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This video demonstrates the construction of a handmade valved woven Dacron conduit for truncus arteriosus repair using a Rastelli procedure.
January 14, 2025
This video demonstrates the implantation of a modified Micra Pediatric Implantable Pulse Generator with FDA approval for off-label use in an infant diagnosed with unspecified atrioventricular heart block and a history of pentalogy of Cantrell.
January 9, 2025
This video demonstrates Alna’s technique for repairing truncus arteriosus (Collett and Edwards) type 1, using a modified Barbero-Marcial approach that utilizes the patient's right atrial appendage to create a neo-pulmonary valve.
December 9, 2024
This operative video demonstrates the surgical technique for removing percutaneously placed pulmonary flow reducers.
November 26, 2024
A 38-year-old male with hypoplastic left heart syndrome underwent all three stages of palliation as a child. He presented with a small and calcified Fontan conduit. The decision was made to convert to an extracardiac Fontan.
November 20, 2024
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Professor Enoch Akowuah about the challenges facing cardiothoracic surgery.
October 23, 2024
A 2-month-old female infant was diagnosed postnatally with a 2/6 ejection murmur. This video demonstrates a modified four-patch closure to repair the supravalvar aortic stenosis.
October 11, 2024
Neonatal epicardial pacemaker implantation is a necessary surgery due to the lack of transcatheter options for neonates. Congenital and post-surgical heart blocks in the neonatal population can only be treated by surgical intervention. The authors present the technical aspects of surgical implantation of an epicardial pacemaker.
October 9, 2024
This video demonstrates a surgical correction of a 21-months-old infant female diagnosed with pentalogy of Cantrell and a persistent left superior vena cava without a bridging vein.
September 19, 2024
The minimally invasive approach has recently been advocated for repairing various congenital cardiac anomalies, including ASD, partial AV canal, subaortic web resection, VSD, and PAPVC. The authors report this approach for the supracardiac TAPVC and to their knowledge, this is the first report of this type of operation.
September 11, 2024
This video demonstrates a surgical technique developed by Magdi Yacoub for repairing common arterial trunk (CAT) by using autologous arterial tissues to create new right ventricle-to-pulmonary artery continuity.