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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 heart transplant in the United...

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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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Featured Profile: Ahmad Ali Amirghofran

June 9, 2025 | Ahmad Ali AmirghofranBronze ContributorBronze Commentor…

Dr. Ahmad Ali Amirghofran was born in Tehran, Iran, and later moved with his family to the historic city of Shiraz, where he lives and practices medicine. His cardiac surgery...

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Clinical Outcomes and Costs of Robotic-Assisted vs Conventional Mitral Valve Repair: A National Analysis

May 22, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This study evaluated short-term outcomes and costs of robotic-assisted vs conventional mitral valve repair in adults from 2016 to 2020 using data from the Nationwide Readmissions Database. Although robotic-assisted mitral...

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SCTS 2025 | Mitral Annular Disjunction and Mitral Valve Repair

May 2, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

In March 2025, the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland held its annual meeting, bringing together professionals in the field of cardiothoracic surgery to discuss the latest...

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Transcatheter vs Surgical Aortic Valve Replacement in Medicare Beneficiaries With Aortic Stenosis and Coronary Artery Disease

April 17, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This study compared the perioperative and longitudinal risk-adjusted outcomes of patients aged 65 and older with severe aortic stenosis and concomitant coronary artery disease undergoing either coronary artery bypass grafting...

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National Outcomes of Cardiac Surgery in Patients Receiving Kidney Replacement Therapy

April 10, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This population-based observational cohort study examined short-term postoperative outcomes for adults undergoing cardiac surgery in Australia, focusing on patients receiving kidney replacement therapy. Among 114,496 surgeries, 1,241 involved long-term dialysis...

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Impact of Nighttime Cardiovascular Intensive Care Unit Staffing on Failure to Rescue and Revenue

March 6, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This study investigated the impact of nighttime intensive staffing and failure to rescue (FTR) after cardiac surgery. This study compared two eras that were characterized by the presence and absence...

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Outcomes in Adult Congenital Heart Disease Patients With Down Syndrome Undergoing a Cardiac Surgical Procedure

March 6, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This study compared teenaged and adult patients with Down syndrome (DS) who underwent cardiac surgery with those without DS. Patients with DS had longer hospital stays, more mechanical ventilation, higher...

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Lung Cancer Screening and USPSTF Recommendations

March 6, 2025 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Lung cancer remains the leading cause of cancer-related deaths, and low-dose computed tomography screening can reduce mortality for high-risk individuals. In 2021, the US Preventive Services Task Force (USPSTF) expanded...

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