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At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons...
This video presents a case of an older patient with severe pectus who had only...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Brad Leshnower, Director...
Background Congenital absence of the midline sternum is a rare chest wall anomaly that exposes...
Introduction Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (VATS) is an established approach for myasthenia gravis. The authors present...
In this edition of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley,...
In this article, the authors report the 10-year final results of the NOBLE trial comparing...
This retrospective observational study evaluated long-term survival in 212 patients undergoing restrictive mitral valve repair...
This 2026 meta-analysis pooled 13 studies, including 356 pregnancies in 251 women after aortic valve...
This multicenter cohort study evaluated the impact of preoperative temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) on...
Traumatic tracheobronchial injury is a rare but life-threatening complication of blunt chest trauma, accounting for...
This video demonstrates a patient in their 50s who experienced shortness of breath. Twenty years...
This video showcases a Nuss procedure performed after a previous Ravitch operation. The patient had...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons...
In this top-notch interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Andrea Steely, an Assistant...
Most Popular
This video shows an 85-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room with chest pain...
Introduction On behalf of the Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery at St. James’s Hospital, two cases...
This study conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials comparing transcatheter aortic...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the...
This article discusses the underrepresentation of women in cardiothoracic surgery, where they constitute less than...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the...
Editors' Picks
This video is one of the top 10 entries from the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons...
Minimally invasive cardiac surgery is increasingly becoming a standard approach for the treatment of various...
This video outlines the surgical technique of beating heart transplantation using the Organ Care System...
In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Fraser Sutherland, a consultant...
This video presents the case of totally endoscopic partial atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) repair in...
The common approach to a Bex-Nikaidoh procedure in a symptomatic neonate with dextro-transposition of the...
This is the first-place video from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries...
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel Dunning recently had the opportunity to speak with Dr. Jeffrey Velotta,...
This video presents the case of a 79-year-old male with an unpredictable adhesive process in...
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from...
In this exceptional interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Chief of...
In this remarkable interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Sameh...
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani discusses with Dr. Paul Shuttleworth how they set up...
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates his closure technique for an upper ministernotomy. He...
Cardiac surgeons frequently encounter transposition of the great arteries (TGA) and total anomalous pulmonary venous...
Favorites
The patient was a 2-month-old, 4.5 kg infant with heart failure symptoms and severe pulmonary...
At the 2026 Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading...
This systematic review and meta-analysis evaluated outcomes after aortic valve replacement in patients aged 50...
This video demonstrates the use of chrondotomies in the Nuss procedure to allow the sternum...
The patient was a 77-year-old man who presented with progressive shortness of breath. Coronary angiography...
This study published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation evaluates the role of...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the...
In this special guest lecture for the 2026 Society of Thoracic Surgery of Thailand, Dr....
This video shows an 85-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room with chest pain...
In this article, the authors report six-year outcomes from the Evolut Low Risk trial, which...
A 4-year-old boy who had been followed for a ventricular septal defect (VSD) and remained...
The patient was a 13-year-old boy who was born with a congenital unicuspid or bicuspid...
In this study, the authors aimed to demonstrate their new approach to mediastinal pathologies with...
A meta-analysis of nine studies involving 8,557 patients found that early chest tube removal after...
JCOG0802 is the largest randomized clinical trial (RCT) ever conducted in more than 1100 patients....
Proven Techniques
Introduction Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (VATS) is an established approach for myasthenia gravis. The authors present...
Traumatic tracheobronchial injury is a rare but life-threatening complication of blunt chest trauma, accounting for...
Advanced-stage lung cancer patients who have undergone lung resection, adjuvant chemotherapy, and immunotherapy are often...
Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is now widely used for the management of aortic...
This video demonstrates the surgical management of a 36-year-old non-smoking female who was diagnosed with...
This video demonstrates a case of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), and after clearing the right...
Position of the Patient The patient was positioned supine on the bed with a footrest....
The patient was a 20-year-old female referred to the heart center for the evaluation of...
Case Presentation A 31-year-old female presented with recurrent pneumonias and progressive shortness of breath attributed...
This video demonstrates the key surgical steps of transdiaphragmatic aorto-supra-celiac aortic extra-anatomic bypass. The case...
Case Presentation A 55-year-old female was evaluated for a large, asymptomatic Morgagni hernia containing the...
This video presents the case of a 67-year-old man with situs inversus totalis who underwent...
Novel Cases
Background Congenital absence of the midline sternum is a rare chest wall anomaly that exposes...
A 52-year-old old male was diagnosed with acute coronary syndrome, specifically anterior wall myocardial infarction...
