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Birmingham Review Course 2024 | Targeted Lung Health Check Program

August 15, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Currently in its 32nd year, the Birmingham Review Course is the longest-running course in the cardiothoracic specialty. The 2025 course promises an immersive learning experience featuring didactic lectures and interactive seminars on cardiac and thoracic...

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Mortality and Reintervention After Robotic Mitral Repair in the United States

February 19, 2026 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This study utilized the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid database to compare late mortality and reintervention rates between robotic and nonrobotic mitral repair in the United States, involving 26,524 isolated...

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CTSNet Summarized—Top JANS Articles of 2025

December 31, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Throughout the past year, CTSNet JANS editors have excelled in curating important and engaging cardiothoracic surgery journal articles and news. They have highlighted critical topics, including the first fully robotic...

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CTSNet Summarized—Top Congenital and Thoracic Procedure Videos of 2025

December 30, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This year, videos related to thoracic and congenital surgery on CTSNet showcased a diverse range of procedures, from step-by-step pulmonary thromboendarterectomy for chronic thromboembolic disease to the Ross procedure using...

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CTSNet Summarized—Top Cardiac Procedure Videos of 2025

December 25, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This year showcased an impressive variety of innovative clinical videos in cardiac surgery. The most popular videos covered a range of cardiac procedures, from robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary bypass...

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Intra-aortic balloon counterpulsation in acute myocardial infarction complicated by cardiogenic shock (IABP-SHOCK II): final 12 month results of a randomised, open-label trial

November 18, 2013 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Pts with acute MI complicated by shock who were being treated with optimal medical therapy and for whom early revascularization was planned were assigned to IABP vs control. 600 patients...

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Electronic cigarettes for smoking cessation: a randomised controlled trial

November 18, 2013 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This 2 year trial randomizing pts between e-cigarettes, placebo e-cigarettes, and nicotine patches was conducted in 657 people. Abstinence from smoking was achieved in 7.3% for e-cigarettes, 5.8% for patches,...

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Effect of Prehospital Induction of Mild Hypothermia on Survival and Neurological Status Among Adults With Cardiac Arrest

November 18, 2013 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This trial of hypothermia for unconsious survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest randomized 1359 patients to prehospital cooling and hospital cooling. Prehospital cooling achieved a 1.2º – 1.3º C. decrease in...

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Targeted Temperature Management at 33°C versus 36°C after Cardiac Arrest

November 18, 2013 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Hypothermia is recommended for unconscious survivors of out-of-hospital cardiac arrest to preserve heart and neurologic function. This study randomized 950 pts to determine whether 33º C or 36º C is...

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Peroral endoscopic myotomy: A short-term comparison with the standard laparoscopic approach

November 18, 2013 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This study presents a comparison between PerOral Endoscopic Myotomy (POEM) and Standard Laparoscopic Approach in the treatment of achalasia. The authors report satisfactory results of the postoperative course and for...

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Extended criteria donor lungs and clinical outcome:Results of an alternative allocation algorithm

November 18, 2013 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

The scarcity of lung donors is a worldwide concern. This paper reports a single center experience on use of lungs of marginal donors with a rescue offer system. The results...

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A Bright Future: Cardiothoracic Surgery Training in Transition

November 12, 2013 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Jennifer Nelson, the former STS Resident Director, discusses the past, present, and future of cardiothoracic surgery training. Changes that have occurred in the recent past include removal of the requirement...

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Effects of intermittent lower body perfusion on end-organ function during repair of acute DeBakey type I aortic dissection under moderate hypothermic circulatory arrest

November 12, 2013 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

The authors reviewed their experience between May 2008 and May 2011 with 107 patients who underwent surgical repair for acute Type I aortic dissection. They report favorable results of more...

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