Aorta

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Right Pleuro-Pericardial Window During Cardiac Surgery: A Safe and Simple Technique That Decreases Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation

September 3, 2026 | Nadine Kawkabani

Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication following cardiac surgery. One of the major factors predisposing to the development of POAF is inflammation related to pericardial effusions, which may occur after cardiac surgery. A...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 174: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

September 17, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA,...

JANS Article

The Ross Procedure: Determinants of Long-Term Durability

September 17, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

This propensity-matched study from the Montreal Heart Institute Ross Registry examined sex-based differences in outcomes following the Ross procedure. Among 816 adults undergoing full-root pulmonary autograft replacement (2011 to 2025),...

JANS Article

Supra-Annular Perceval Bentall: From Concept to Patient

September 17, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This technical report describes the SUpra-annular PERceval Bentall (SUPERB), which utilized a Perceval Plus XL sutureless bovine pericardial valve inside a 28 mm Valsalva Dacron graft. Ex vivo testing involved...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 173: Uniportal Robotics in the UAE

September 10, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 148: Six-Year Outcomes After TAVR vs SAVR in Low-Risk Patients

March 12, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. John Forrest, a cardiologist and Director of both Interventional Cardiology and the Structural Heart Disease Program at Yale...

Video

The Use of 3mensio Software for Analyzing Subvalvular Aortic Stenosis

March 9, 2026 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor…

This video documents the investigation and treatment of a male patient who was referred with severe aortic valve stenosis. He was initially referred for consideration of transcatheter aortic valve replacement...

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Updated 5-Year TAVR vs SAVR Outcomes in Low-Risk Patients: An Interview With Drs. Marin-Cuartas and Heuts

March 5, 2026 | Mateo Marin-Cuartas…

In this outstanding interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Drs. Mateo Marin-Cuartas, CTSNet JANS Editor and cardiac surgeon at the University Department of Cardiac Surgery at Leipzig Heart Centre...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 147: Updated 5-Year TAVR vs SAVR Outcomes in Low-Risk Patients

March 5, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Drs. Mateo Marin-Cuartas, CTSNet JANS Editor and cardiac surgeon at the University Department of Cardiac Surgery at Leipzig Heart...

Video

Repair of Acute Severe Mitral Regurgitation Due to Iatrogenic Papillary Muscle Rupture

March 3, 2026 | Daniel Wolbrom…

The authors present a case of mitral valve repair for acute iatrogenic papillary muscle rupture leading to a flail anterior leaflet. What makes this case unique is the type of...

Video

Aortic Repair After Acute Intramural Hematoma

March 2, 2026 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor…

This video shows an 85-year-old woman who presented to the emergency room with chest pain and a 6.5 cm ascending aorta containing an intramural hematoma and a pericardial effusion. The...

Video

TAVI in SAVR Explantation: A Two-Step Technique for Successful Removal

February 24, 2026 | Dario Brenna…

Patient Data In this video, the authors discuss the case of a 79-year-old female who underwent surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in 2011 with the implantation of a 19 mm...

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Beyond Zone 0 AMDS Implantation

February 9, 2026 | Corrado Cavozza…

When the initial tear is located within the aortic arch, the surgical strategy often involves a more comprehensive repair (1, 2). Surgical procedures involving the transverse aortic arch are particularly...

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