This video highlights innovative surgical strategies for repairing common arterial trunk defects.
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Congenital
January 24, 2024
This article highlights the first partial heart transplant in a newborn who was born with persistent truncus arteriosus and irreparable truncal valve dysfunction. This condition remains an issue due to the lack of implantable heart valves that can grow with the patient, and therefore patients require recurrent implant exchanges until adulthood.
January 8, 2024
This video demonstrates cone repair in a setting other than Ebstein disease.
December 21, 2023
A ten-month-old infant who developed progressive branch pulmonary arterial stenosis and hypoplasia post-arterial switch as a neonate underwent bilateral pulmonary arterioplasties.
December 19, 2023
CTSNet congenital editor Prof. Sameh Said spoke with Dr. Hani Najm, the Chair of Pediatric and Congenital Heart Surgery at Cleveland Clinic. They discussed Dr. Najm’s method for the ventricular switch operation and what his team has learned about the procedure as a concept, not just an operation.
December 14, 2023
This video shows two cases of tetralogy of Fallot repair using the right atrial appendage and autologous pericardium for the pulmonary valve reconstruction.
December 7, 2023
In this video, surgeons perform the Ross Procedure, a groundbreaking cardiac restoration technique, unveiling the transformation of a patient's pulmonary autograft into the aortic valve.
October 25, 2023
Rewatch Dr. Sameh Said's webinar to refresh your knowledge, then browse the Q&A for any lingering questions you may have.
October 3, 2023
This video demonstrates the Nikaidoh procedure for TGA, VSD, and PS in a six-year-old boy where the routability of the VSD was doubtful.
August 29, 2023
Dr. Sameh Said wrapped up his congenital heart surgery Guest Editor Series, “Right Axillary Thoracotomy for Repair of a Wide Variety of Congenital Heart Defects in Infants and Children—Should This Be the New Standard?” by moderating a live webinar. Contributors to the series discussed tips and pitfalls of completing various congenital cardiac surgeries via vertical and horizontal right axillary thoracotomy.