Aorta
Anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery (ALCAPA) is a rare but critical congenital anomaly that typically presents in infancy with myocardial ischemia and left ventricular dysfunction. Early surgical correction is essential and aims...
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 newest entry into the CTSNet Guest Editor Series collection, “20 Years After First TAVI: Will the Pace of Innovations Continue for All Heart Valves?” Gry Dahle, MD, PhD...
Gry Dahle, MD, PhD, is a consultant working in department of cardiothoracic and cardiovascular surgery at Oslo University Hospital in Norway. She is a transcatheter aortic valve implantation (TAVI) pioneer...
A sixty-three-year-old man with a complex history, including a prior mechanical Cabrol procedure and subsequent total aortic arch replacement with frozen elephant trunk, presented to an outside hospital with...
A 44-year-old female with no past medical history presented with acute onset chest pain and new heart failure. A workup revealed severe aortic insufficiency (AI) with a bicuspid aortic valve...
A variety of procedures make up CTSNet’s catalog of heart valve content, which has continued to expand as surgeons increasingly focus on perfecting valve surgeries. Read on to explore five...
The patient was a sixty-one-year-old man with a medical history of coronary artery disease, STEMI treated with a drug-eluting stent in 2014, an abdominal aortic aneurysm, an aortic root...
This year, adult cardiac submissions to CTSNet spanned a variety of fascinating procedures, from mammary artery harvesting to the innovative Y-incision technique for aortic annular enlargement. Read on for a...
This video shows a sixteen-year-old male patient who underwent two previous sternotomies for repair of a complete atrioventricular septal defect, followed by re-repair of the left atrioventricular valve (mitral valve)...











