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This introductory video describes the Gaudiani technique of cerebral perfusion at hypothermia, while the body is kept normothermic, for major aortic cases. Another video demonstrates repair of Type A... More
May 3, 2018
Kyriakos Anastasiadis of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki in Greece discusses the advances, definition, and benefits of minimally invasive extracorporeal circulation.
May 2, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Stan Antonides moderates a discussion with David Taggart, Joseph Sabik, and Michael Mack on improving the patency and longevity of vein grafts.
April 20, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting, Octavio Alfieri, David Adams, Vinay Bapat, Michael Borger, and Randy Martin discuss the current state and future of treatment for mitral and tricuspid valve disease.
April 17, 2018
This video shows a right minithoracotomy for a complex mitral and tricuspid repair.
April 13, 2018
CTSNet is excited to announce that “Anastomotic Techniques for Robotic Beating-Heart Totally Endoscopic Coronary Artery Bypass (TECAB)” by Brian Mitzman won first place in the 2017 Resident Video Competition.
April 12, 2018
This video describes the steps for a minimally invasive, resource-limited ASD closure, and the relevant technical pearls and pitfalls are emphasized.
April 10, 2018
This video demonstrates the radical resection of a right heart angiosarcoma, followed by composite reconstruction of the right atrium and the superior vena cava with bovine pericardial patches and a polytetrafluoroethylene vascular prosthesis.
April 4, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Leanne Harling moderates a discussion with David Taggart and Phillippe Kolh on the future of coronary revascularization.
April 3, 2018
Dr Om Prakesh Yadava of the National Heart Institute in New Delhi, India, and Professor Vinayak Bapat of Columbia University in New York, USA, discuss transcatheter valve therapies and sutureless valves.
March 29, 2018
This video shows a novel technique using a transcatheter valve deployed in the mitral position during open surgery.