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.
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Education
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 6, 2026
In this session from the 2025 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course, Dr. Pieter Kappetein delivered a presentation on “Future-Forward Cardiac Surgery: Device Innovation, Leadership Dynamics, and Surgeon Training.”
February 4, 2026
In this interview, Dr. Mario Castillo-Sang discusses endoscopic cardiac surgery with Drs. Giacomo Bianchi, Markus Kofler, and Patrick Perier.
January 30, 2026
In this episode of the Case of the Month, thoracic surgeon and CTSNet Senior Editor Leanne Ashrafian is joined by Dr. John Pilling, a consultant thoracic surgeon at Guy's and St Thomas' NHS Foundation Trust, to discuss “Noisy Breathing.”
January 30, 2026
Click here to view all videos from the 2025 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course and register for the 2026 session below.
January 29, 2026
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Drs. Daniel Engelman and Marlies Ostermann about chronic kidney disease and cardiac surgery-associated acute kidney injury.
January 23, 2026
In this in-depth discussion, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning and Dr. Horacio Abramson, Head of Thoracic Surgery at Hospital del Tórax Antonio A. Cetrángolo, Argentina, examine the Abramson technique.
January 22, 2026
In this episode of The Beat, CTSNet Editor-in-Chief Joel Dunning spoke with Drs. Jan Vojacek and Maral Ouzounian about the EACTS expert consensus statement on the Ross procedure in adult patients.
January 22, 2026
This article highlights the importance of redefining success in cardiac surgery by aligning training, patient demographics, and outcomes with the unique challenges faced in Africa.