Aorta
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Isaac George, CTSNet Board Member and Co-Director of the Structural Heart and Valve Center, Surgical Director of Structural Heart Disease, and Co-Director 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...
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....
Options for aortic occlusion during robotic cardiac surgery include endoaortic balloon occlusion, which requires imaging guidance and coordination between the bedside assistant and anesthesia teams; the Chitwood DeBakey transthoracic clamp,...
A hybrid arch surgical approach is an option for elderly or high-risk patients undergoing treatment for aortic arch pathologies. It avoids cardiac conduction abnormality (CCA), hypothermia, and prolonged cardiopulmonary bypass...
September’s most popular video on CTSNet, and one of the most viewed so far in 2023, demonstrates a safe and simple technique for efficient replacement of the aortic hemiarch under...
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. Martin Misfeld presented on minimally invasive segmental artery coil embolization prior to cardiac surgery. Dr. Misfeld is a cardiothoracic...
As a part of the “One-Access Concept,” the median sternotomy is the main surgical access route for all cardiac surgical procedures. As a way to translate this concept into minimally...
A seventy-six-year-old woman who is non-diabetic and a non-smoker presented with complaints of abdominal pain and was diagnosed with a thrombosed infrarenal abdominal aortic aneurysm. She was planned for open...
This video presents the case of a thirty-seven-year-old woman with a history of aortic valve replacement and reconstruction of her aortomitral fibrosa and anterior leaflet of the mitral valve due...
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. Edward Chen presented on his methods for valve repair in patients with a bicuspid aortic valve. Dr. Chen is...









