The authors report on their experience with three-demensional (3D) printed heart models in congenital cardiac surgery, having printed 20 3D models for preoperative simulation within the last three years. All operations were performed by a young consultant surgeon.
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Professional Affairs
July 20, 2018
July 11, 2018
Papageorgiou and colleagues discuss dealing with missing data, a common challenge in clinical research.
July 6, 2018
Patient Care and General Interest
July 3, 2018
Joseph Dearani, Chair of the Department of Cardiovascular Surgery at the Mayo Clinic in Rochester, Minnesota, graciously shares a copy of the letter with which he welcomes cardiothoracic surgery residents as they embark on their rotation on his service.
June 26, 2018
Sample size calculations are a necessary prerequisite in the design of clinical studies. Most often, they are encountered in randomized controlled trials. Hickey and colleagues describe the reasoning behind determinations of sample size and illustrate some basic calculations.
June 14, 2018
Filmed at the 2017 EACTS Annual Meeting in Vienna, Austria, Mara Antonoff of the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston moderates a discussion on the role of research for academic career advancement.
June 14, 2018
Antonides and colleagues present fundamental concepts of cost–effectiveness analysis (CEA) and they discuss the interpretation of these analyses.
June 7, 2018
Johnston and colleagues evaluated morbidity and mortality following different cardiac operations at 18 institutions to determine if outcomes of coronary artery bypass grafting (CABG), aortic valve replacement, and mitral valve replacement were correlated within each institution.
June 6, 2018
This article presents an edited video of the speech given by Alfred Blalock at his 1960 birthday celebration.
June 4, 2018
Risk-prediction models are well-known in cardiac surgery—the EuroSCORE and STS models being some of the most recognized. They are used for risk stratification, decision-making, and benchmarking. However, development of these models can be complex and once a model is developed, it is important to validate it.