This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning reflects on the most popular content of 2025 on CTSNet.
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Vascular
January 1, 2026
As 2025 comes to an end, the CTSNet editor team reflected on another year of incredible cardiothoracic content. Discover the best articles, videos, and interviews of the year chosen by the CTSNet editorial team.
December 31, 2025
Throughout the past year, CTSNet JANS editors have excelled in curating important and engaging cardiothoracic surgery journal articles and news. Keep delving into the top JANS articles from 2025 and look forward to more valuable content in 2026.
December 26, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning discusses how to get involved with Pace4Life, a charity he supports that provides reconditioned pacemakers to Ghana.
December 24, 2025
As the year ends, we’re highlighting the top podcast episodes from The Atrium and The Beat. However, be sure to check out the first two episodes of The Cardiac Recovery Room today! Keep reading to find out which episodes made the list, and please contact us if you’re interested in being a guest on any of our incredible podcasts.
December 23, 2025
This propensity score-matched cohort study compared long-term outcomes of percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) vs coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) in 2,033 matched pairs of women with chronic severe coronary artery disease. The mean age was 66.5 years, with a median follow-up of 5.1 years.
December 23, 2025
As the end of 2025 approaches, CTSNet editors and staff are reflecting on the most popular content shared across CTSNet’s global platform. Read on to find out which video topped the list, who our leading contributor was, and other highlights.
December 18, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Nasser Altorki and CTSNet Senior Editor Leanne Ashrafian about the 10-year results from the JCOG0802 trial.
December 18, 2025
Mesfin Yana Dollar, who received life-saving heart surgery as a teenager in the United States, now collaborates with Dr. Jim Kauten, the surgeon who saved him, as a cardiac perfusionist at the Mayo Clinic. Together, they perform advanced open-heart surgeries and participate in medical missions to help patients in Ethiopia.
December 18, 2025
This retrospective study from a high-volume aortic center examined the surgical outcomes of endograft infection following thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) over a 35-year period. Among 2,220 patients undergoing descending thoracic or thoracoabdominal aortic repair, 20 (0.9 percent) required surgery for endograft infection.