This video demonstrates a robotic-assisted multiportal intrathoracic resection of a complex goiter using the da Vinci Xi system, following a previous transcervical approach.
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June 11, 2025
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Dr. Ahmad Ali Amirghofran has pioneered numerous innovative techniques, particularly in valve repair, minimally invasive surgery, and congenital heart surgery. His current focus is on constructing native tissue valves using the patient’s own tissue during surgery, including the novel right atrial appendage valve technique. For more information on his surgical experience, accomplishments, the challenges facing cardiac surgery in Iran today, and more, read this interview.
June 6, 2025
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented various management strategies for a 55-year-old male with a Debakey type 1 aortic dissection and discussed their respective techniques.
May 30, 2025
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on various aspects of patient-prosthesis mismatch (PPM).
May 28, 2025
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.
May 26, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a 59-year-old woman with Staphylococcus epidermidis endocarditis who underwent aortic valve replacement and ascending aortic graft removal followed by annulus repair and Dacron patch placement.
May 23, 2025
At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, Dr. Gebrine El Khoury, head of the Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery Department at Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Belgium, delivered a presentation titled “Step-by-Step Technique of Valve-Spring Reimplantation in TAV and BAV.”
May 21, 2025
This video demonstrates the technique of open cut down femoral vessel cannulation for cardiopulmonary bypass during minimally invasive procedures using the semi-Seldinger technique.
May 20, 2025
This video demonstrates how Dr. Vince Gaudiani managed a patient with a mechanical aortic valve who developed an aorto-mitral abscess.
May 19, 2025
This video demonstrates a challenging redo operation for a patient who had a previous aortic valve replacement that was too small for him. The procedure required the removal of this valve, enlargement of the annulus, and patch repair of the dissociation between the left ventricle and the aorta.