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This video demonstrates the feasibility of the Ross/Konno procedure in a fourth sternotomy setting after previous mechanical aortic valve replacement in an 11-year-old child.
April 24, 2025
This video demonstrates aortic valve bicuspidization in a unicuspid aortic valve with severe aortic stenosis.
April 22, 2025
This video demonstrates an innovative approach that utilizes the native right atrial appendage valve in a tube (the T-RAA valve) to address the primary drawback of the Ross procedure, which is the requirement of a homograft in the pulmonary position that often leads to future interventions, thereby eliminating the need for frequent interventions.
April 18, 2025
In this video, the authors present a case of an unusual complication involving narrowing of the ascending aorta following late arterial switch, in addition to neoaortic root dilation, and they detail the surgical management.
April 11, 2025
This video demonstrates the removal of an infantile rhabdomyoma that obstructs the left ventricular outflow tract.
January 16, 2025
This video demonstrates the construction of a handmade valved woven Dacron conduit for truncus arteriosus repair using a Rastelli procedure.
January 14, 2025
This video demonstrates the implantation of a modified Micra Pediatric Implantable Pulse Generator with FDA approval for off-label use in an infant diagnosed with unspecified atrioventricular heart block and a history of pentalogy of Cantrell.
December 9, 2024
This operative video demonstrates the surgical technique for removing percutaneously placed pulmonary flow reducers.
November 26, 2024
A 38-year-old male with hypoplastic left heart syndrome underwent all three stages of palliation as a child. He presented with a small and calcified Fontan conduit. The decision was made to convert to an extracardiac Fontan.
November 20, 2024
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Professor Enoch Akowuah about the challenges facing cardiothoracic surgery.
October 23, 2024
A 2-month-old female infant was diagnosed postnatally with a 2/6 ejection murmur. This video demonstrates a modified four-patch closure to repair the supravalvar aortic stenosis.