Congenital & Pediatric
This case reported by Bartoli and colleagues describes the remarkable recovery of a child who survived prolonged submersion in ice-cold water, enduring more than 2.5 hours of deep hypothermic, asystolic circulatory arrest. An 8-year-old, 26-kg...
This study demonstrates that using autologous right atrial appendage (RAA) tissue to create a neovalve during RVOT reconstruction is a safe and effective alternative for pediatric patients with congenital heart...
Congenital diverticulum of the ventricle is a rare cardiac malformation and is usually associated with other congenital abnormalities, including intracardiac, midline thoracic, diaphragmatic, and anterior abdominal wall defects, first described...
This video completes a day of excellent presentations by leading surgeons exploring advanced minimally invasive techniques including congenital ventricular septal defect (VSD) surgery, endoscopic transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) explantation,...
This study examines the relationship between public interest in cardiothoracic surgical conditions and corresponding research output during a 21-year period (2004–2024). Public interest was assessed using Google Trends data and...
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...
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...








