Vascular

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Hybrid Revascularization With Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass and Stents

September 10, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This single-center retrospective study examined 418 intent-to-treat hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) patients undergoing robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) from 2013 to 2025, comparing those who completed planned percutaneous coronary intervention (PCI) with...

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Association Between Interventional Cardiologist Practice Characteristics, CABG Use, and Clinical Outcomes

October 8, 2026 | EACTS StaffSilver Contributor

Across 252,408 angiograms performed by 40 interventional cardiologists in British Columbia (2010–2024), the proportion of patients referred for coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG) varied 13-fold (2.03 percent–26.4 percent) and was...

Video

Surgical Management of Porcelain Aorta: Aortic Valve Replacement, Mitral Valve Repair, and CABG

September 30, 2026 | Oleksandr BabliakBronze Contributor…

The video begins with an interview featuring CTSNet Senior Editor—Education Vincent Gaudiani, a Clinical Associate Professor of Cardiothoracic Surgery at Stanford University in Stanford, California, USA, and Lorena Montes, a...

Podcast

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,...

JANS Article

Hybrid Revascularization With Robotic Totally Endoscopic Coronary Bypass and Stents

September 10, 2026 | Vincent SierGold Contributor

This single-center retrospective study examined 418 intent-to-treat hybrid coronary revascularization (HCR) patients undergoing robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary artery bypass (TECAB) from 2013 to 2025, comparing those who completed planned...

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Advances in Revascularization for Peripheral Artery Disease: Revascularization in PAD

June 11, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

A useful detailed review (or state-of-the-art article) on revascularisation in extracardiac vascular stenoocclusive atheromatosis.

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Has the Time Come for Regionalization of Surgery for Acute Type A Dissection?

May 11, 2021 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

The updated version of an expert viewpoint on resources for management of acute aortic syndrome in the United States is presented. The esteemed authors advance the position of positive volume–outcome...

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Mortality with Paclitaxel-Coated Devices in Peripheral Artery Disease

December 10, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

An ad hoc interim analysis pursuant to previous publications raising concerns on Paclitaxel DCS in chronic critical and not-critical lower limb ischaemia. The short manuscript requires careful reading to form...

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Sex, Racial, and Ethnic Disparities in US Cardiovascular Trials in More Than 230,000 Patients

November 16, 2020 | Jessica LucSilver Contributor

In this important article published in The Annals of Thoracic Surgery by Drs. Preventza et al, they report on the sex, racial and ethnic disparities in cardiovascular trials in the...

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STS 2019 Workforce Report: Ad Hoc Analysis of Women in Cardiothoracic Surgery

October 19, 2020 | Jessica LucSilver Contributor

In this article, Drs Ceppa et al provide an ad hoc analysis of women in cardiothoracic surgery from the Society of Thoracic Surgeons 2019 workforce report.

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Management of Acute Type B Aortic Dissection With Malperfusion via Endovascular Fenestration/Stenting

October 18, 2020 | Jessica LucSilver Contributor

In this article in the Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, Drs Norton et al performed a single institution retrospective analysis of outcomes of 182 patients with acute type B...

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Women in Thoracic Surgery Scholarship: Impact on Career Path and Interest in Cardiothoracic Surgery

September 21, 2020 | Jessica LucSilver Contributor

This article assesses the career paths and interest in cardiothoracic surgery of the Women in Thoracic Surgery scholarship recipients and demonstrates the durability and impact of scholarship programs for women...

JANS Article

Dual Antiplatelet Therapy After Percutaneous Coronary Intervention and Drug-Eluting Stents: A Systematic Review and Network Meta-Analysis

September 15, 2020 | Aristotle ProtopapasGold ContributorGold Commentor

An open-access large metanalysis on the utility and risks of antiplatelets after PCI. Of note, mortality was not a primary endpoint. The message is that long dual antiplatelet use is...

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