In this article, the authors demonstrate a novel technique of antegrade cardioplegia decannulation using the Cor-Knot system with phenomenal video and description on their case series. This technique has great utility in cases where closing the cardioplegia cannulation site can be challenging in minimally invasive video-assisted cardiac surgery.
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Cardiac
September 12, 2020
September 11, 2020
Del Forno et al. present a retrospective study of 77 patients with de-novo 50-70% coronary stenosis undergoing valvular surgery. In these patients, bypass grafting of these coronaries was intentionally omitted.
September 10, 2020
Filmed at the 2020 STS Annual Meeting in New Orleans, Louisiana, Niv Ad moderates a discussion on the importance of atrial fibrillation in decision-making in structural heart disease and coronary artery disease.
September 8, 2020
The authors present an endoscopic-assisted solution for a complex fifth redo mitral valve replacement.
September 7, 2020
This video demonstrates the minimally invasive surgical technique for epicardial ablation of ventricular arrhythmias.
September 3, 2020
Learn about the CTSNet Resident Video Competition process and discover tips first-hand from the past winners.
September 3, 2020
The authors present a rare case of biventricular HOCM with severe mitral incompetence.
September 2, 2020
The authors present a 77-year-old woman with a history of dyspnea and orthopnea who was diagnosed with a giant saccular aneurysm arising from the right coronary artery ostia, with a coronary artery fistula from the right and left coronary arteries to the coronary sinus.
September 1, 2020
Mara Antonoff interviews Yolonda Colson about the many accomplishments of her career, and Dr Colson provides valuable advice for younger members of the specialty.
September 1, 2020
Tsuyoshi Kaneko, Wilson Szeto, Michael J. Mack, and Gilbert Tang discuss the future of transcatheter mitral valve repair and replacement.