This video highlights important steps in the technique of ventricular assist device implantation based on the experience at Great Ormond Street Hospital.
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Mechanical circulatory assistance
Ventricular Assist Device (VAD) Implantation at Great Ormond Street Hospital: A Decade of Experience
August 14, 2025
August 4, 2025
In this video, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Anthony Zaki, a cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, about his winning video, “Direct Aortic Impella 5.5 in Post-Cardiotomy Shock.”
June 18, 2025
This video reviews the basics of postcardiotomy cardiogenic shock and common mechanical circulatory support options while highlighting the benefits of the Impella 5.5 for left ventricular unloading. It also demonstrates a step-by-step technique for the direct aortic insertion of the Impella 5.5.
June 2, 2025
This case demonstrates the potential utility of transvalvular microaxial flow pumps as a postoperative adjunct for circulatory support in managing post-ischemic left ventricular free wall rupture.
March 3, 2025
Direct ascending aorta true lumen cannulation, demonstrated in this video, is a fast, safe, and reproducible technique that provides adequate central antegrade flow through the true aortic lumen within two minutes of circulatory arrest.
December 18, 2024
This video demonstrates that proximal obstructions can be safely and effectively relieved via a left anterior thoracotomy. This approach is less invasive than a redo median sternotomy, which can be challenging even for experienced surgeons.
November 11, 2024
This video presents a clinical case of a 44-year-old man with severe respiratory failure and septic shock secondary to streptococcus pyogenes pneumonia. The authors describe a transfer technique from femoro-jugular veno-venous ECMO to veno-pulmonary ECMO with the ProtekDuo cannula.
July 17, 2024
A technique video detailing how Dr. David Morales implants a total artificial heart.
June 26, 2024
CTSNet continued its webinar series with ASAIO Journal on June 20, 2024 by enrolling cardiac surgery and heart failure professionals to discuss the topic, "LVADs and RV Dysfunction: Is It Manageable?" Panelists included Dr. Jennifer A.
May 30, 2024
This video describes the in-house construction of an LVAD plug for closure of a left ventriculotomy following explantation.