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May 6, 2024
The purpose of this video is to present the authors’ simplified technique for allograft implantation to be used for cases of invasive aortic valve infective endocarditis.
May 6, 2024
CTSNet is pleased to announce the launch of the fourth annual Innovation Award Video Competition. The competition is open to all cardiothoracic surgery team members and researchers. Video submissions should demonstrate innovative solutions to current cardiothoracic surgical challenges, which may include instruments, techniques, approaches, or management protocols.
May 3, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses upcoming interviews to be published on CTSNet.
May 3, 2024
Topics covered include SVG outcomes over the last 20 years, elimination of SVGs, best practices in SVG harvesting for CABG, and more.
May 3, 2024
This video demonstrates a frozen elephant trunk procedure with differential temperature control to the head and the body, with the body at 34 °C and the head at 20 °C.
May 2, 2024
In this video, the authors show their surgical technique for reimplantation of a right coronary artery with an anomalous origin from the aorta in a patient with ischemia with no obstructed coronary arteries.
May 1, 2024
The Cox-Maze procedure is an effective and successful method of surgical ablation. However, for lone atrial fibrillation cases, invasive sternotomy is not feasible. Patients with persistent atrial fibrillation can benefit by combining left atrial endocardial and epicardial interventions. A step-by-step approach of this hybrid totally thoracoscopic maze procedure is demonstrated in this video.
May 1, 2024
Watch EIC Joel Dunning and Prof. Ralph Damiano discuss new guidelines in surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation, barriers to treatment, and Prof. Damiano’s approach to the procedure.
April 30, 2024
April saw a wide variety of content published on CTSNet. Popular articles published this month include two videos from Dr. Tristan Yan’s off-pump CABG series, important news in CT surgery, and a comprehensive webinar on the Ross procedure.