This study assessed the impact of preoperative airflow limitation, stratified by the Global Initiative for Chronic Obstructive Lung Disease (GOLD) stages, on outcomes after open thoracoabdominal aortic aneurysm (TAAA) repair.
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Cardiac
March 26, 2025
The authors present a successful robotic beating-heart totally endoscopic coronary bypass procedure involving a single vessel, specifically, the left internal mammary artery to the left anterior descending artery in a 69-year-old patient with left anterior descending artery disease.
March 25, 2025
This video demonstrates the clinical case of post-myocardial infarction ventricular septal defect repair with coronary artery bypass grafting performed through a left anterior minithoracotomy via the fourth intercostal space.
March 24, 2025
This video demonstrates Dr. Vince Gaudiani’s aortic valve replacement technique in a 69-year-old man with severe stenosis.
March 24, 2025
This introductory video describes the Gaudiani technique and presents the aortic valve replacement series.
March 24, 2025
In Part 1 of this series, experts reviewed the last 12-18 months of presentations and publications on women in CT surgery.
March 21, 2025
In this session from the 2024 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, Dr. Tirone David discusses the surgical treatments of aortic root aneurysms.
March 21, 2025
This video demonstrates a robotic transatrial implantation of a balloon-expandable valve in the mitral position in the setting of severe mitral annular calcification.
March 20, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning examines future cardiothoracic surgery robotic systems.
March 20, 2025
This prospective randomized trial assessed whether noninvasive ventilation (NIV) before and after cardiac surgery reduces the incidence of acute pulmonary and cardiac failure in high-risk patients.