This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted, right-sided minimally invasive coronary artery bypass using the right internal...
The authors present a case of a patient who underwent right anterior thoracotomy aortic valve...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2025 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the...
Background In isolated pulmonary artery of ductal origin (IPADO), one or both pulmonary arteries arise...
Innovation
The Warden procedure (1) has been performed for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in which...
This video is the third-place winner from the 2025 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries...
This video is the second-place winner from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all...
This is the first-place video from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries...
This video is the third-place winner from CTSNet’s 2024 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries...
This video is the second-place winner from CTSNet’s 2024 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries...
This is the first-place video from the 2024 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries...
Cardiac
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Brad Leshnower, Director...
In this article, the authors report the 10-year final results of the NOBLE trial comparing...
This retrospective observational study evaluated long-term survival in 212 patients undergoing restrictive mitral valve repair...
This 2026 meta-analysis pooled 13 studies, including 356 pregnancies in 251 women after aortic valve...
This multicenter cohort study evaluated the impact of preoperative temporary mechanical circulatory support (tMCS) on...
In this top-notch interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Andrea Steely, an Assistant...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Andrea Steely, an...
This study evaluated the safety and effectiveness of dedicated training for pulmonary thromboendarterectomy (PTE) performed...
In this article, the authors evaluated perioperative sodium-glucose cotransporter 2 (SGLT2) inhibitor use in 2,930...
This retrospective cohort study aimed to evaluate the association between symptom-to-admission time and postoperative outcomes...
In this article, the authors present the 10-year follow–up of the RECOVERY trial involving 145...
The patient was a healthy 88-year-old male who had been in atrial fibrillation (AF) for...
Change is hard, so for those who are looking for guidance on where to find...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Zhi Lin, Chief...
Thoracic
This video presents a case of an older patient with severe pectus who had only...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Brad Leshnower, Director...
Introduction Video-assisted thoracoscopic thymectomy (VATS) is an established approach for myasthenia gravis. The authors present...
Traumatic tracheobronchial injury is a rare but life-threatening complication of blunt chest trauma, accounting for...
This video demonstrates a patient in their 50s who experienced shortness of breath. Twenty years...
This video showcases a Nuss procedure performed after a previous Ravitch operation. The patient had...
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Andrea Steely, an...
Advanced-stage lung cancer patients who have undergone lung resection, adjuvant chemotherapy, and immunotherapy are often...
This video demonstrates the surgical management of a 36-year-old non-smoking female who was diagnosed with...
Change is hard, so for those who are looking for guidance on where to find...
This video demonstrates the use of chrondotomies in the Nuss procedure to allow the sternum...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Zhi Lin, Chief...
Pectus excavatum is a common chest wall deformity that can cause significant symptoms. The minimally...
This study published in The Journal of Heart and Lung Transplantation evaluates the role of...
Congenital
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Brad Leshnower, Director...
Background Congenital absence of the midline sternum is a rare chest wall anomaly that exposes...
This 2026 meta-analysis pooled 13 studies, including 356 pregnancies in 251 women after aortic valve...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Andrea Steely, an...
Background Transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) is now widely used for the management of aortic...
Change is hard, so for those who are looking for guidance on where to find...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Zhi Lin, Chief...
The patient was a 2-month-old, 4.5 kg infant with heart failure symptoms and severe pulmonary...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Frank Tamru, author of...
This video demonstrates a case of Tetralogy of Fallot (TOF), and after clearing the right...
In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Amanda Rea, a nurse practitioner and...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Zain Khalpey, an...
The Warden procedure (1) has been performed for partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection in which...
In this inspiring interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner...
This video demonstrates the key surgical steps of transdiaphragmatic aorto-supra-celiac aortic extra-anatomic bypass. The case...
Clinical Care Professionals
Change is hard, so for those who are looking for guidance on where to find...
In this insightful interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner...
In this important interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Shanda Blackmon, a thoracic...
In this compelling interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner...
In this extraordinary interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers, speaks with Dr....
In this highly educational interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse...
As 2025 comes to an end, the CTSNet editor team reflected on another year of...
Throughout the past year, CTSNet JANS editors have excelled in curating important and engaging cardiothoracic...
CTSNet is proud to produce high-quality podcasts, including The Beat, The Atrium, and the recently...
This year, CTSNet released more educational content, featuring interviews, clinical videos, webinars, and more than...
This video presents a case of combined endoscopic aortic valve replacement (AVR) and left internal...
Fifty-seven US organizations representing the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed a letter of support for...