To wrap up the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, "Mastering Aortic Root Surgery—Learning From Top Surgeons", cardiac surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes was joined by top cardiac surgeons from around the world to discuss aortic root surgery in a recorded panel discussion.
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Guest Editor Series - Cardiac
October 21, 2024
October 18, 2024
This video provides updates on the Y-incision aortic annular enlargement and includes a demonstration and discussion of the technique.
October 17, 2024
This is a highly novel way for performing an aortic root replacement, where the aorta is opened but not resected, and the coronary buttons are not harvested. Instead, the valsalva root graft is placed into the aortic annulus, and the coronary arteries are then sutured to the graft in situ without cutting the wall of the aorta.
October 16, 2024
The authors introduce their technique of using the Freestyle xenograft root as an alternative to homograft in the Ross procedure.
October 15, 2024
The authors present the case of a 39-year-old woman with a diagnosis of Marfan syndrome, a mutation found on FBN1, and aortic root dilatation. She underwent an aortic valve reimplantation using the T. David-V Stanford modification.
October 14, 2024
This video demonstrates an 82-year-old male undergoing an aortic root replacement with a bioprosthesis.
October 7, 2024
In this new CTSNet series, Dr. Lorena Montes invited top cardiac surgeons from around the world to contribute clinical videos on various aortic root surgery techniques.
August 13, 2024
To wrap up the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, "Robotic-Assisted Coronary Artery Bypass Graft Surgery—Techniques and Procedures," Guest Editor Dr. M. M.
August 9, 2024
This video demonstrates the harvest of bilateral internal mammary arteries using a robotic system developed in India (SSi MANTRA) through ports placed in the left hemithorax.
August 8, 2024
This video demonstrates robotic totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass to the left anterior descending and left circumflex arteries, which was then followed by percutaneous coronary intervention to the right coronary artery (advanced hybrid coronary revascularization) in a patient with triple vessel disease.