This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Nicholas Smedira, a cardiac surgeon at the Cleveland Clinic, about mitral valve-induced left ventricular outflow tract (LVOT) obstruction with minimal septal hypertrophy.
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Thoracic
September 4, 2025
September 4, 2025
A retrospective analysis of 7,856 adult lung transplants from 2006 to 2023, comparing short (≤7 days) vs long (>7 days) durations of donor ventilation showed no significant difference in rates of primary graft dysfunction, 90-day graft survival, or recipient survival at one, three, and five years.
September 1, 2025
This video demonstrates a combined Ravitch procedure for severe pectus excavatum and valve-sparing root replacement along with mitral valve repair.
August 28, 2025
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, about NYU Langone Health’s rise in hospital rankings.
August 28, 2025
In this exceptional interview, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning speaks with Dr. Robert Cerfolio, Chief of the Division of Thoracic Surgery at NYU Langone Health, about NYU Langone Health’s rise in hospital rankings.
August 28, 2025
A retrospective study using the US Medicare database compared outcomes for patients with advanced emphysema who underwent endobronchial valve (EBV) therapy vs lung volume reduction surgery (LVRS).
August 28, 2025
Thoracic endovascular aortic repair (TEVAR) is the preferred management for pathology of the descending thoracic aorta, including penetrating aortic ulcers, dissections, and blunt trauma. TEVAR often requires exclusion of the left subclavian artery to establish an adequate proximal landing zone.
August 28, 2025
This video demonstrates the surgical technique of pneumopexy to prevent lung torsion after open right upper lobectomy in a patient with adenocarcinoma, highlighting the intraoperative steps, postoperative recovery, and the rationale for addressing a gap in the published literature.
August 27, 2025
This case illustrates key steps in robotic left lower lobectomy with bronchoplasty, including adhesiolysis, mediastinal lymphadenectomy, anatomic resection of the left lower lobe, and bronchial reconstruction with airway preservation.
August 26, 2025
In this episode of The Atrium, host Dr. Alice Copperwheat speaks with Dr. Agathe Seguin-Givelet, a thoracic surgeon at Ambroise Pare-Hartmann Hospital in France, about segmentectomy.