This video documents the emergency treatment of a patient with an acute aortic intramural hematoma.
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Cardiac
March 2, 2026
This video demonstrates the surgical steps involved in robotic-assisted mitral valve replacement, including patient positioning, port placement, exposure of the mitral valve, and the replacement technique.
February 27, 2026
This video demonstrates a case presentation of redo sternotomy and mitral valve replacement.
February 26, 2026
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Niv Ad, Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery" and professor of surgery at John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, about the journal.
February 26, 2026
This video demonstrates a robotic mitral valve repair, biatrial CryoMaze procedure, left atrial appendage closure, and patent foramen ovale closure.
February 26, 2026
In this article, the authors report six-year outcomes from the Evolut Low Risk trial, which randomized 1,414 low-risk patients with severe aortic stenosis to transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) (n=730) or surgery (n=684).
February 26, 2026
This retrospective cohort study aimed to characterize the evolving utilization of donation after circulatory death (DCD) heart transplantation (HT) in high-risk (status 1–3) vs low-risk (status 4–6) recipients.
February 26, 2026
In this brief report, the authors present an ex vivo bench study evaluating the impact of post-dilation strategies on Evolut FX+ transcatheter heart valves (23, 26, 29, and 34 mm). Valves were expanded in an elliptical annular model and underwent post-dilation using balloons either within or exceeding the instructions for use recommendations.
February 25, 2026
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Karan Shekar, a cardiac surgery resident at the Narayana Institute of Cardiac Sciences, Bommasandra, Bangalore, India, about his winning video, “Robotic-Assisted Repair of Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Return.”
February 25, 2026
This video highlights the beginnings of cardiac surgery in the 1800s.