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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... More

Letter From the Guest Editor: Cardiac Surgery Essentials

February 13, 2019

This Cardiac Surgery Essentials series from Guest Editor Dr Tsuyoshi Kaneko illustrates basic skills that cardiac surgeons need to possess in their everyday practice, with videos that focus on important aspects of procedures for which demonstrations can be difficult to find.

Expanding the Limits of Posterior Aortic Translocation

September 11, 2018

The authors present two Nikaidoh procedures performed for different underlying anatomies and they discuss aspects of the operation.

Half-Turned Truncal Switch Operation for Transposition of the Great Arteries With Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction

September 10, 2018

This video demonstrates the author’s approach to the half-turned truncal switch operation. Although the half-turned truncal switch operation is a more invasive surgical procedure, ideal configuration and hemodynamics can be established by maximal use of autologous tissue.

Nikaidoh Procedure

September 6, 2018

The Nikaidoh procedure is a useful technique for patients with complex transposition of the great arteries.

En Bloc Rotation of the Outflow Tracts: An Option for Anatomic Repair of Complex Transposition

September 5, 2018

This video demonstrates en bloc rotation of the outflow tracts, a procedure that offers a complete anatomic repair of complex transposition of the great arteries with growth potential in all tubular structures and the option of preserving the native pulmonary valve in appropriate cases.

Letter From the Guest Editor: Advances in Surgical Treatment of Complex Conotruncal Malformations

September 5, 2018

Viktor Hraska discusses the motivation behind CTSNet's first Congenital Guest Editor Series and describes the important congenital heart surgery techniques that it covers.