Aorta
The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with a 5.1 cm ascending aortic aneurysm, aortic root dilation, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation that required operative treatment. Both valve-sparing aortic...
The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement and coronary revascularization performed through a minimally invasive left anterior minithoracotomy via the fourth intercostal...
Among 1,590 transposition of the great arteries {S, D, D} patients undergoing biventricular repair (1990–2020), 52 (3.3 percent) had abnormal mitral valves (MV)—mainly anterior clefts (88 percent) and subvalvular anomalies...
The authors present a novel operative technique for an aortopulmonary window. The patient was a two-month-old boy, the product of a full-term pregnancy, who presented with an incidental finding of...
A 24-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with progressive exercise intolerance. Further diagnostic evaluation revealed a sinus venosus defect (SVD) associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection...
The authors present a video demonstrating the double-inclusion Ross technique in a 36-year-old patient with severe bicuspid aortic valve stenosis, aortopathy, and a significant mismatch between the aortic anulus/left ventricular...
Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare but critical congenital anomaly that typically presents in infancy with myocardial ischemia and left ventricular dysfunction. Early surgical...
This video demonstrates the feasibility and step-by-step technique of performing a Bentall procedure through a right axillary minithoracotomy in an adult patient with aortic root aneurysm and aortic valve disease....
At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief, Joel Dunning, a cardiothoracic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, UK, engaged in a discussion...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Joseph Coselli, Executive Vice-Chair of the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, the Cullen Foundation Endowed Chair, and...
In this article, the authors report early and long-term outcomes of cryopreserved aortic homografts for complex native and prosthetic aortic valve or root infective endocarditis in the EUropean REgistry of...
A 56-year-old woman with no significant past medical history presented with progressive dyspnea on exertion and intermittent back pain. Computed tomography (CT) of the chest demonstrated a markedly dilated main...
Thursday, March 4, 2027 – Saturday, March 6, 2027 @ 8:00 am – 12:00 pm – The Houston Aortic Symposium brings together world-renowned cardiothoracic and vascular surgeons to deliver cutting-edge...










