ALERT!

This site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 8 (or older).

Please upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use an alternate browser such as Chrome or Firefox.

Recent Content

December 5, 2025
At the 2025 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria spoke with Karin Hinterbuchner, a registered nurse at Tirol Kliniken GmbH in Austria, about EACTS fellowships.
September 18, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Alexis Shafii, professor of surgery and surgical director of heart transplantation at The Texas Heart Institute at Baylor College of Medicine, about the first in-human BiVACOR total artificial heart implantation.
September 18, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic mitral valve replacement in a patient with a history of coronary artery bypass grafting and patent internal mammary grafts crossing midline, highlighting that this approach minimizes complications associated with sternal reentry while providing enhanced visualization and precision for careful dissection of cardiac structures.
September 18, 2025
This video demonstrates a case report of a modified Bex-Nikaidoh operation in a neonate with dextro-transportation of the great arteries, ventricular septal defect, and pulmonary stenosis.
September 17, 2025
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Dr. Joel Dunning and Dr. Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at UCSF School of Medicine and thoracic surgeon at Kaiser Permanente Oakland Medical Center, examine multimodal therapy for mesothelioma.
September 17, 2025
This video is the second-place winner from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos.  
September 17, 2025
This video demonstrates how to use visual cues to compensate for the lack of tactile feedback during robotic pulmonary resections, enabling the accurate identification of lesions despite the absence of physical palpation.
September 16, 2025
This video demonstrates an innovative solution that has the potential to improve the survival of neonates and increase the likelihood of completing their palliative staged surgeries, presenting the first successful ex-utero intrapartum treatment-to-open atrial septectomy in a neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome with an intact atrial septum.
September 16, 2025
This video demonstrates two cases in which incision of the moderator band, though controversial, was necessary to adequately relieve right ventricular outflow tract obstruction.
September 15, 2025
This video presents a case of idiopathic diaphragmatic relaxation treated with robotic diaphragm plication using the da Vinci Xi platform through a four-port technique.
September 15, 2025
This video demonstrates a modified Yasui performed under deep hypothermic circulatory arrest for interrupted aortic arch type B with posterior malaligned ventricular septal defects.

Pages

Subscribe to The Latest