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ECS Club | Direct-Vision, Endoscopic-Assisted, Endoscopic, and 3D Endoscopic

September 18, 2026 | Tomas Holubec

This talk features Tomas Holubec, Professor of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe-University in Germany, delivering a presentation titled “A Surgeon’s Journey: Direct-Vision, Endoscopic-Assisted, Endoscopic,...

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Oral Board AI Simulator: An Interview With Traves Crabtree

September 24, 2026 | Traves Crabtree…

In this informative interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory at...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 175: Oral Board AI Simulator

September 24, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Traves Crabtree, Professor and Chair of the Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery and Medical Director of the Surgical Skills Laboratory...

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ECS Club | Direct-Vision, Endoscopic-Assisted, Endoscopic, and 3D Endoscopic

September 18, 2026 | Tomas Holubec

This talk features Tomas Holubec, Professor of Minimally Invasive Cardiac Surgery in the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at University Hospital Frankfurt and Goethe-University in Germany, delivering a presentation titled “A...

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The Beat With Joel Dunning Ep. 174: Surgical Treatment of Atrial Fibrillation

September 17, 2026 | Joel DunningGold ContributorSilver Commentor…

This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with James Cox, Professor of Cardiac Surgery at the Feinberg School of Medicine at Northwestern Medicine in Chicago, Illinois, USA,...

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Dissolving Cardiac Device Monitors and Treats Heart Disease

July 13, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

To help prevent premature death after a major cardiac event, researchers have developed a new device to monitor heart disease in the following weeks and months. The device is soft,...

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Virtual Reality Assisted Distraction During Transcatheter Aortic Valve Implantation Under Local Anesthesia: A Randomized Study

June 29, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

Recently, a minimal approach to transcatheter valve replacement using only local anesthesia has been used to promote a faster procedure and recovery time. With this lack of general anesthesia, however,...

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Five-Year Follow-Up after Transcatheter Repair of Secondary Mitral Regurgitation

June 1, 2023 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold Commentor

This five-year follow-up of a large randomized controlled clinical trial on outcomes after transcatheter edge-to-edge repair of severe mitral regurgitation, as compared with outcomes after maximal doses of guideline-directed medical...

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Consensus on Technical Procedures for Simulation-Based Training in Thoracic Surgery: An International Needs Assessment

May 25, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

Seventeen procedures were identified by a Delphi process as feasible for simulation-based training. The top five were video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery (VATS) lobectomy; VATS segmentectomy; VATS mediastinal lymph node dissection; diagnostic...

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Researchers Show That a Machine Learning Model Can Improve Mortality Risk Prediction for Cardiac Surgery Patients

May 19, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

When compared to population-based models, a machine learning-based model improved prediction of mortality risk for cardiac surgery patients. The team used electronic health record data and machine learning methods to...

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ChatGPT Shows ‘Remarkable Ability’ to Process Thoracic Surgery Data, Could Help with Training and Patient Care

May 11, 2023 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

A lab focused on how artificial intelligence technology can improve the treatment of cardiovascular disease has tested the ability of ChatGPT to answer assessment questions from the American Board of...

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Step-By-Step Guide to 3D Segmentation of Tumor, Airways, and Vessels for Preoperative Planning for Anatomic Segmentectomy Using 3D Slicer

January 4, 2023 | David Rice

With the recent publication of two large, multicenter, randomized trials showing equivalent or even improved survival for segmental versus lobar resection of small (≤2 cm) stage I non-small cell lung...

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NIH Grant Funds Cancer Prevention Vaccine Research

December 9, 2022 | Cameron LindSilver Contributor

Researchers have been awarded a grant to fund cancer vaccine research, including the development of an mRNA vaccine that would target precancerous lung lesions. Eventually, researchers hope to develop an...

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