Congenital & Pediatric
This interview focuses on advice for trainees and residents who are interested in the congenital route of cardiothoracic surgery. At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet JANS Editor Mujtaba Mubashir,...
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,...
A 29-year-old female patient with symptomatic rheumatic heart disease was confirmed to have severe mitral regurgitation and mild to moderate tricuspid regurgitation on echocardiographic examination. The diseased mitral valve leaflets...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. An 18-year-old female with a recent history of fever presented...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Objective The goal was to perform a beating-heart closure of...
A 38-year-old male with hypoplastic left heart syndrome underwent the initial three palliations, with a final intra-atrial conduit Fontan. He presented with desaturation and liver dysfunction, and it was noted...
Case Presentation: This is a case presentation of a 2-month-old female infant who was diagnosed postnatally with a 2/6 ejection murmur. A transesophageal echocardiogram indicated severe supravalvar aortic stenosis at...
This is a case presentation of a full-term infant female who was prenatally diagnosed with pentalogy of Cantrell and a cardiac diagnosis of ectopia cordis, a Tet-type double outlet right...
The patient was a 27-year-old female with a history of postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome and Ehlers Danlos syndrome who presented with dysphagia to solids since 2021. Her work up was...
Introduction Common arterial trunk (CAT) requires early surgical treatment to prevent high mortality and morbidity rates. The unopposed pulmonary overflow accelerates the deleterious effects of left-to-right shunting. Moreover, unprotected pulmonary...











