This video presents the case of a seven-month-old boy with large subaortic ventricular septal defect (VSD) and a moderate degree of aortic valve (AV) regurgitation due to aortic valve cusp prolapse who underwent repair via a vertical right axillary thoracotomy (VRAT).
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Congenital
May 30, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning interviews Dr. Vince Gaudiani. They discuss his recent video series on CTSNet demonstrating techniques for cerebral protection in cardiac surgery.
May 29, 2024
The 2024 James S. Tweddell Memorial Paper for Congenital Cardiac Surgery compared mortality of 25,749 congenital surgery operations performed at 235 hospitals between 2016 and 2019, identified in the Kid’s Inpatient Database (KID).
May 23, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning introduces the new DV5 Intuitive Da Vinci robot. He talks about the benefits of this technology and demonstrates some of its new features.
May 22, 2024
This video demonstrates surgical repair of an aberrant right subclavian artery through a single right sided cervical incision.
May 16, 2024
In this article, the authors present their single center outcomes of the Commando procedure as a means to achieve double valve replacement in patients with radiation heart disease or previous valve replacement with destroyed intervalvular fibrosa.
May 16, 2024
This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with physician’s assistant Alan O’Donnell about his process for filming and editing exceptional cardiothoracic surgical videos.
May 9, 2024
This video presents the case of surgical resolution in an adult patient with Ebstein’s anomaly.
May 9, 2024
For hypoplastic left heart syndrome patients undergoing staged reconstruction, the neoaortic root can dilate so that the incidence of neoaortic valve insufficiency increases over time. This article aims to evaluate the outcomes of neoaortic root geometries and valvular function after chimney reconstruction in the Norwood operation in 20 patients.
May 8, 2024
This week on The Beat, in an episode sponsored by AtriCure, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses surgical ablation for atrial fibrillation.