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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 163: Is the TAVR Heart Team About to Lose a Member?

July 2, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning discusses the transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) heart team potentially losing a member. He explores the current composition of the TAVR heart team, proposed changes, the...

JANS Article

From Declaration to Delivery: Cardiac Surgery Unites for Global Impact

August 13, 2026 | Emily Farkas

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 Mubashir

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...

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The Lifeline: Management of Acute Aortic Emergencies

August 12, 2026 | Jill Ley

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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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Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: Acute Type A Dissection—Its Last Line of Defense

June 21, 2024 | Tristan D. Yan

An eighty-four-year-old woman presented with acute type A aortic dissection and blood in the pericardial sac. The dissection was contained by the visceral pericardial layer (i.e. the last line of...

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Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: Acute Type A Dissection—Aortic Rupture

June 21, 2024 | Tristan D. Yan

This video demonstrates how the surgical team managed to save an elderly woman who presented initially with tamponade and contained aortic rupture, but subsequently developed frank aortic rupture. The patient...

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Introduction to Aortic Root Reconstruction

June 19, 2024 | Vincent Gaudiani

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Dr. Vince Gaudiani introduces his series on different techniques for aortic root reconstruction. The patient is a sixty-year-old man who presented with collapse and was found to have a 7...

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Commando Procedure in a Patient With Aortic and Mitral Valve Prostheses: Fourth Intervention for Bacterial Endocarditis

June 18, 2024 | Domenico Mangino…

The patient is a thirty-year-old woman who underwent an aortic valve replacement in 2021, aortic prosthesis and mitral valve replacement in 2022 for endocarditis, and a redo operation for dysfunction/dehiscence...

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Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: Visceral Pericardium—A Forgotten Layer

June 14, 2024 | Tristan D. Yan

The visceral pericardium covers the heart and the great vessels. It is mentioned in embryology textbooks, but it is rarely described in surgical textbooks. It is a distinct layer that...

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Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: Visceral Pericardium—The Last Line of Defense

June 14, 2024 | Tristan D. Yan

The visceral pericardium is a defined layer of connective tissue that covers the heart and the great vessels. It provides additional strength to the ascending aorta and can be regarded...

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Deep Dive Into Aortic Surgery: A Brief History of Aortic Surgery

June 7, 2024 | Tristan D. Yan

“If I have seen further, it is by standing on the shoulders of giants.” –– Isaac Newton, 1675 Disclaimer The information and views presented on CTSNet.org represent the views of...

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Redo Sternotomy and Bentall’s Operation

June 5, 2024 | Enoch Akowuah…

This video shows the case of a patient in Ghana who underwent a redo sternotomy and then a Bentall’s operation for a dilated aortic root with severe regurgitation. The patient...