Jo Chikwe
In this unique webinar on mitral valve guidelines, CTSNet hosted a discussion on, “How Low Can You Go? Should MVR Age Guidelines Be Lowered Due to Better Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve Durability?” in collaboration with Edwards....
In this unique webinar on mitral valve guidelines, CTSNet hosted a discussion on, “How Low Can You Go? Should MVR Age Guidelines Be Lowered Due to Better Bioprosthetic Mitral Valve...
A cohort of 2145 patients from the International Registry of Acute Aortic Dissection were compared according to whether they had axillary (1106 [52 percent]) or femoral (1039 [48 percent]) arterial...
In a single-center series of 502 patients who underwent thoracoscopic ablation and left atrial appendage closure, of whom 333 had preoperative and postoperative computed tomographic imaging, complete left atrial appendage...
Of 1,579 patients undergoing esophagectomy for esophageal cancer, 60 patients underwent up-front surgery for cT2 N0 M0 esophageal cancer, of whom 8 (13 percent) were found to have pathologic T2...
Many obstacles challenge cardiac surgery in low- and middle-income countries, despite unmet cardiac surgical needs. One challenge has been providing adequate follow up care to monitor anticoagulation, manage morbidity, and...
Between 2001 and 2021, 51 percent (n = 28,012) of US pediatric heart donors underwent cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR). Donor acceptance was lower after CPR (54 percent versus 66 percent; P...
To assess whether seeking care at multiple Commission on Cancer hospitals is associated with different rates of guideline-concordant care, 44,531 patients undergoing treatment for non-small cell lung cancer between 2004...
In this single-center series of 430 patients with stage I or II non-small cell lung cancer who underwent minimally invasive lobectomy (n = 200) or segmentectomy (n = 230), 162...
This annual report from The Society of Thoracic Surgeons Adult Cardiac Surgery Database summarizes key research; trends in patient characteristics; surgeon case volume; surgical techniques including minimally invasive and robotic...
In this Invited Perspective article, the authors address major challenges identified in the 2022 Congenital Heart Surgeon’s Workforce Survey, including saturation of the job market, low individual surgeon case-volume, and...
This cross-sectional analysis of data from the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education and the Association of American Medical Colleges comparing cardiothoracic surgeon faculty demographics and salary between 2019 and...
In this mandatory national clinical registry analysis of acute aortic dissections, in-hospital mortality was 18 percent in 859 patients who underwent repair of type A dissections vs. 52 percent in...

