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With the recent approval for transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) across all risk profiles, reintervention is likely to become common practice.
April 17, 2024
This interview celebrates the long career of British cardiothoracic surgeon Dr. Michael E. Cowen. He leaves a legacy of pioneering robotic thoracic surgery and trainee education.
April 15, 2024
CTSNet presents a recording of the recent Edwards Lifesciences webinar presented in collaboration with CTSNet, “Contemporary Insights on Minimally Invasive Surgery.”
April 8, 2024
This webinar discusses the evidence supporting the Ross procedure and discusses the author's surgical technique.
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April 3, 2024
Watch the Medtronic Global Grand Rounds. Marc Ruel, M.D., Donna May Kimmaliardjuk, M.D., and Gianluca Torregrossa, M.D., discuss the importance of OPCAB procedures and gaining adoption and building an OPCAB practice.
April 2, 2024
The well-known cone procedure with detachment, displacement, and rotation of the leaflet has been designed for patients with Ebstein anomaly. However, the authors think that it may be used for any situation in which the septal and/or posterior leaflets are defective or non-functional. This video shows how the cone repair can be used successfully in an endocarditis patient where the septal cusp is completely destroyed.
March 27, 2024
Watch Yolonda Colson and Jennifer Romano lead a recent webinar including discussions on leadership from Jessica Donington, Nuria Novia, and more.
March 21, 2024
This video presents a complex cardiac surgical challenge. The authors salvage a young life from a redo Bentall procedure with a repeat to aortic pseudoaneurysm repair.
March 19, 2024
CTSNet continued its webinar series with ASAIO Journal on March 14, 2024 by enrolling cardiac surgery and heart transplantation professionals to discuss the topic, "Donor Heart Preservation and Resuscitating Marginal Donors: Hot or Cold?" Panelists included Dr. Michael E.
March 8, 2024
CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning recently presented at the 2023 joint conference of the AAPCHS and AATCVS, discussing global collaboration in cardiothoracic surgery. This recording is brought to you by CTSNet.
March 7, 2024
This video demonstrates the use of a double docking technique to harvest bilateral internal mammary arteries with the assistance of a Da Vinci robot for the purpose of multivessel coronary revascularization.