ALERT!
This site is not optimized for Internet Explorer 8 (or older).
Please upgrade to a newer version of Internet Explorer or use an alternate browser such as Chrome or Firefox.
Congenital Portal
Pages
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... More
June 10, 2024
The authors demonstrate pulmonary arterial branch reconstruction via median sternotomy in a twenty-year-old patient who underwent previous transcatheter multiple stents and balloon dilation of her pulmonary arteries but had persistent suprasystemic right ventricular pressure.
June 4, 2024
This video presents the case of a seven-month-old boy with large subaortic ventricular septal defect (VSD) and a moderate degree of aortic valve (AV) regurgitation due to aortic valve cusp prolapse who underwent repair via a vertical right axillary thoracotomy (VRAT).
May 22, 2024
This video demonstrates surgical repair of an aberrant right subclavian artery through a single right sided cervical incision.
April 30, 2024
April saw a wide variety of content published on CTSNet. Popular articles published this month include two videos from Dr. Tristan Yan’s off-pump CABG series, important news in CT surgery, and a comprehensive webinar on the Ross procedure.
April 23, 2024
In this video, the authors demonstrate a redo pulmonary vein stenosis correction in a twenty-three-month-old child after an initial correction of totally anomalous pulmonary venous return in the first month of life.
April 18, 2024
This video illustrates how surgeons decide on the method, either ipsilateral or contralateral, for placing an extracardiac conduit in a patient with right isomerism, left-sided IVC, and apicocaval juxtaposition who required a Fontan operation.
April 16, 2024
This video demonstrates surgery for tetralogy of Fallot with absent pulmonary valve by anterior translocation of branch pulmonary arteries (the LeCompte maneuver), reduction plasty, and a PTFE biscuspid valve placement in the RVOT.
March 27, 2024
Watch Yolonda Colson and Jennifer Romano lead a recent webinar including discussions on leadership from Jessica Donington, Nuria Novia, and more.
March 21, 2024
This video presents a complex cardiac surgical challenge. The authors salvage a young life from a redo Bentall procedure with a repeat to aortic pseudoaneurysm repair.
February 29, 2024
February was a busy month for CTSNet. This month’s list of top 10 content includes an orthotopic heart transplant, recorded sessions from the London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, JANS articles highlighting recent game-changing studies, and more.