Congenital & Pediatric
The surgical technique used in this video is suitable for patients with mixed supracardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous connection (TAPVC) in whom the right and left pulmonary venous systems drain through separate vertical veins and...
Diaphragmatic paralysis following congenital cardiac surgery is an important cause of postoperative respiratory morbidity in neonates and infants. Prompt recognition and appropriate management are essential to reduce ventilator dependence and...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA,...
An 8-year-old male (24 kg) presented with intermittent fever for 45 days. Echocardiography demonstrated infective endocarditis of a bicuspid aortic valve with multiple vegetations (largest 8 × 6 mm), severe...
This video demonstrates the modified trapdoor technique for direct reimplantation of an anomalous left coronary artery from the pulmonary artery. Case Presentation Following cardiopulmonary resuscitation, a three-month-old, 4.7 kg infant,...
Rhabdomyomas account for 45 percent of the 0.2 percent incidence rate of pediatric primary cardiac tumors (2). While many undergo involution and do not require surgical intervention, a rare few...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Whole body perfusion utilizing two cannulas for the upper and...
The authors present a case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect repair with coronary artery bypass grafting performed via minimally invasive access—a left anterior minithoracotomy through the fourth intercostal space....
In this new CTSNet President’s Series, Dr. Husam Balkhy, president of ISMICS, showcases cutting-edge, totally endoscopic cardiac procedures from the University of Chicago. Watch for more videos in this series...
CTSNet is proud to present a video series curated by Husam Balkhy, MD, President of The International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery (ISMICS). In this series, Dr. Balkhy presents...
Truncus arteriosus surgery has a mortality rate of 6.9 percent to 12 percent, with a long-term survival rate of 75 percent at 20 years. It is often performed alongside other...
At the 2024 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay tuned for more interviews from the meeting....
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Although the arterial switch operation (ASO) is the procedure of...









