This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning recaps two presentations delivered at the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting 2025.
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Congenital
March 27, 2025
This study evaluated the long-term outcomes of the Ross procedure in neonates and infants with aortic valve pathology demonstrating good post-discharge survival and minimal need for reintervention.
March 24, 2025
In Part 1 of this series, experts reviewed the last 12-18 months of presentations and publications on women in CT surgery.
March 20, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines future cardiothoracic surgery robotic systems.
Challenges of Conventional and Novel Approaches to Clinical Trial Designs in Cardiovascular Medicine
March 20, 2025
In this article, the authors review the main limitations of conventional randomized controlled trial designs, present basic concepts of statistical analysis, and highlight features of novel designs and how they may address some of the problems faced by previous trial designs.
March 19, 2025
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Senior Editors Drs. Vince Gaudiani and Sameh Said examine the management of an anomalous right coronary artery.
March 14, 2025
At the 2024 EACTS Annual Meeting, Dr. Alice Copperwheat spoke with Kathryn Hewitt and Kathryn Gill about the role and utility of advanced clinical practitioners.
March 13, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines how to prevent adverse publicity by patients on social media.
March 7, 2025
At the 2025 STS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Emily Farkas spoke with Dr. Dominique Vervoort about global cardiac surgery workforce planning.
March 6, 2025
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines surgical staplers. He explores the history of surgical staplers, the evolution of surgical staplers, and discusses the company that created the first automated minimally invasive surgical stapler—United States Surgical Corporation (USSC).