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…In this episode of The Atrium, host Alice Copperwheat speaks with Jessica Donington, Professor of...
The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with...
Kartagener syndrome is a rare manifestation of primary ciliary dyskinesia characterized by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis,...
This talk features Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in...
The role of surgery in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is continuously evolving...
This session features Yasmeen Taha from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of...
In this informative interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and...
This session features Armaan Saith, an internal medical resident at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,...
In this single-center propensity-matched analysis of 659 patients undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass...
In this 27-year single-center retrospective study, the authors compared radial artery (RA) vs saphenous vein...
This case report describes a 75-year-old patient with a centrally located squamous cell carcinoma extending...
This case report describes a rare Type A aortic dissection that caused a pulmonary artery...
This Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database analysis found that postoperative chylothorax risk...
In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Subhasis Chatterjee, a cardiothoracic surgeon at...
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
Primary tracheal tumors are rare, with adenoid cystic carcinoma being a common subtype with a...
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...
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This video highlights important hints, tips, and techniques for performing a reoperative sternotomy. In this...
…This video details how to enter the sternum when patients have undergone previous sternotomy. This...
The authors present their technique for axillary Impella 5.5 insertion. The preferred incision was made...
This article describes transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) vs surgical aortic valve implantation (SAVR), framed...
The clinical case presented in this video concerns a 67-year-old female patient who came to...
Anomalous origins of the coronary arteries are rare, occurring in 1-2 percent of the general...
At the 2026 Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading...
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from...
…In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates his closure technique for an upper ministernotomy. He...
This video demonstrates Dr. Vince Gaudiani’s technique for performing an upper ministernotomy. The manubrium was...
…This video demonstrates a myectomy for hypertrophic cardiomyopathy in a 70-year-old woman with a 100-mmHg...
Diaphragmatic paralysis following congenital cardiac surgery is an important cause of postoperative respiratory morbidity in...
This video shows the successful removal of a 10 cm anterior mediastinal mass. Initially, a...
In this international randomized trial, 170 selected patients with multivessel coronary artery disease underwent minimally...
The video begins with an interview featuring thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and...
Proven Techniques
The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with...
The role of surgery in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is continuously evolving...
Diaphragmatic paralysis following congenital cardiac surgery is an important cause of postoperative respiratory morbidity in...
Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery from the opposite sinus is uncommon, and an...
An 8-year-old male (24 kg) presented with intermittent fever for 45 days. Echocardiography demonstrated infective...
Mitral valve replacement has become the default strategy for patients with recurrent or persistent mitral...
A 63-year-old woman presented with myasthenia crisis and ptosis, for which she was treated with...
…A 32-year-old man presented with shortness of breath, exertional fatigue, and chest pain. He underwent...
The patient was a 67-year-old man who was referred for surgical revascularization of coronary artery...
A 44-year-old woman undergoing preoperative evaluation for a uterine myomectomy was incidentally diagnosed with a...
The surgical technique used in this video is suitable for patients with mixed supracardiac total...
A 46-year-old male was referred to the authors’ unit with severe symptomatic pulmonary valve regurgitation,...
Novel Cases
Kartagener syndrome is a rare manifestation of primary ciliary dyskinesia characterized by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis,...
A 27-year-old male previously underwent bilateral T2–T3 sympathicotomy for severe palmar hyperhidrosis. Compensatory hyperhidrosis involving...
Anomalous aortic origin of a coronary artery from the opposite sinus is uncommon, and an...
A 16-year-old male presented with shortness of breath and exertional fatigue. He had a history...
The surgical technique used in this video is suitable for patients with mixed supracardiac total...
Treating patients with both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and severe obesity can be challenging. Laparoscopic...
An 8 cm left sub-areolar thoracotomy was performed as the working port. The pericardium was...
The video begins with an interview featuring thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and...
Congenital diverticulum of the ventricle is a rare cardiac malformation and is usually associated with...
Three dimensional (3D) endoscopic aortic valve replacement combined with extended septal myectomy (the Morrow procedure)...
Ectopic parathyroid adenomas in the anterior mediastinum are rare and present significant diagnostic and surgical...
This video highlights the case of a 55-year-old female who presented with facial swelling, breathlessness...
Innovation
Aortic uncrossing is indicated for symptomatic patients with a circumflex aorta causing significant tracheoesophageal compression....
A 16-year-old male presented with shortness of breath and exertional fatigue. He had a history...
Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) remains an important palliative strategy in selected congenital cardiac patients. Traditionally,...
…A four-month-old girl weighing 4.9 kg with trisomy 21 syndrome was referred for the repair...
