This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Zara Shirazi, a congenital cardiac surgery post-fellow at the National Institute of Cardiovascular Diseases, about advancing pediatric cardiac surgery in Pakistan using what she learned from her fellowship in Austria.
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Vascular
November 13, 2025
November 13, 2025
This video summarizes the key steps in performing branch-first arch replacement, a technique which is growing in popularity.
November 6, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Liam Burns, CEO of Qaelon Medical, about turning ideas into companies.
November 6, 2025
This article explores the challenges and benefits of growing up with a mother in cardiothoracic (CT) surgery. Through a preliminary survey of 12 adult children of women CT surgeons, the study highlights both positive and negative impacts.
November 3, 2025
This video demonstrates an operative technique for the insertion of a Thoraflex Hybrid graft to replace the aortic arch.
October 31, 2025
At the 2025 Endoscopic Cardiac Surgeons Club Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Dr. Lorena Montes spoke with Dr. Husam Balkhy about robotic cardiac surgery and simulation training in cardiothoracic surgery.
October 30, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning explores the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) in writing medical articles.
October 29, 2025
Dr. Mara Antonoff, president of Women in Thoracic Surgery (WTS), spoke with Dr. Leah Backhus, vice president of WTS, about social events and networking opportunities at the WTS Annual Meeting.
October 23, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Fraser Sutherland, a consultant cardiac surgeon at Ross Hall Hospital and the Golden Jubilee National Hospital, Scotland, about the world’s first transcervical robotic aortic valve replacement (AVR) procedures.
October 23, 2025
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being embedded into clinical research workflows, covering aspects from data processing and modeling to manuscript drafting. While the human role remains essential—particularly in hypothesis formulation, clinical interpretation and ethical oversight—it is becoming more supervisory, curatorial, or interpretive.