Aorta
Surgery of the aortic arch has advanced significantly in recent years. The gold standard technique for treating arch aneurysms remains moderate to deep hypothermia with circulatory arrest of the lower body, coupled with cerebral protection....
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....
A 41-year-old male patient was admitted to the hospital with complaints of shortness of breath at rest, fever, and weakness. His medical history included aortic and mitral valve replacements in...
It is now common to encounter patients who underwent complex mitral valve repair—incorporating mitral rings, leaflet patches, ultrasonic annular decalcification, and multiple sets of artificial chords—20-30 years ago with no...
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates a simple triangular resection of the mitral valve for a sixty-eight-year-old male with P2 prolapse. He uses an upper hemisternotomy with a femoral...
The patient is a seventy-eight-year-old male with a complex cardiac history, including a 3-vessel coronary artery bypass graft surgery (CABG), a Watchman device for atrial fibrillation, and a transcatheter mitral...
Patient Selection Early surgical correction of ductal-dependent neonatal patients with an aortic coarctation (CoA) and distal arch hypoplasia have emerged as the current standard of care. To begin, the criteria...
At the 2024 AATS Annual Meeting, CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting....
The authors present a case of a neoaortic valve repair with a HAART ring in a twenty-seven-year-old patient born with transposition of great arteries who underwent an arterial switch operation...
In this continued series of webinars, CTSNet hosted a discussion on, “Advanced Aortic Root Surgery—Series 3: Evolving surgical techniques with Cardioroot in Bio-Bentall and David procedures,” in collaboration with Getinge....










