CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Sameh Said about his innovative solution aimed at improving the survival rates of neonates and increasing the likelihood of completing their palliative staged surgeries, as demonstrated in “EXIT-to-Open Atrial Septectomy for Hypoplastic Left Heart Syndrome With Intact Atrial Septum: Gone in 90 Seconds!"
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Single ventricle and palliative procedures
October 24, 2025
September 16, 2025
This video demonstrates an innovative solution that has the potential to improve the survival of neonates and increase the likelihood of completing their palliative staged surgeries, presenting the first successful ex-utero intrapartum treatment-to-open atrial septectomy in a neonate with hypoplastic left heart syndrome with an intact atrial septum.
August 15, 2025
This video demonstrates the implantation technique of the EXCOR Venous Cannula for subpulmonary with combined mechanical circulatory support in the Fontan circulation.
August 13, 2025
This video demonstrates the authors’ evolution of their surgical technique for single ventricle-ventricular assist device implantation.
April 25, 2025
This video demonstrates the case of a complex single ventricle patient with double inlet left ventricle, dextro-transposition of the great arteries, and interrupted aortic arch, who underwent the hybrid procedure at one month of age, followed by a Damus-Kaye-Stansel anastomosis and modified Blalock-Thomas-Taussig shunt at eight months of age
April 9, 2025
This technical video demonstrates double arterial cannulation during aortic arch reconstruction in a neonate performed by a resident.
December 5, 2024
This study explores the use of Hybrid Stage 1 Palliation (HS1P) in patients with congenital heart disease (CHD), particularly in those with single ventricle (SV) and biventricular (BiV) conditions. The researchers conducted a retrospective analysis of 39 patients who underwent HS1P, either with an expected BiV repair or an undetermined outcome.
August 29, 2024
An 18-year-old male with complex congenital heart defects, including dextrocardia and a functional single ventricle, had his obstructive Fontan conduit replaced with a new PTFE graft. The procedure avoided cardiopulmonary bypass and involved rerouting the conduit, which helped improve his symptoms significantly.
July 9, 2024
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April 18, 2024
This video illustrates how surgeons decide on the method, either ipsilateral or contralateral, for placing an extracardiac conduit in a patient with right isomerism, left-sided IVC, and apicocaval juxtaposition who required a Fontan operation.