Lung & Mediastinal

Video
January 23, 2025 | Hajar Rashid

A 73-year-old male with a 30-pack-per-year smoking history was found to have a 1 cm spiculated nodule in the right lower lobe on a lung cancer screening CT chest. His...

Article
December 31, 2024 | Erica CurcioGold Contributor

This year, thoracic and congenital submissions to CTSNet spanned a variety of fascinating procedures, from subaortic membrane resection and septal myectomy to emergency anterior bilateral thoracotomy. Read on for a...

Video
December 27, 2024 | Shaf Keshavjee

In May 2024, the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs assembled leading cardiothoracic surgeons to exchange insights and expertise on advanced topics in cardiothoracic surgery. Watch for more ASAIO 2024...

Video
December 12, 2024 | Marianna Papageorge

At the 2024 Women in Thoracic Surgery Inaugural Annual Conference, CTSNet interviewed some of the most accomplished women cardiothoracic surgeons from around the globe. Stay tuned for more interviews from...

Podcast
December 10, 2024 | Alice CopperwheatBronze Contributor

In this month’s episode of The Atrium, Dr. Alice Copperwheat explores bronchoscopy with expert guest Dr. Benjamin Waterhouse. They discuss indications, contraindications, types of bronchoscopies (flexible versus rigid), and the...

Video
December 9, 2024 | Alexander Wells

Transcatheter palliation with pulmonary flow reducers in premature neonates with massive left-to-right shunts or high-risk single ventricle neonates is an effective strategy to prevent pulmonary overcirculation. The use of these...

Video
December 5, 2024 | Jian Fang

This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Innovation Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. A 37-year-old female patient was found to have a 7...

Video
November 28, 2024 | G. Jett

Neoadjuvant chemoimmunotherapy has emerged as a treatment option for advanced lung cancer (1). There has been concern about the technical difficulty of pulmonary resection due to inflammatory changes in vascular...