Congenital & Pediatric
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the UAE. They discussed the advantages...
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,...
Introduction Minimally invasive closure of atrial septal defects (ASD) can be safely achieved using a range of techniques. In pediatric patients, femoral cannulation can be difficult due to the small...
In this video, the authors present an urgent case of atrial septal defect (ASD) in a young patient. The percutaneous ASD closure device migrated into the main pulmonary artery, creating...
Background In a field where precision saves lives and innovation shapes futures, every opportunity to learn globally becomes a responsibility to act locally. As a pediatric cardiac surgeon trained in...
This interview features the winner of the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch the winning video and all other competition entries. CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Sameh Said...
This video presents the case of totally endoscopic partial atrioventricular septal defect (AVSD) repair in a 40-year-old male with severe pulmonary hypertension (PH). The authors describe the details of the...
This video submission is from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries from the competition, including the winning videos. This is a case of a 9-month-old male who...
The common approach to a Bex-Nikaidoh procedure in a symptomatic neonate with dextro-transposition of the great arteries (D-TGA), ventricular septal defect (VSD), and left ventricular outflow tract obstruction is initial...
This is the first-place video from the 2025 CTSNet Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the runner-up and third place winner. Click here to watch Dr....










