Cardiac

JANS Article

The Ross Procedure: Determinants of Long-Term Durability

September 17, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

This propensity-matched study from the Montreal Heart Institute Ross Registry examined sex-based differences in outcomes following the Ross procedure. Among 816 adults undergoing full-root pulmonary autograft replacement (2011 to 2025), 512 were matched 2:1 (337...

Video

ASAIO 2026 | Phase-Specific Predictors of Right Heart Failure in Patients on Magnetically Levitated LVADs

October 1, 2026

This session features Shivni H. Patel from the Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, presenting on “Time-Varying Risk and Hazard Phase-Specific Predictors of Right Heart Failure...

JANS Article

Effect of Evolocumab on Grafts Post-Coronary Artery Bypass Surgery

October 1, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This post hoc analysis of NEWTON-CABG CardioLink-5 assessed the effects on of evolocumab on 1,275 saphenous vein grafts (SVGs), 514 internal mammary artery grafts, and 39 radial artery grafts by...

Video

Surgical Management of Porcelain Aorta: Aortic Valve Replacement, Mitral Valve Repair, and CABG

September 30, 2026 | Oleksandr BabliakBronze Contributor…

The video begins with an interview featuring CTSNet Senior Editor—Education Vincent Gaudiani, a Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA, and Lorena Montes, a...

Video

Bicuspid Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement

September 29, 2026 | Sebastian Cirio…

The authors present a video describing the surgical management of a 38-year-old female patient with a 5.1 cm ascending aortic aneurysm, aortic root dilation, and paroxysmal atrial fibrillation that required...

Video

SCTS 2026 | Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Transplants

June 12, 2026 | Laurens Ceulemans…

At the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, leading surgeons presented on mesenchymal stem cells and transplants. Dr. Laurens Ceulemans, a thoracic and transplant surgeon...

Event

2026 STS CABG Academy

September 17, 2026

Thursday, September 17, 2026 – Saturday, September 19, 2026 @ All Day – Formerly the STS Coronary Conference, this event has a new name and is being completely redesigned to...

Event

63rd Annual Meeting of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons

January 28, 2027

Thursday, January 28, 2027 – Sunday, January 31, 2027 @ 7:00 am – 7:00 pm – The STS Annual Meeting is the preeminent event in cardiothoracic surgery, offering more translational...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 160: Shifting Healthcare Policy in Surgery

June 11, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Nikki Stamp, a cardiothoracic surgeon at Mount Private Hospital in Perth, Western Australia, who also serves as an...

Video

Coronary Angiography Basics for Surgeons

June 11, 2026 | Caleb Sokolowski…

A 60-year-old man with hypertension and hyperlipidemia was diagnosed with multivessel coronary artery disease and underwent cardiac catheterization, which revealed significant stenoses in the left main, circumflex, ramus, and right...

JANS Article

Ethical Leadership in Cardiothoracic Surgery in an Era of Consolidation: A Framework for Trust, Transparency, and Workforce Stability

June 11, 2026 | Jeffrey Shuhaiber

This paper argues that trust, transparency, fairness, psychological safety, and workforce stability are not soft ideals; they are operational duties of surgical leadership. In an era of consolidation, productivity pressure,...

JANS Article

Efficacy of Dual Antiplatelet Therapy for Three Months Versus 12 months After Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: Multicentre, Double Blinded, Randomised Controlled Trial

June 11, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

In this article regarding the outcomes of the timing of platelet inhibition after coronary artery bypass grafting (TOP-CABG trial), the authors tested whether three months of ticagrelor-based dual antiplatelet therapy...

JANS Article

Outcomes Following the First 100 Cases of a New Robotic Mitral Valve Program

June 11, 2026 | Mujtaba MubashirGold Contributor

This retrospective analysis evaluated the initiation of a robotic mitral valve surgery program, aiming to delineate surgical outcomes and learning curve trends across a single surgeon’s first 100 consecutive cases...

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