In this second episode of the Case of the Month, thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Leanne Ashrafian is joined by CTSNet Senior Editor Lorena Montes, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria, and nurse educator Jill Ley to discuss “Cardiac Complications.”
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December 12, 2025
This video demonstrates a complex case involving a double valve repair and anomalous pulmonary venous return with atrial septal defect repair managed endoscopically.
December 11, 2025
Fifty-seven US organizations representing the Nursing Community Coalition (NCC) signed a letter of support for Advanced Practice Nursing professionals in response to the US Department of Education’s recently proposed change that would exclude postbaccalaureate nursing programs from the official regulatory definition of a "professional degree program."
December 5, 2025
At the 2025 EACTS Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria spoke with Karin Hinterbuchner, a registered nurse at Tirol Kliniken GmbH in Austria, about EACTS fellowships.
December 5, 2025
This video shows an endoscopic complex left ventricular post-infarction aneurysm repair with concomitant mitral valve repair.
December 3, 2025
This video demonstrates an endoscopic closure of an atrial septal defect.
November 28, 2025
At the 2025 European Association for Cardio-Thoracic Surgery Annual Meeting, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria spoke with Dr. Edris A. F. Mahtab and Laurent Coopmans about optimizing operation planning.
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
The DECAF randomized clinical trial investigated whether caffeinated coffee influences the recurrence of atrial fibrillation (AF) after cardioversion. Two hundred patients with persistent AF were randomized to either continue consuming caffeinated coffee (≥1 cup daily) or abstain entirely for six months.