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Congratulations to the Winners of the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition [1]

CTSNet is pleased to announce the winners of the 2025 Instructional Video Competition, which highlights outstanding instructional videos that inspire and expand the skill sets of cardiothoracic surgeons and interprofessional teams worldwide.  

The submissions received this year are truly remarkable, and CTSNet is pleased to feature all video submissions in the coming weeks. Congratulations to the winning surgeons for their exceptional videos and thank you to everyone who participated!  

View all submissions to the 2025 Instructional Video Competition [2], to be published in the coming months.  

Cardiac  

First Place:   

Direct Aortic Impella 5.5 in Post-Cardiotomy Shock  [3]

By Anthony Zaki  [4]

Second Place:   

How to Perform the Konno-Rastan Aortic Root Enlargement Procedure [5]

By Ahmad Ali Amirghofran  [6]

Third Place:  

Open Technique for Radial Artery Harvesting  [7]

By Amlan Rath [8], Niranjan Hiremath [9] 

Thoracic   

First Place:   

Robot-Assisted Intrapericardial Pneumonectomy With Bronchoplasty and Thymic Flap Post Neoadjuvant Chemo/IO [10]

By Edward Kim [11]  

Second Place:   

Augmented Reality–Assisted Robotic Segmentectomy Using Open-Source Tools: A Practical and Low-Cost Solution   [12]

By Juliana Vieira de Oliveira Salerno [13], Eserval Rocha Jr. [14], Hyroan Brandell P. Correa, Ismar Gobira Chagas, Fabio Eiti N. Minamoto [15], Ricardo Mingarini Terra  [16]

Third Place:  

VATS Intrapericardial Left Pneumonectomy for Centrally Located Lung Tumor: Step-by-Step Approach With Technical Pearls   [17]

By Güntuğ Batıhan  [18]

Congenital  

First Place:   

The Ross Procedure Unveiled: Insights Into Various Techniques and Modifications  [19]

By Ali Mashadi [20], Mohammed Sanad [21], Mohamed Gabr, [22] Sameh Said   [23]

Second Place:   

Practical Safeguards for Repair of Sinus Venosus ASD With PAPVD—The Warden Procedure [24]

By Amr Alsalakawy [25], Amr Elsawy [26], Mohamed A. Tawfeek [27], Ahmed Mahgoub [28], Ahmed Afifi [29], Hatem Hosny  [30]

Third Place:  

Unifocalization of Major Aortopulmonary Collateral Arteries  [31]

By Benjamin Alexander [32], Christian Eisenring [33], Ashley Wilson, Eric Braden, Brian Reemsten [34], Lawrence Greiten [35] 

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Content Area(s): 
2025 Instructional Video Competition [2]
Subspecialty(ies): 
Cardiac [37]
Congenital [38]
Critical Care [39]
Thoracic [40]
Vascular [41]
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