In this video, Dr. Ramprassath M. Siddhan recounts his journey to adopting and developing an endoscopic cardiac surgery program in Madurai, India.
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August 7, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Mara Antonoff, Associate Professor of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery and Program Director for Education at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, and President of Women in Thoracic Surgery, about chest tubes.
August 1, 2025
In this fascinating interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Joseph Zacharias, a consultant cardiothoracic surgeon at the Lancashire Cardiac Center in Blackpool, England, discussing lifetime management of heart valve disease.
August 1, 2025
In the final installment of the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, Coronary Arterial Anomalies—Pediatric and Adult Congenital, congenital surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Professor Sameh Said was joined by pediatric and adult cardiac surgeons from around the world for a panel discussion on coronary arterial anomalies and different surgical techniques used to manage them.
August 1, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, Juliet King, a consultant thoracic surgeon and clinical lead for thoracic surgery at Guy’s Hospital, London, presented a course titled “The Management of Primary and Secondary Pneumothorax.”
August 1, 2025
In this video, Drs. Svetozar Putnik and Milos Matkovic describe their experiences developing an endoscopic cardiac surgery program in Serbia.
July 30, 2025
In Part 4 of this series, experts discuss mitigating hemorrhages, the use of coagulation factors vs blood products, administration rations, and much more.
July 29, 2025
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Professor Pieter Kappetein, Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Erasmus Medical Center and Vice President and Chief Medical Officer of Medtronic, about the future of revascularization.
July 28, 2025
In this CTSNet Guest Editor Series, Insights Into Pediatric Mechanical Circulatory Support, congenital and pediatric surgeon Sandeep Sainathan invited accomplished pediatric surgeons from around the world to contribute clinical videos on the surgical aspects of pediatric mechanical circulatory support as a bridge to cardiac transplantation or recovery of cardiac function.
July 25, 2025
At the 2024 Birmingham Review Course, Dr. Hazem Fallouh, a consultant thoracic surgeon at the University Hospitals Birmingham NHS Foundation Trust, presented on “Diaphragm Pathologies.”