This video demonstrates a surgical repair of a right coronary artery to right ventricle fistula in a young child.
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Congenital
July 3, 2018
Joseph Dearani, Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, graciously shares a copy of the letter with which he welcomes cardiothoracic surgery residents as they embark on their rotation on his service.
June 26, 2018
Sample size calculations are a necessary prerequisite in the design of clinical studies. Most often, they are encountered in randomized controlled trials. Hickey and colleagues describe the reasoning behind determinations of sample size and illustrate some basic calculations.
June 21, 2018
The authors demonstrate the successful repair of transposition of the great arteries with an associated aortopulmonary window in a neonate.
June 20, 2018
Chen and colleagues present their experience closing ventricular septal defects with a device using a minimally invasive surgical approach that does not require cardiopulmonary bypass. This approach relies on transthoracic echocardiography for device guidance and was substantially cheaper than transcatheter approaches.
June 18, 2018
The author reflects on a report of a baby with hypoplastic left heart syndrome in whom both of the coronary arteries arose from the pulmonary trunk.
June 14, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Mara Antonoff of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston moderates a discussion on the role of research for academic career advancement.
June 14, 2018
Antonides and colleagues present fundamental concepts of cost–effectiveness analysis (CEA) and they discuss the interpretation of these analyses.
June 11, 2018
The author discusses how to acquire new skills and techniques as a young surgeon.
June 7, 2018
The authors demonstrate the surgical treatment of cor triatriatum sinister, a pathology that may lead to pulmonary hypertension, right ventricular dilation, and eventually right heart failure.