This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Christopher McGregor about the current state of cardiac and kidney xenotransplantation.
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Thoracic
December 2, 2025
This video demonstrates a video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery sympathectomy for the termination of ventricular tachycardia electrical storm, featuring an exceptional view and excision of Kuntz's fibers.
November 26, 2025
The five-year results of JCOG0802, the largest RCT ever conducted to determine which approach to lung cancer surgery is superior, segmentectomy vs lobectomy, indicated that segmentectomy was superior to lobectomy; however, the 10-year results show the complete opposite and JCOG now recommends that lobectomy is superior for all primary lung cancer patients.
November 25, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Evgenij Potapov about the guidelines on temporary mechanical circulatory support in adult cardiac surgery.
November 25, 2025
In this international randomized trial involving 2,124 thoracic surgery patients requiring one-lung ventilation, the authors compared high positive end-expiratory pressure (PEEP) with recruitment maneuvers (10 cm H2O) to standard low PEEP without recruitment (5 cm H2O).
November 24, 2025
This video illustrates a thoracoscopic segmentectomy of segments seven and eight of the left lower lobe for pulmonary adenocarcinoma in a patient with limited respiratory reserve, highlighting key anatomical steps and systematic lymph node dissection.
November 20, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Randas Batista, cardiac surgeon and founder of Vilela Batista Heart Foundation, about the surgical treatment of Eisenmenger syndrome.
November 20, 2025
This 10-year, single institution propensity-matched study investigated the outcomes of supervised resident-led emergency cardiac surgery compared to consultant-led procedures. Among 1,241 emergency cases, 364 matched pairs were analyzed, and overall outcomes were noted to be similar.
November 20, 2025
This cross-sectional study compared the personality traits of 224 Dutch vascular surgeons, cardiothoracic surgeons, and interventional radiologists using the validated Big Five Inventory-2.
November 19, 2025
This video demonstrates the en bloc heart and lung donation after circulatory death rapid recovery protocol combined with abdominal normothermic regional perfusion, proving safe and feasible.