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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 166: The TAVR Heart Team at Risk

July 23, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Drs. Michael Mack and Tom Nguyen about the proposed US Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services changes to how cardiologists and cardiac surgeons interact...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 178: Managing the Left Subclavian Artery

October 29, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Luca Di Marco, a cardiac surgeon in the Department of Cardiac Surgery at the Bologna University Hospital, Italy, about...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 177: Expert Consensus Document on LVRS for Emphysema

October 15, 2026 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with David Waller, Chair of the EACTS Emphysema Taskforce and Director of the EACTS Fundamentals Course in Thoracic Surgery, about...

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EACTS Expert Consensus Document on Lung Volume Reduction for Emphysema

October 15, 2026 | Joel Dunning

This expert consensus document addresses lung volume reduction (LVR) for emphysema, including surgical and endobronchial approaches for appropriately selected patients. It provides guidance on patient selection, techniques, risks, transplantation considerations,...

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Pope Leo XIV Undergoes Successful Lung Surgery

October 15, 2026 | Joel Dunning

This article summarizes the surgical treatment of Pope Leo XIV, who was recently diagnosed with lung adenocarcinoma. Surgeons performed a uniportal video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy. The surgery team reported...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 71: CT Surgery in Iraq

September 12, 2024 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Ahmed Abbas about the recent 2024 Warith International Cardiology and Cardiothoracic Surgery Conference he organized at the University...

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2024 ESC Guidelines for the Management of Chronic Coronary Syndromes

September 12, 2024 | Joel Dunning

The updated guidelines for managing chronic coronary symptoms (CCS) provide a framework for diagnosing and treating suspected and confirmed cases of CCS. They emphasize using a risk factor-weighted model to...

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Transcatheter Myotomy to Reduce Left Ventricular Outflow Obstruction

September 12, 2024 | Joel Dunning

Researchers explore the use of a novel transcatheter electrosurgical technique, SESAME, for treating left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction. This procedure, designed to mimic surgical myotomy, was tested on 76...

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Thoracoscopic S1 Segmentectomy, Right Upper Lobe: Alternative Posterior Approach

August 29, 2024 | Joel Dunning

Minimally-invasive pulmonary segmentectomy is an effective method for treating selective cases while preserving lung parenchyma and minimizing perioperative morbidity and length of hospital stay. A fully thoracoscopic multiport approach is...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 70: EACTS 2024

August 29, 2024 | Joel Dunning

This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning discusses the 38th EACTS Annual Meeting in Lisbon. He provides a comprehensive overview of the conference, including details about the...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 69: VATS Lobectomy

August 23, 2024 | Joel Dunning

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This week on The Beat, Editor in Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Raja Flores about VATS lobectomy. They discuss his experience and studies in VATS lobectomy and Dr. Flores’s...

JANS Article

Operating Room Extubation for Patients Undergoing Cardiac Surgery: A National Society of Thoracic Surgeons Database Analysis

August 22, 2024 | Joel Dunning

The utility of operating room extubation (ORE) after cardiac surgery over fast-track extubation (FTE) within 6 hours remains contested. The authors hypothesized ORE would be associated with equivalent rates of...

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The Diego Gonzales Rivas Foundation Brings Mobile Thoracic Surgery to Africa

August 16, 2024 | Joel Dunning

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The Diego Gonzalez Rivas Foundation now has a fully equipped truck in which teams can perform state-of-the-art thoracic surgeries. This is the first time the foundation’s mobile surgery unit was...