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This video demonstrates an innovative approach that utilizes the native right atrial appendage valve in a tube (the T-RAA valve) to address the primary drawback of the Ross procedure, which is the... More
April 18, 2025
In this video, the authors present a case of an unusual complication involving narrowing of the ascending aorta following late arterial switch, in addition to neoaortic root dilation, and they detail the surgical management.
April 11, 2025
This video demonstrates the removal of an infantile rhabdomyoma that obstructs the left ventricular outflow tract.
January 16, 2025
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.