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March 2, 2026
This video documents the emergency treatment of a patient with an acute aortic intramural hematoma.
September 4, 2025
The Thoracic Surgery Foundation is now accepting applications for 25 unique awards in the areas of research, education, innovation, and humanitarian outreach.
September 4, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Nicholas Smedira, a cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, about mitral valve-induced left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction with minimal septal hypertrophy.
September 4, 2025
This video demonstrates a clinical case presentation of totally endoscopic mitral valve replacement with tricuspid valve repair in a patient with an unpredictable adhesive process in the pericardium.
September 4, 2025
This video demonstrates the reimplantation of the supra-commissural left coronary ostium during valve-sparing and tricuspid aortic valve repair for severe insufficiency.
September 3, 2025
This video demonstrates a direct arterial and venous cannulation technique through a thoracotomy without compromising the results, which can be safely applied to both pediatric and adult populations.
September 3, 2025
This video demonstrates the technique of atrial septal defect closure through a right lateral thoracotomy.
September 2, 2025
This video demonstrates a redo aortic valve replacement via partial upper resternotomy in a 72-year-old male patient.
September 2, 2025
This instructional guide presents a stepwise, practical approach to the personalized external aortic root support (PEARS) procedure, featuring patient selection, 3D preoperative planning, detailed operative technique, and key intraoperative tips and pitfalls to optimize safe and effective stabilization of the ascending aorta without the need for cardiopulmonary bypass.
September 1, 2025
This video demonstrates a combined Ravitch procedure for severe pectus excavatum and valve-sparing root replacement along with mitral valve repair.
September 1, 2025
This video describes a minimally invasive thoracotomy approach for the closure of an atrial septal defect.

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