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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 to how to perform an...

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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...

JANS Article

Differences in Right Heart Function After Pulmonary Valve Replacement in Patients With Pulmonary Valve Stenosis Versus Tetralogy of Fallot

July 25, 2024 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

There is limited data about the impact of timing of pulmonary valve replacement (PVR) on right heart reverse remodeling in patients with pulmonary regurgitation following intervention for isolated pulmonary valve...

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Wearable Devices, Health Care Use, and Psychological Well‐Being in Patients With Atrial Fibrillation

July 18, 2024 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

Wearables are increasingly used by patients with atrial fibrillation (AF) for symptom monitoring and health management, but their impact on patient health care use and psychological well‐being is not well...

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Preconditioning Drug Offers Potential to Reduce Side Effects of Cardiac Surgery

July 11, 2024 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

After enduring cardiopulmonary bypass, many patients experience an inflammatory response, which can lead to prolonged ventilation, bleeding, stroke, and renal dysfunction. The NewYork-Presbyterian and Weill Cornell Medicine trial center was...

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The first tissue-engineered airway transplantation: 5-year follow-up results

January 18, 2014 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This 5-year follow-up of the first tissue engineered airway using decellularized human trachea demonstrated that the graft became well vascularized, had normal ciliary function and mucous clearance, and maintained a...

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FDA OKs CoreValve TAVI Device

January 18, 2014 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

The FDA approved the CoreValve TAVI device for use in the US. The approval was originally expected to occur in April 2014, but the panel decided that an independent review...

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Incidence, dynamics, and prognostic value of acute kidney injury for death after cardiac surgery

January 16, 2014 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

The authors studied over 5,700 pts undergoing CABG to assess the dynamics of changes in renal function and related such changes to mortality. Perioperative renal dysfunction was associated with increased...

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Transitioning from video-assisted thoracic surgical lobectomy to robotics for lung cancer: Are there outcomes advantages?

January 16, 2014 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

The authors compared outcomes for VATS lobectomy by experienced VATS surgeons to those for robotic lobectomies performed by the same surgeons who were learning robotic surgery. 69 pts were evenly...

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Perioperative mechanical circulatory support in children: An analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons Congenital Heart Surgery Database

January 16, 2014 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

The use of mechanical circulatory support (MCS) for pediatric patients undergoing heart surgery was analyzed. Of over 96,000 operations, 2.4% were associated with MCS use. MCS use was associated with...

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