This video demonstrates the surgical steps involved in robotic-assisted mitral valve replacement, including patient positioning, port placement, exposure of the mitral valve, and the replacement technique.
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Approaches/Techniques
February 24, 2026
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Maninder Kalkat, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon in the Regional Department of Thoracic Surgery at University Hospital Birmingham, about extended resections.
February 20, 2026
In this extraordinary interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers, speaks with Dr. Tara Mastracci about social prescribing and the ramifications of social deprivation.
February 17, 2026
This video showcases a standardized surgical management strategy for rheumatic mitral valve disease.
February 12, 2026
This state-of-the-art review examines how trial design and sample size affect the assessment of sex-related treatment effects. Traditional unstructured recruitment often underrepresents women and limits the evaluation of sex-by-treatment interactions.
February 3, 2026
This video demonstrates a 13-year-old with severe aortic stenosis who underwent a modified Ross procedure using the root inclusion technique.
January 29, 2026
This first-in-human case report describes ventriculo-coronary transcatheter outward navigation and reentry (VECTOR), a novel percutaneous aorto-coronary bypass technique to prevent coronary obstruction during transcatheter aortic valve replacement.
January 23, 2026
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and Dr. Horacio Abramson, Head of Thoracic Surgery at Hospital del Tórax Antonio A. Cetrángolo, Argentina, examine the Abramson technique.
January 22, 2026
In this phenomenal interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Drs. Jan Vojacek and Maral Ouzounian about the EACTS expert consensus statement on the Ross procedure in adult patients.
January 22, 2026
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Drs. Jan Vojacek and Maral Ouzounian about the EACTS expert consensus statement on the Ross procedure in adult patients.