Aorta
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Chris Malaisrie, a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University and an Attending Cardiac Surgeon at Northwestern Medicine,...
This article highlights the establishment of the Cardiac Surgery Intersociety Alliance (CSIA), a global coalition of all major cardiac surgical societies working with the World Heart Federation. Its mission is...
This prospective cohort study evaluated whether cardiac troponin I measured in pericardial drainage fluid (PCF-cTnI) enhances risk stratification for postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) following coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG). In...
In this edition of the CTSNet podcast, The Lifeline, host and nurse educator Jill Ley, Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Nursing, Founder of the...
The authors present their technique for axillary Impella 5.5 insertion. The preferred incision was made through the deltopectoral groove, where the axillary artery is more superficial and easier to access....
This video demonstrates the excision of subvalvular ring in a 34-year-old woman who was five feet three inches tall and weighed 275 pounds with minimal aortic regurgitation A femoral venous...
The Bentall procedure with hemiarch replacement utilizing a continuous suture technique for the proximal anastomosis offers significant advantages in complex aortic surgery. This method allows for faster and more efficient...
This video is the second-place cardiac winner from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the other winning videos. The Konno–Rastan procedure, also known...
This video illustrates the excision of a subvalvular ring in a 59-year-old woman with aortic regurgitation. A femoral venous cannula and direct aortic cannulation were performed. The aorta was cross-clamped...
This is the winning congenital video from the 2025 CTSNet Instructional Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the thoracic and cardiac first place winners. Click here to...
The patient, a 60-year-old male, had previously undergone aortic root replacement due to aortic insufficiency and a bicuspid valve. He suffered from increasing exertional dyspnea. Echocardiography revealed recurrent severe aortic...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. The authors present the case of a 67-year-old patient who...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with CTSNet JANS Editor Dr. Mateo Marin-Cuartas, a cardiac surgeon in the University Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Leipzig...









