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.
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June 6, 2025
This video demonstrates that the left atrial appendage can be clipped via a left video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery approach in three minutes.
June 6, 2025
This video demonstrates an optimal approach to aortic arch coarctation with a large pseudoaneurysm, featuring an endovascular strategy and a backup open repair plan.
June 5, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning recaps the 33rd European Society of Thoracic Surgeons (ESTS) annual meeting in Budapest.
June 5, 2025
This video demonstrates a minimally invasive mitral valve repair in a male patient with severe mitral regurgitation and mitral annular disjunction.
June 4, 2025
This video demonstrates a simple surgical technique for identifying the intramyocardial left anterior descending artery by passing a 1 mm coronary probe from the apical portion.
June 3, 2025
This video demonstrates the technical challenges of bilateral lung transplantation after cut and sew MAZE, detailing safe methods for pulmonary vein anastomosis using full cardiopulmonary bypass.
June 3, 2025
This video demonstrates a surgical procedure involving a head-first graft and hybrid frozen elephant trunk technique to manage a residual type B aortic dissection and aneurysm after a prior type A dissection.
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.
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).