonate who...
The Patient A fifty-six-year-old woman with HIV had been undergoing workup at an outside institution for progressive shortness of breath when a CT scan was obtained to evaluate for...











