In this first episode of the Case of the Month, thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Leanne Ashrafian is joined by CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning to discuss “The Case of a Foreign Body.”
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Quality
September 5, 2025
At the American Society for Artificial Internal Organs (ASAIO) 2025 Annual Conference, Dr. Clauden Louis, cardiothoracic surgeon at the Cardiothoracic Surgery BayCare Medical System in Florida, gave a presentation titled “The Aortic Pulsatility Index Is Associated With Increased Prognostic Implications of Survival at 24 Hours Post VA-ECMO Decannulation and Survival to Discharge From Hospital.”
May 9, 2025
Watch this presentation from the Society for Cardiothoracic Surgery in Great Britain and Ireland Annual Meeting, where Dr. Nuria M. Novoa delivered a presentation on “Assessing and Improving Quality of Life After Thoracic Surgery.”
Challenges of Conventional and Novel Approaches to Clinical Trial Designs in Cardiovascular Medicine
March 20, 2025
In this article, the authors review the main limitations of conventional randomized controlled trial designs, present basic concepts of statistical analysis, and highlight features of novel designs and how they may address some of the problems faced by previous trial designs.