Dr. Vince Gaudiani demonstrates how to perform a complex repair of a mitral valve with a heavily calcified posterior leaflet. He shows how to perform a sternotomy, place an annuloplasty ring, and how to decalcify the leaflet.
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August 24, 2016
Cardiac surgeons and allied health care professionals are faced with a changing and challenging patient population, as the number of octogenarians and nonagenarians increases. A geriatrician, surgeon, and nurse practitioner share their views and discuss their work with elderly patients.
August 23, 2016
This video shows how cone beam CT scanning can be utilized in the operating room for planning needle access for a variety of vascular targets.
August 22, 2016
This video demonstrates an innovative technique for hypoplastic arch reconstruction in children beyond infancy.
August 19, 2016
Do you have an upcoming CT surgery-related event? Use the CTSNet Events Calendar, the specialty’s “calendar of record,” to promote your event or meeting to the largest international community of cardiothoracic surgeons and allied health professionals.
August 18, 2016
View an SCTS and Bupa resource for patients meeting with their cardiothoracic surgeon to discuss surgical options for heart disease.
August 18, 2016
In a discussion filmed at the 2016 STS Annual Meeting in Phoenix, Arizona, a group of experts discuss the ethics of testing new medical devices in developing countries.
August 17, 2016
Alper Toker of Florence Nightingale Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey, argues for the increased use of robotic approaches for lung resection procedures.
August 16, 2016
This video shows the rerouting of the inferior vena cava into the right atrium and the closure of the residual atrial septal defect in a four-year-old child.
August 15, 2016
Registration and housing are now available for the AATS Focus on Thoracic Surgery course.
August 15, 2016
This video demonstrates a fissure-last, video-assisted thoracoscopic (VATS) resection of the superior segment of the right lower lobe, using a uniportal posterior approach.
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