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This video demonstrates a frozen elephant trunk procedure with differential temperature control to the head and the body, with the body at 34 °C and the head at 20 °C.
July 15, 2020
Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Mara Antonoff moderates a discussion on maintaining physical health to prevent burnout in cardiothoracic surgery.
July 15, 2020
In this video, the authors present the clinical case of a 67-year-old woman with an oncological history of endometrial stromal sarcoma treated with surgery and adjuvant chemotherapy who underwent several pulmonary metastasectomies in practically all the pulmonary lobes during the last eight years.
July 14, 2020
This video details the operative steps and technique of root and total arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk for aortic dissection, as described by Dr Sun.
July 13, 2020
This video demonstrates the surgical repair of a type 1 truncus arteriosus with bovine internal jugular xenograft in the right ventricular outflow tract.
July 10, 2020
In this CTSNet Interview, Mara Antonoff discusses the background, inspiration, and career stepping stones with Dr Yolonda Colson, the newly elected vice president of AATS.
July 7, 2020
The author presents a totally biological solution for aortomitral endocarditis by combining AVNeo™ (Ozaki procedure) and transaortic mitral valve patch using autologous pericardium only.
July 6, 2020
The authors present their experience in the surgical treatment of a pulmonary artery sling in two pediatric patients.
July 2, 2020
This is a case presentation including intraoperative video of a robotic-assisted laparoscopic repair of a hernia of Morgagni.
July 1, 2020
Seven robotic left atrial myxoma resections were performed so far in the authors’ institution. The patients had no stroke or bleeding complications, and all were discharged home after a mean period of seven days.
June 30, 2020
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive direct coronary artery bypass grafting associated to transcatheter aortic valve implantation through a left anterior minithoracotomy in the fourth intercostal space.