Aorta
The authors present a novel operative technique for an aortopulmonary window. The patient was a two-month-old boy, the product of a full-term pregnancy, who presented with an incidental finding of a murmur during examination. An...
The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular pseudoaneurysm repair with mitral valve replacement and coronary revascularization performed through a minimally invasive left anterior minithoracotomy via the fourth intercostal...
Among 1,590 transposition of the great arteries {S, D, D} patients undergoing biventricular repair (1990–2020), 52 (3.3 percent) had abnormal mitral valves (MV)—mainly anterior clefts (88 percent) and subvalvular anomalies...
The authors present a novel operative technique for an aortopulmonary window. The patient was a two-month-old boy, the product of a full-term pregnancy, who presented with an incidental finding of...
A 24-year-old female with no significant past medical history presented with progressive exercise intolerance. Further diagnostic evaluation revealed a sinus venosus defect (SVD) associated with partial anomalous pulmonary venous connection...
Functional (secondary) mitral regurgitation (MR) commonly accompanies aortic valve pathology as a consequence of left ventricular dilatation, which increases interpapillary muscle distance and impairs mitral leaflet coaptation. While correction of...
Tuesday, June 22, 2027 – Wednesday, June 23, 2027 @ 8:00 am – 5:00 pm – This two-days Symposium is designed for anesthesiologists, cardiovascular surgeons, cardiologists, interventional radiologists, internists, perfusionists,...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Jeffrey Velotta, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine in San...
Valve-in-valve transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) is a valuable therapeutic option for managing degenerated bioprosthetic valves, particularly in elderly, high-risk patients. However, careful patient selection and thorough anatomical assessment are...
The frozen elephant trunk (FET) technique provides a useful surgical approach for managing complex aortic arch pathologies (1). One of the critical challenges of this procedure is the reimplantation of...
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...








