Arrhythmias
Cardiac surgeons increasingly exclude the left atrial appendage during operations in patients who have never had atrial fibrillation, often because the appendage is accessible and presumed expendable. This Europace Viewpoint challenges that reflex by proposing...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Taj Mohammed Fiyaz Chowdhry, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Burjeel Specialty Hospital, Sharjah, UAE, about uniportal robotics in the...
Postoperative atrial fibrillation (POAF) is a common complication following cardiac surgery. One of the major factors predisposing to the development of POAF is inflammation related to pericardial effusions, which may...
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Timur Kyashif, a cardiac resident at Jena University Hospital in Jena, Germany, about the German Society for Thoracic, Cardiac,...
Cardiac surgeons increasingly exclude the left atrial appendage during operations in patients who have never had atrial fibrillation, often because the appendage is accessible and presumed expendable. This Europace Viewpoint...
Patient Care and General Interest Renowned former Formula 1 racing champion Niki Lauda recently underwent a lung transplant. The president of the West African College of Surgeons (WACS) urged the...
Inoue and Suematsu report their experience using a minimally invasive approach to left atrial appendage resection. The procedure was performed in 87 patients using an endoscopic linear cutter device, without...
Patient Care and General Interest A 7-year-old girl who received a heart transplant as an infant is now competing in the Canadian Transplant Games, which are underway at the University...
Did you miss the livestream? View the ISMICS 2018 educational sessions that streamed on CTSNet below: Masters Session: Minimally Invasive Surgical Approaches to Atrial FibrillationAnthony C. DeSouza and Andy C....
Patient Care and General Interest A charity bazaar raised money for a Shanghai Chest Hospital project that offers free heart surgery to children with congenital heart disease in China. Trillium...
Patient Care and General Interest Coal miners in central Appalachia in the US have an increasing incidence of severe black lung disease and an associated increased need for lung transplantation....
Patient Care Three-dimensional heart models help patients and families understand congenital heart defects at a hospital in Seattle, Washington, USA. A man received his master’s diploma from Indiana University Northwest...
Patient Care The Jos University Teaching Hospital in Nigeria has received a donation of surgical equipment for cardiothoracic surgery from Project CURE, which will allow the hospital to offer more...


