Aorta
A 74-year-old male with hypertension, hyperlipidemia, paroxysmal atrial fibrillation, and a previous transcatheter bioprosthetic aortic valve of less than one year presented to an outside facility with repetitive embolic phenomenon to the lower extremities, requiring...
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....
In the second session of this series of webinars, CTSNet hosted a discussion on, “Advanced Aortic Root Surgery—Series 2,” in collaboration with Getinge. The webinar was broadcasted to a live...
In this recording from the 2023 Transcatheter Heart Valves Greece conference, Dr. Konstantinos Koulogiannis, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Morristown Medical Center in new Jersey, USA, discusses M-TEER technology maturation and...
This video presents the case of a Ross procedure performed on a seven-year-old girl who presented with dyspnea upon exertion. The patient had been diagnosed at the age of six...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Various surgical techniques have been used for aortic arch repair,...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video presents the case of a fifty-six-year-old woman with...
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Prof. Tilo Kolbel presented on how to identify false lumen occlusion techniques in chronic TBAD and how they function. Prof....
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. Aung Oo presented on his methods for bottom-up thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm repair. Dr. Oo is a cardiothoracic surgeon at...
With the evolution of technology, thoracic endovascular repair (TEVAR) has been implicated in complex aortic pathologies including acute aortic syndrome. In this case, a seventy-seven-year-old man with a history of...










