Perioperative & Critical Care
In this study, Sogabe and colleagues investigated the impact of weather on the incidence of acute aortic dissection in a cohort of 293 patients. During a 1,096-day study period (January 2019 to December 2021), a...
Treating patients with both gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) and severe obesity can be challenging. Laparoscopic sleeve gastrectomy alone can exacerbate GERD symptoms and can induce GERD in asymptomatic patients (1)....
Mediastinal lipomas are benign, slow-growing masses that can present as large masses due to their insidious onset (1). Symptoms associated with these lipomas are generally due to mass effect, such...
This international retrospective study evaluated ascending thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) for zone 0 ascending aortic pathology in patients generally unsuitable for open repair. Between 2011 and 2024, 58 patients...
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...
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have...
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have...
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have...
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have...
In the latest entry into the CTSNet Guest Editor Series, “CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research,” Jill Ley and Tara Bartley put together...
In the latest entry into the CTSNet Guest Editor Series collection, Jill Ley and Tara Bartley put together a curated collection of presentations on timely topics in cardiothoracic nursing from...
This article is part of CTSNet’s Guest Editor Series, CONNECTING Patients, Clinicians, and Outstanding Cardiac Care Through Nursing and Allied Professional Research. Guest editors Jill Ley and Tara Bartley have...
This video illustrates how to achieve rapid hemostasis following the removal of an intra-aortic balloon pump (IABP), using a percutaneous vessel repair device. This is particularity important in patients who...











