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January 20, 2025
This video documents how to perform a second redo mitral valve replacement in an 82-year-old woman with a previous mitral valve repair and replacement. 
January 20, 2025
Enter the CTSNet 1st Annual Instructional Video Competition to inspire and expand the skill sets of cardiothoracic surgeons and interprofessional teams worldwide.
January 17, 2025
CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Jessica Hungate about her novel pericardial patch for mitral valve replacement in the setting of mitral annular calcification (MAC), as demonstrated in “The Mitral Patch Technique for Mitral Annular Calcification (MAC).”
January 16, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning dives into the best resources available for cardiothoracic surgery professionals.
January 16, 2025
This video demonstrates the construction of a handmade valved woven Dacron conduit for truncus arteriosus repair using a Rastelli procedure.
January 15, 2025
At the 2024 WTS conference, Dr. Ammara Watkins spoke with Dr. Deniz Piyadeoğlu about her research on gender differences in ergonomics within cardiothoracic surgery.
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 13, 2025
In this video, Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how the MitraClips failed in an 88-year-old patient prior to removing them and performing a mitral valve replacement via a hemisternotomy. 
January 10, 2025
This video demonstrates an endoscopic removal of a left ventricular mass in a redo coronary artery bypass surgery using both internal thoracic arteries.
January 9, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning had the opportunity to speak with the new Editor-in-Chief of the Journal of the American College of Surgeons (JACS), Dr. Tom Varghese, Jr. They discuss the types of journals and articles JACS publishes, hints and tips for submitting to JACS, and the future of JACS.
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.

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