Sure, we all receive emergency calls that potentially could interrupt an operation. This surgeon, however, was taking a Spanish language proficiency test on his cell phone while performing varicose vein surgery on an awake patient. Common sense appears to have failed in this case.
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Cardiac
December 26, 2017
The Task Force for the Management of Valvular Heart Disease of the European Society of Cardiology (ESC) and the European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) copublished the 2017 guidelines for the management of valvular disease in the European Heart Journal and in the European Journal of Cardio-Thoracic Surgery.
December 25, 2017
This review article explores the association between postoperative mediastinal blood and atrial fibrillation.
December 22, 2017
Bansal and colleagues describe survival after left ventricular assist device placement for patients with end-stage renal disease (ESRD), based on Medicare claims associated with data in the United States Renal Data System registry. Prognosis for these patients was very poor compared to patients without ESRD, particularly in the short-term.
December 22, 2017
In this review, Kouchoukos presents an argument against the use of endovascular stenting for the management of thoracoabdominal disease in patients with Marfan syndrome, except in exceptional circumstances or when the endovascular stent is landed in previously-sited graft material.
December 22, 2017
As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the ten most shared articles published in 2017.
December 21, 2017
As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the ten most popular roundtable discussions published in 2017.
December 21, 2017
Interesting to read the mortality and renal morbidity of PCI after serious MI. The choice of dual primary outcome may have been an afterhought....
December 20, 2017
As the year comes to a close, the CTSNet staff present the ten most popular pieces of clinical content published during 2017.
December 19, 2017
Moorjani and colleagues describe the implementation of a simulation-based training program for cardiothoracic surgical trainees in the UK and Ireland, which included 10 courses during the six-year training program.