Clinical Epidemiology

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In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference | Nigeria Open-Heart Surgery Registry

November 7, 2026 | Bode Falase

This video features a presentation by Bode Falase from the session “Risk Stratification, Quality, and Databases” at the inaugural In Africa for Africa Cardio-Thoracic Conference. Bode Falase, consultant surgeon and Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at...

JANS Article

Outcomes of Total Arch Replacement After Prior Aortic Surgery

November 5, 2026 | Thanakorn Rojanathagoon

In this 32-year, single-center retrospective study, the authors evaluated outcomes of total arch replacement (TAR) after prior aortic surgery. Among 219 patients undergoing reoperative TAR between 1993 and 2025, procedural...

JANS Article

Concomitant Atrial Fibrillation Procedures During Septal Myectomy: An STS Database Analysis

November 5, 2026 | Shrikar Modukuri

In this analysis of the Society of Thoracic Surgeons (STS) Adult Cardiac Surgery Database, involving 3,579 patients undergoing septal myectomy for hypertrophic obstructive cardiomyopathy between 2014 and 2023, patients with...

JANS Article

Intercostal Nerve Cryoablation Vs Thoracic Epidural Analgesia for Minimally Invasive Repair of Pectus Excavatum

November 5, 2026 | EACTS StaffGold Contributor

In this single-center randomized trial, 48 patients aged 12–24 undergoing the Nuss procedure for pectus excavatum received intercostal nerve cryoablation (INC) or thoracic epidural analgesia (TEA). INC reduced the length...

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Autologous Blood Pleurodesis: An Interview With Finn Amundsen Dittberner

November 4, 2026 | Alice Copperwheat

This interview focuses on a clinical trial evaluating autologous blood pleurodesis for postoperative air leakage following video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery. At the 40th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting,...

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AfroScore for Risk Stratification in LMICs: An Interview With Valdano Manuel

October 31, 2026 | Emily FarkasSilver Contributor

This interview focuses on AfroScore for risk stratification in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). At the 40th European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery (EACTS) Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor—Global Emily Farkas,...

JANS Article

Editor’s Choice – Trends in Management and Outcomes of Type B Aortic Dissection: A Report From the International Registry of Aortic Dissection

December 11, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

Interesting registry review form an international voluntary registry. The retrospective historical data can be juxtaposed favourably to the recently presented ( also excellent results) in JANS on acute dissection in...

JANS Article

Transcatheter Aortic-Valve Replacement in Low-Risk Patients at Five Years

November 29, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

An important free-access report on the PARTNER 3 trial that discusses the TAVI-first policy in patietns with Society of Thoracic Surgeons Predicted Risk of Mortality risk less than 4% (...

JANS Article

Heart Failure with Preserved Ejection Fraction — A Metabolic Disease?

September 21, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

Professor Pinto raises, in this editorial, a number of important points with regards to heart failure. Starting from a succinct definition of classification by ejection fraction, proceeds to analyse the...

JANS Article

Long Term Health Related Quality of Life After Acute Type B Aortic Dissection: A Cross Sectional Survey Study

September 12, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

This free-access report raises a number of research questions in light of a relatively unsatisfactory response of 55 percent that may reflect unrecorded deaths and should be addressed in future...

JANS Article

Proteomic Atlas of Atherosclerosis: The Contribution of Proteoglycans to Sex Differences, Plaque Phenotypes, and Outcomes

August 31, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

This is an open access genomic study of carotid atheroma in Viennese patients with a useful extensive discussion on potential translational value of the signature of calcification, juxtaposed to sonographic...

JANS Article

Differences in Metabolomic Profiles Between Black and White Women and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease: an Observational Study of Women From Four US Cohorts

September 20, 2022 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

Plasma metabolomic profiles were examined to determine differences in social determinants of health between Black and white women. This observational study paves the groundwork for further investigation of social disparity...

JANS Article

Treatment of Carotid Stenosis in Asymptomatic, Nonoctogenarian, Standard Risk Patients with Stenting Versus Endarterectomy Trials

July 1, 2022 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

This is an interesting, well-written account of pooled results of two medium-size RCTs . It would be interesting to see a third arm of optimum medical therapy in follow-up studies...

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