Physiology
An experiment that may find some translational value in the drive to elucidate inflammation as a target for controlling cardiovascular disease. Columbia University has on this occasion focused on elucidating by flow cytometry the nuances...
In this Dutch multicenter, double-blind trial, 784 adults undergoing elective cardiac surgery received dapagliflozin 10 mg (n=392) or placebo (n=392), starting one day preoperatively for four doses. Acute kidney injury...
This interview highlights safer sternotomies and reducing wound complications. At the 2026 American Association for Thoracic Surgery (AATS) Annual Meeting, thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr....
An experiment that may find some translational value in the drive to elucidate inflammation as a target for controlling cardiovascular disease. Columbia University has on this occasion focused on elucidating...
This paper details an under-development animal model to study the vascular pathology of vein grafts in a variation of the initial Carrel canine bypass experiment. The possible findings on detrimental...
A balanced appraisal of last year’s manuscript from the Lancet Group on a relatively novel portable Organ Care System for donor lungs. The analysis of the technical complications, especially organ...
Interesting clinicolaboratory experiment: Any translational value for the coronary surgeon and the cardiologist remains to be seen, especially regarding the risk stratification and prioritization for urgent (inpatient) revascularisation. Also, the...
A coalition of international organizations dealing with cancer and sports medicine have updated recommendations, stating that exercise may help prevent cancer and can improve survival in patients with cancer. Methods...
A narrative review offering an intensivists’ viewpoint on specific cardiovascular sequela of double-lumen anaesthesia for pulmonary resections (and by extension, implantation of donor lungs) and other cardiothoracic and vascular operations.
...An extremely interesting research question abutting cardiac physiology, and a manuscript that may generate future additional clinical research.
...An interesting pilot experiment on attempting to quantify the optimum disposition of neochordae in transapical intervention for severe mitral regurgitation.
...The authors point out that randomized trials of incentive spirometry have failed to mitigate early postoperative fevers, traditionally attributed to atelectasis. They propose that an immune response triggered by injured...
The growth and replication of cardiomyocytes derived from stem cells is insufficient to permit regeneration of functioning heart tissue. In this study, the authors used stem cell-derived epicardial cells to...

