Mechanical Support & Transplant
The QUACS Study prospectively evaluated quality-of-life (QoL) changes in 2,762 moderate- and high-risk cardiac surgery patients across a national multicenter cohort (2019–2023). Hospital mortality was 3.93 percent, with 5.86 percent dying after discharge. At one-year,...
This case report describes a 75-year-old patient with a centrally located squamous cell carcinoma extending from the carina to the right intermediate bronchus and the superior segment of the lower...
This session features Rishav Bhattacharya from the Michael E. DeBakey Department of Surgery, at Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas, USA, presenting on “Celsior Cold Storage Attenuates Myocardial Edema in...
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,...
This study assessed whether chest computed tomography (CT) findings improve the validated Lung Donor (LUNDON) score for predicting acceptance of brain-dead donor lungs. Among 2,454 donors who underwent CT, emphysema,...
Bilateral lung transplantation after prior cut and sew MAZE presents a challenging technical scenario because severe calcifications within the left atrium and pulmonary veins make it difficult to safely clamp...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. Left ventricular free wall rupture (LVFWR) following acute myocardial infarction...
This video is part of CTSNet’s 2024 Resident Video Competition. Watch all entries into the competition, including the winning videos. This video demonstrates the technique of open cut down femoral...
This interview features the winner of the 2024 CTSNet Resident Video Competition. Watch the winning video and all other competition entries. CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Allen Razavi,...








