This video demonstrates a high-risk patient with infective endocarditis of a transcatheter aortic valve replacement prosthesis, complicated by aortic root abscess, which was successfully repaired with aortic valve replacement and posterior unroofing of the abscess cavity, followed by patch closure.
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Cardiac
November 17, 2025
November 14, 2025
At the 2025 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria spoke with Drs. Emily Farkas and Baffoe Gyan about training in low-income countries.
November 14, 2025
At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons (ECS) Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Patrick Perier, chairman of the ECS Club and staff surgeon at the Herz und Gefäss Klinik in Bad Neustadt, Germany, about minimally invasive mitral valve surgery.
November 13, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Zara Shirazi, a congenital cardiac surgery post-fellow at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, about advancing pediatric cardiac surgery in Pakistan using what she learned from her fellowship in Austria.
November 13, 2025
This video summarizes the key steps in performing branch-first arch replacement, a technique which is growing in popularity.
November 13, 2025
This study explores the use of artificial intelligence (AI) for auscultation in diagnosing heart failure in Sub-Saharan Africa, highlighting its potential to improve access to cardiovascular care in resource-limited settings.
November 13, 2025
The authors report seven-year outcomes of the PARTNER 3 trial comparing transfemoral transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) with surgical aortic valve replacement (SAVR) in 1,000 low-risk patients with severe, symptomatic aortic stenosis.
November 13, 2025
This international EACTS-endorsed survey assessed current practices and sought consensus on defining periprocedural myocardial infarction (PMI) after coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG).
November 12, 2025
In this final series installment, "Perfecting TAVR Removal | Skills Sharpening With Vince Gaudiani," cardiac surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor—Education Vince Gaudiani hosted roundtable discussions on the technical aspects of aortic valve replacement after TAVR.
November 12, 2025
This video demonstrates a novel technique using an endoloop to facilitate precise and secure clip ligation of the left atrial appendage.