In this compelling interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and nurse practitioner at James Cook University Hospital, UK, speaks with Joanne Jessup, a clinical nurse specialist at The Marfan Trust, about patients with Marfan syndrome and the vital work of The Marfan Trust.
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February 26, 2026
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Niv Ad, Editor-in-Chief of the journal "Innovations: Technology and Techniques in Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgery" and professor of surgery at John Hopkins University School of Medicine in Baltimore, Maryland, USA, about the journal.
February 20, 2026
In this extraordinary interview, Cristina Ruiz Segria, CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers, speaks with Dr. Tara Mastracci about social prescribing and the ramifications of social deprivation.
February 19, 2026
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Puja Khaitan, thoracic consultant at Sheikh Shakhbout Medical City, Abu Dhabi, UAE, and Founder and Congress Chair of the Emirates International Thoracic Surgery Congress, about thoracic surgery in the United Arab Emirates.
February 18, 2026
In this episode of The Cardiac Recovery Room, moderator Dr. Daniel Engelman and co-moderator Dr. Kevin Lobdell spoke with Dr. Rawn Salenger and Dr. Serdar Gunaydin about patient blood management.
February 12, 2026
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Hani Shennib, a Clinical Professor of Vascular and Cardiothoracic Surgery at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Phoenix, USA, about catheters as a language.
February 12, 2026
This state-of-the-art review examines how trial design and sample size affect the assessment of sex-related treatment effects. Traditional unstructured recruitment often underrepresents women and limits the evaluation of sex-by-treatment interactions.
February 6, 2026
In this highly educational interview, CTSNet Senior Editor Cristina Ruiz Segria interviews nurse practitioner April Thomas about the care of post-pneumonectomy patients.
February 5, 2026
This week on The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Dr. Louise Kenny about congenital heart transplants.
January 29, 2026
This manuscript examines the clinical, ethical, and psychological implications inherent in caring for very important person (VIP) patients within cardiothoracic surgery.