Aorta

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Reimplantation of Anomalous Right Coronary Artery From the Pulmonary Artery to the Ascending Aorta

July 3, 2026 | Benjamin Alexander…

This is a case presentation of an 18-month-old female who presented to the emergency department with altered mental status. In the emergency room, the patient’s electrocardiogram (EKG) raised concerns for biventricular hypertrophy. A transthoracic echocardiogram...

JANS Article

From Declaration to Delivery: Cardiac Surgery Unites for Global Impact

August 13, 2026 | Emily FarkasBronze Contributor

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...

JANS Article

Pericardial Fluid Cardiac Troponin I Predicts Postoperative Atrial Fibrillation After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting

August 13, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

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...

Podcast

The Lifeline: Management of Acute Aortic Emergencies

August 12, 2026 | Jill LeySilver Contributor…

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...

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Insertion of the Axillary Impella 5.5

August 11, 2026 | Zhen-Yu Tong…

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....

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Breaking the Broken Dogma in Aortic Valve Replacement: The Nine Suture With Interstitch Pledget AVR Technique

July 8, 2024 | Andre Tyszka

The dogma traditionally proposed to avoid paravalvular leak is that each pair of sutures should be very close to the neighboring suture, with a maximum distance of 1 mm. This...

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Reoperation After Ross Procedure With an Aortic Root Replacement

July 8, 2024 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor…

The patient in this video is a fit and active seventy-six-year-old man. Twenty-five years previously, he had a Ross procedure, but now presents with aortic root dilation. A percutaneous femoral...

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Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: 5 cm Access Aortic Surgery and Myocardial Protection

July 5, 2024 | Tristan D. YanSilver Contributor

This video demonstrates one way to arrest the heart in a mini-access aortic root replacement procedure. The method described is suitable for patients with aortic regurgitation. The 5 cm incision...

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Redo Root Replacement After Previous Aortic Dissection Repair

July 1, 2024 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor…

This is the case of a sixty-eight-year-old man who had an acute aortic dissection 10 years previously and had quite a small prosthetic aortic tube grafted onto a relatively large...

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Redo Aortic Root Replacement and Tricuspid Repair After Prosthetic Valve Endocarditis

July 1, 2024 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor…

This fifty-five-year-old, 125 kg patient had a previous aortic valve replacement and presented with endocarditis with heart failure with a CVP of 30. It was determined unsafe to give antegrade...

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Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: Three Tips and Tricks for Redo Total Arch and Frozen Elephant Trunk

June 28, 2024 | Tristan D. YanSilver Contributor

Redo median sternotomy, total arch replacement, and the frozen elephant trunk procedures for chronic aortic dissection comprise a complex operation. In this video, Professor Yan first explains his operative approach....

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Onyx Aortic Root Replacement Through a Ministernotomy

June 24, 2024 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor…

This video shows the case of a forty-year-old man who presented with a large 6 cm pear-shaped dilated aortic root. He was offered valve sparing root replacement or a mechanical...

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Aortic Root Replacement With a Konect Prosthesis, Full Cox Maze, and IMA to LAD

June 24, 2024 | Vincent GaudianiGold ContributorBronze Commentor…

This is a video of a sixty-five-year-old man who presented with atrial fibrillation, a critical LAD lesion, and heart failure with severe aortic regurgitation and a root dilated to 48...

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