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CONNECTing Evidence and Practice of the Future: The Who, Why, and What of the CONNECT Network

This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have curated a robust collection of content that shares the knowledge, techniques, and insights of several distinguished experts from around the world.  This video is the sixth…

Cardiac Surgery Healthcare Professionals’ Engagement in Research at the Bedside: Challenges and Opportunities

This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have curated a robust collection of content that shares the knowledge, techniques, and insights of several distinguished experts from around the world.  The increased emphasis on evidence-based…

Reporting Outcomes: What, When, and Why Patients Perspectives Matter

This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have curated a robust collection of content that shares the knowledge, techniques, and insights of several distinguished experts from around the world.  This video addresses the need…

SSI in Focus: Assessment, Prevention, and Management

This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have curated a robust collection of content that shares the knowledge, techniques, and insights of several distinguished experts from around the world.  Surgical site infections (SSI) are…

Guest Editor Series: CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research

In the latest entry into the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, “CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research,” Jill Ley and Tara Bartley put together a curated collection of presentations on timely topics in cardiothoracic nursing from CONNECT members around the world.  This CTSNet Guest Editor Series features contributor videos…

Register Now: CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research Webinar

In the latest entry into the CTSNet Guest Editor Series collection, Jill Ley and Tara Bartley put together a curated collection of presentations on timely topics in cardiothoracic nursing from CONNECT members around the world. Although the presentations span a variety of topics, they all focus on listening to patients and creating healthcare that works…

The Sex Factor: Better Cardiac Surgery Care for Women

This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have curated a robust collection of content that shares the knowledge, techniques, and insights of several distinguished experts from around the world.  This video explains the…

Mitral Valve Translocation: A Novel Technique for Patients with Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

Secondary mitral regurgitation (SMR) is the most common type of mitral regurgitation (MR), affecting up to 3.3 million individuals in the United States (1,2). The disease mechanism in secondary MR is largely ventricular—annular dilation, altered left ventricular geometry, leaflet tethering, insufficient leaflet coaptation—rather than valvular. The current standard of treatment, restrictive mitral annuloplasty (RMA), is…