This video highlights a single-port technique for limited sympathectomy aimed at treating refractory ventricular tachycardia. It is designed to reduce surgical risks in otherwise unstable patients, minimize postoperative pain, and provide a durable solution for a condition for which other medical management has failed.
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Cardiac
April 24, 2025
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang about totally endoscopic cardiac surgery.
April 24, 2025
This video demonstrates aortic valve bicuspidization in a unicuspid aortic valve with severe aortic stenosis.
April 24, 2025
The Evolut Low Risk trial demonstrated that transcatheter aortic valve replacement (TAVR) was noninferior to surgery for the primary endpoint of all-cause mortality or disabling stroke at two years. In this new publication, the authors report the five-year outcomes of the Evolut Low Risk trial.
April 24, 2025
This randomized controlled trial explored whether the speed of sternal retraction during cardiac surgery is associated with chronic poststernotomy pain (CPSP). While risk factors such as higher body mass index (BMI), female sex, and younger age are known to be linked to CPSP, no causal determinants have been established.
April 23, 2025
This video illustrates the replacement of the aortic root using a valve-sparing approach in a patient who previously underwent a heart transplant.
April 23, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a totally endoscopic triple valve surgery, featuring aortic valve replacement, mitral valve repair, and tricuspid valve repair.
April 22, 2025
This video demonstrates an innovative approach that utilizes the native right atrial appendage valve in a tube (the T-RAA valve) to address the primary drawback of the Ross procedure, which is the requirement of a homograft in the pulmonary position that often leads to future interventions, thereby eliminating the need for frequent interventions.
April 22, 2025
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani describes his technique for the placement of an On-X mechanical valve, which he considers to be the mechanical valve of choice in the modern era.
April 21, 2025
The authors present the case of a redo endoscopic mechanical valve reoperation for a locked leaflet.