Mechanical Support & Transplant

Event

10th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support Summit.

November 19, 2026

Thursday, November 19, 2026 – Saturday, November 21, 2026 @ 8:00 am – 12:15 pm – The 10th EACTS Mechanical Circulatory Support (MCS) Summit brings together leading international experts in heart failure and mechanical circulatory...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 175: Oral Board AI Simulator

September 24, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory...

JANS Article

Right Basilar Segmental Autologous Lung Transplantation With Carinal Reconstruction for Central Lung SCC

September 24, 2026 | Akshay Patel

This case report describes a 75-year-old patient with a centrally located squamous cell carcinoma extending from the carina to the right intermediate bronchus and the superior segment of the lower...

Video

ASAIO 2026 | Celsior Cold Storage and Myocardial Edema in DCD Heart Donation

September 18, 2026

This session features Rishav Bhattacharya from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, presenting on “Celsior Cold Storage Attenuates Myocardial Edema in...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 174: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

September 17, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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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,...

Video

How to Achieve a Low Transfusion Rate in CABG Surgery: An Interview With Rawn Salenger

April 16, 2024 | Rawn Salenger…

At the 2024 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay...

Video

Donor Heart Preservation and Resuscitating Marginal Donors: Hot or Cold? | ASAIO Webinar

March 19, 2024 | Michael Bowdish…

CTSNet continued its webinar series with ASAIO Journal on March 14, 2024 by enrolling cardiac surgery and heart transplantation professionals to discuss the topic, “Donor Heart Preservation and Resuscitating Marginal...

Video

Orthotopic Heart Transplantation

February 6, 2024 | Debasis Das…

Despite the emergence of various innovative therapies for individuals suffering from advanced heart failure, such as significant advancements in mechanical circulatory support, biventricular pacing, and stem cell treatments, heart transplantation...

Video

Tips, Tricks, and Pitfalls for Cardiopulmonary Bypass

January 16, 2024 | Stephen Spindel…

This video describes the set up and pitfalls for cardiopulmonary bypass, including common types of arterial and venous access, as well as cardioplegia routes and venting strategies. For arterial access,...

Video

Repair of a Large Posterior Left Ventricular PSA Involving the Mitral Apparatus

January 9, 2024 | Anthony Zaki…

A sixty-two-year-old former smoker with chronic obstructive pulmonary disease presented to the authors’ institution with multiple recent embolic strokes and worsening heart failure symptoms. Careful diagnostic evaluation revealed a large...

Video

Percutaneous Closure of Peripheral ECMO Cannulation Sites

November 28, 2023 | Tom Liu…

This video is the third-place winner from CTSNet’s 2023 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the other winning videos. Patients who undergo rapid cannulation for ECMO...

Video

The Total Artificial Heart—2024 and Beyond! | ASAIO Webinar

November 21, 2023 | Duc Thinh Pham…

CTSNet hosted a joint webinar with ASAIO Journal on November 16, 2023 featuring a group of enthusiastic and industry-pushing professionals to discuss the topic, “The Total Artificial Heart—2024 and Beyond!”...

Video

Identifying Global Needs in Cardiac Surgery: An Interview with Peter Zilla

November 2, 2023 | Peter Zilla…

At the 2023 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Editor in Chief Joel Dunning and CTSNet senior editors set out to interview the most knowledgeable CT surgeons from around the world. Stay...