ECMO

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Building Bridges: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Versus Mechanical Ventilation as Bridge to Lung Transplant—A Nationwide Analysis

September 3, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

In this nationwide United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) analysis (2005–2025), Potel et al. compared extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), pretransplant mechanical ventilation (pMV), and combined ECMO plus pMV as bridges to lung transplantation. Among 40,305...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 173: Uniportal Robotics in the UAE

September 10, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor

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...

JANS Article

Building Bridges: Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation Versus Mechanical Ventilation as Bridge to Lung Transplant—A Nationwide Analysis

September 3, 2026 | Akshay PatelSilver Contributor

In this nationwide United Network for Organ Sharing (UNOS) analysis (2005–2025), Potel et al. compared extracorporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO), pretransplant mechanical ventilation (pMV), and combined ECMO plus pMV as bridges...

Podcast

The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 165: Valve-Sparing Aortic Root Replacement Techniques

July 16, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Chris Malaisrie, a Professor of Surgery in the Division of Cardiac Surgery at Northwestern University and an Attending...

Video

ISMICS 2026 | How to Do It Movie Session, Part 1

July 10, 2026 | Danny Ramzy…

This session features leading surgeons presenting on advanced techniques—including robotic implantation, carinal resection, and aortic valve replacement (AVR)—at the International Society for Minimally Invasive Cardiothoracic Surgery Annual Scientific Meeting 2026....

JANS Article

Empty Non-Coronavirus Beds Raise Fears That Sickest Are Avoiding NHS

April 13, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Topical review on the epidemic in Britain, with a number of observations that relate to the cardiothoracic surgeons and all healthcare professionals: -The assertion that the National Health Service in...

JANS Article

Covid-19 in Critically Ill Patients in the Seattle Region — Case Series

April 1, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Useful series from the Pacific North West, main questions: -Why four patients who had a do-not-resuscitate order on admission were included in the dead and, ultimately, why been admitted in...

JANS Article

Treatment for Severe Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome From COVID-19

March 24, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

A succinct comment with a wealth of up-to-date references vis-a-vis the SARS-CoV-2 pandemic.

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JANS Article

A Fasco in the Making? As the Coronavirus Pandemic Takes Hold, We Are Making Decisions Without Reliable Data

March 20, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Interesting input from a Stanford expert on the hottest topic on the planet at the moment.

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JANS Article

American Association for Thoracic Surgery/International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation Guidelines on Selected Topics in Mechanical Circulatory Support

January 30, 2020 | Wei-Guo Ma

The American Association for Thoracic Surgery and International Society for Heart and Lung Transplantation provide a consensus guidelines document on ten important aspects in mechanical circulatory support. These include: 1....

JANS Article

Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation in Aortic Surgery and Dissection: A Systematic Review

January 14, 2020 | Wei-Guo Ma

Capoccia and Maybauer performed a system review of 29 publications related to the use of ECMO in aortic surgery and aortic dissection. A total of 194 patients who had been...

JANS Article

Commentary: Streamlining Endovascular Interventions on Extracorporeal Life Support

December 4, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Succinct commentary on the challenge of vascular access in ECMO circuits on the occasion of a manuscript on a novel design of a multi-access adaptor.

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JANS Article

Diagnosis of Pulmonary Embolism with d-Dimer Adjusted to Clinical Probability

December 4, 2019 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

Well-presented Canadian prospective study juxtaposing a combination of Wells scoring and dimers to the imaging gold standard. It was particularly fascinating to read the referenced assertion that: …..the prevalence of...

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