This video demonstrates subaortic stenosis resection via a right axillary minithoracotomy in a 6-year-old boy with ventricular outflow tract obstruction by subaortic fibrous membrane with a peak gradient of 76 mm Hg and mild aortic valve regurgitation.
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Minimally Invasive
January 26, 2021
Brian Mitzman presents the latest Beat podcast, focusing on the STS 2021 virtual meeting, as well as recent submissions to CTSNet and the European Journal of Cardiothoracic Surgery.
January 22, 2021
This video demonstrates the management of a difficult anterior pulmonary artery branch during robotic-assisted left upper lobectomy.
January 18, 2021
This video demonstrates how to safely and efficiently perform a VATS left lower lobe lobectomy.
January 16, 2021
A recent European consensus paper. Relatively easily read, and favouring meta-analyses over randomised trials. The bulk of the manuscript is of interest to all healthcare providers. The chapters 2.8.1 and 3.1.2 are of additional relevance to the ctsnet readership, as they summarise guidance on interventions.
January 16, 2021
Advances in neuromonitoring and related screening by imaging constitute an expanding field of cardiovascular perioperative care, attracting the readership of interventional and conventional surgical providers.
January 13, 2021
A large series of closure of atrial septal defects ( mostly secundum) in adult and some adolescent patients. There are token cases of other (moderate to severe) congenital cases included in this narrative. The Onans offer details on the evolution of their Da Vinci program in Istanbul.
January 10, 2021
An interesting retrospective study on the efficacy of the the US screening program for aortic aneurysmal disease in the abdomen. The discussion on the detective importance of clinical examination being complementary to sonography is pertinent.
January 5, 2021
This is a presentation of a case of minimally invasive myectomy and complex repair of mitral valve regurgitation for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy by Dr Alberto Albertini, chief cardiac surgeon at Maria Cecilia Hospital GVM Care & Research in Cotignola, Italy.
January 4, 2021
This video demonstrates how to safely and efficiently perform a VATS right lower lobe lobectomy.