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This video demonstrates a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery sympathectomy for the termination of ventricular tachycardia electrical storm, featuring an exceptional view and excision of Kuntz's... More
September 9, 2025
This video demonstrates how to construct an autologous pericardial mitral valve for infants and small children when repair is not possible.
September 8, 2025
This case report describes a successful redo tricuspid valve replacement in a high-risk patient using an annular-preserving electrocautery explantation technique, highlighting key surgical strategies and educational value.
September 4, 2025
This video demonstrates a clinical case presentation of totally endoscopic mitral valve replacement with tricuspid valve repair in a patient with an unpredictable adhesive process in the pericardium.
September 3, 2025
This video demonstrates a direct arterial and venous cannulation technique through a thoracotomy without compromising the results, which can be safely applied to both pediatric and adult populations.
September 2, 2025
This video demonstrates a redo aortic valve replacement via partial upper resternotomy in a 72-year-old male patient.
September 1, 2025
This video demonstrates a combined Ravitch procedure for severe pectus excavatum and valve-sparing root replacement along with mitral valve repair.
August 28, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, about NYU Langone Health’s rise in hospital rankings.
August 28, 2025
In this exceptional interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, about NYU Langone Health’s rise in hospital rankings.
August 26, 2025
This video demonstrates a modified re-do Commando procedure as a third surgery following an initial root replacement with mitral valve reconstruction for endocarditis and a subsequent modified Commando procedure with tricuspid valve repair due to recurrence of endocarditis.
August 25, 2025
In this outstanding video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates the removal of a right atrial myxoma from a challenging location near the inferior vena cava.