Mechanical Support & Transplant
A variety of mechanical circulatory support strategies are available to treat cardiogenic shock with left ventricular failure. Current theory suggests that direct left ventricular unloading should be superior to other strategies. However, these theoretical frameworks...
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...
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...
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...
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,...
As a part of the 2023 Australian Thoracic Aortic Symposium, Dr. Joe Coselli presented on antegrade and retrograde perfusion for cerebral protection during cardiac surgery. Dr. Coselli is a cardiothoracic...
A previously healthy two-month-old infant born at thirty-six weeks presented with increasing fussiness, a respiratory rate of sixty breaths per minute and an oxygen saturation of 85 percent. A chest...
This video demonstrates aortic arch debranching without the usage of cardiopulmonary bypass. In this case, the debranching was performed on a sixty-one-year-old male smoker who was diagnosed with type B...
Do you have unanswered questions or underlying concerns regarding the discussion that took place during the ASAIO Journal and CTSNet webinar, “Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR): Building the Team for Success”?...
The ASAIO Journal joined CTSNet in broadcasting a webinar on the developing cardiac care topic, “Extracorporeal Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (ECPR): Building the Team for Success.” Helmed by ASAIO editor in chief...
The authors have been performing mitral valve repair using minimally invasive and/or robotic techniques for twelve years at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital in the United Kingdom. All the authors’...
CTSNet is excited to announce the winner of the 2022 Resident Video Competition, Ryan Azarrafiy. His submission, “Veno-Venous Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation: Decannulation Technique in the Awake, Spontaneously Breathing Patient,” provides...
This is the winning video in the 8th Annual Resident Video Competition. Watch the author’s interview with competition judge Marjan Jahangiri. This video describes the authors’ institution’s preferred decannulation technique...







