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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
March 18, 2020
Filmed March 18, 2020, Brian Mitzman moderates a discussion on the COVID-19 pandemic with an international group of physicians currently on the front lines.
March 16, 2020
This video demonstrates an off-pump stage III bifurcated Fontan in a 3-year-old boy with heterotaxy and dextrocardia who had a right unbalanced complete atrioventricular septal defect with pulmonary atresia and transposition of the great arteries.
March 13, 2020
CTSNet is excited to announce that "Arterial Switch Operation and Mee Procedure" by Alan O'Donnell won first place in the 2019 Innovation Award Video Competition.
March 4, 2020
This video demonstrates an atypical slide tracheoplasty with cardiopulmonary bypass on a patient with congenital tracheal stenosis and a bronchus suis.
March 2, 2020
The authors present a biatrial approach for TAPVC using superior and lateral approach for dissecting the confluence end to end to form a wide venoatrial anastomosis.
February 12, 2020
This video demonstrates a posterior tunnel Fontan and Senning-type pulmonary venous baffle in a patient with complex single-ventricle anatomy.
February 10, 2020
The authors describe a thoracoscopic repair of a vascular ring formed by a right aortic arch and a left ligamentum arteriosum.
February 3, 2020
In this video, the authors describe how they surgically managed an infant with coarctation of the aorta with few collaterals and severe pulmonary artery hypertension using an arch to descending thoracic aorta bypass circuit.
January 27, 2020
Dr James Tweddell performs a biventricular repair in a patient with hypoplastic left heart syndrome previously palliated with a Norwood/Sano and a bidirectional Glenn.
January 6, 2020
In this video, the authors present a double switch operation in a patient with complex congenital heart disease.