An 8 cm left sub-areolar thoracotomy was performed as the working port. The pericardium was...
Three dimensional (3D) endoscopic aortic valve replacement combined with extended septal myectomy (the Morrow procedure)...
Mixed reality–guided anatomical segmentectomy represents an emerging strategy to improve intraoperative spatial understanding during sublobar...
Conventional transvenous pacing is standard care; however, patients with limited venous access often face a...
This video demonstrates video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery lobectomies, providing step-by-step instructional videos that dissect important structures...
In this video, the authors explain their technique for intrathoracic rib fixation as a treatment...
Background and Rationale Coronary artery bypass graft (CABG) surgery remains a cornerstone treatment for advanced...
…This video demonstrates a simplified ring-only mitral valve repair technique for patients with symmetrical bileaflet...
Cardiac
The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with...
This talk features Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in...
This session features Yasmeen Taha from the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of...
In this informative interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and...
This session features Armaan Saith, an internal medical resident at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia,...
In this single-center propensity-matched analysis of 659 patients undergoing minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass...
In this 27-year single-center retrospective study, the authors compared radial artery (RA) vs saphenous vein...
This case report describes a rare Type A aortic dissection that caused a pulmonary artery...
In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Subhasis Chatterjee, a cardiothoracic surgeon at...
This talk features Joerg Kempfert, Senior Consultant Cardiac Surgeon, Department of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery,...
…CTSNet hosted a webinar on September 15, 2026, titled “The TAVR Heart Team in 2026:...
This talk features Tomas Holubec, Professor of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in the Department of...
This session features Rishav Bhattacharya from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, at Baylor...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of...
Thoracic
…In this episode of The Atrium, host Alice Copperwheat speaks with Jessica Donington, Professor of...
Kartagener syndrome is a rare manifestation of primary ciliary dyskinesia characterized by chronic sinusitis, bronchiectasis,...
The role of surgery in locally advanced non-small cell lung cancer (NSCLC) is continuously evolving...
In this informative interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair...
This case report describes a 75-year-old patient with a centrally located squamous cell carcinoma extending...
This Society of Thoracic Surgeons General Thoracic Surgery Database analysis found that postoperative chylothorax risk...
In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Subhasis Chatterjee, a cardiothoracic surgeon at...
A 27-year-old male previously underwent bilateral T2–T3 sympathicotomy for severe palmar hyperhidrosis. Compensatory hyperhidrosis involving...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of...
This study assessed whether chest computed tomography (CT) findings improve the validated Lung Donor (LUNDON)...
This video shows the successful removal of a 10 cm anterior mediastinal mass. Initially, a...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry,...
This video demonstrates the implantation of bilateral phrenic nerve pacing leads using a robotic subxiphoid...
In this Memorial Sloan Kettering series, 11 patients with metastatic DLL3-high pulmonary carcinoid received the...
Based on the international multicenter ECLS in Lung Transplantation Registry, this study compared the three...
Congenital
In this informative interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair...
Diaphragmatic paralysis following congenital cardiac surgery is an important cause of postoperative respiratory morbidity in...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of...
An 8-year-old male (24 kg) presented with intermittent fever for 45 days. Echocardiography demonstrated infective...
This video demonstrates the modified trapdoor technique for direct reimplantation of an anomalous left coronary...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry,...
…In this episode of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley,...
Aortic uncrossing is indicated for symptomatic patients with a circumflex aorta causing significant tracheoesophageal compression....
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jacques Kpodonu, a cardiac...
A 16-year-old male presented with shortness of breath and exertional fatigue. He had a history...
The surgical technique used in this video is suitable for patients with mixed supracardiac total...
This interview focuses on advice for trainees and residents who are interested in the congenital...
This cardiac session features leading surgeons providing updates on imaging, robotics, and autonomy at the...
…This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Timur Kyashif, a cardiac...
Pulmonary artery banding (PAB) remains an important palliative strategy in selected congenital cardiac patients. Traditionally,...
Clinical Care Professionals
Join Us in Cape Town for the EACTS/STS/CSIA Cardio-Thoracic Conference, ‘In Africa for Africa’ The...
This session features the presidential address delivered by Dr. Gry Dahle at the International Society...
This interview centers around improving and evaluating surgical programs. At the 2026 American Association for...
…This interview highlights the Salam Centre for Cardiac Surgery, situated on the outskirts of Khartoum,...
…This interview focuses on tracking burnout and recovery in surgical trainees. At the 2026 American...
…In this top-notch interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner...
…At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet JANS Editor Dr....
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....