December 2022

Extent of aortic replacement and operative outcome in open proximal thoracic aortic aneurysm repair

• Tsuyoshi Yamabe,
• Yanling Zhao,
• Paul A. Kurlansky,
• ...
• Isaac George,
• Craig R. Smith,
• Hiroo Takayama

Discussion

• Maral Ouzounian

Single-center experience with thoracoabdominal aortic replacement in patients with Marfan syndrome

• Saad Rustum,
• Osama Zahlout,
• Andreas Martens,
• ...
• Axel Haverich,
• Malakh Shrestha,
• Erik Beckmann

Autologous blood transfusion in acute type A aortic dissection decreased blood product consumption and improved postoperative outcomes

• Elizabeth L. Norton,
• Karen M. Kim,
• Shinichi Fukuhara,
• ...
• Himanshu J. Patel,
• G. Michael Deeb,
• Bo Yang

Putative computed tomography scan-negative type A dissection

• Jenna Aziz,
• Salim Aziz

Surgical and endovascular repair for type B aortic dissections with mesenteric malperfusion syndrome: A systematic review of in-hospital mortality

• Vishnu M. Chandra,
• Elizabeth L. Norton,
• Minhaj S. Khaja,
• Daniel Giraldo Herrera,
• David M. Williams,
• Bo Yang

PROSE: Prospective Randomized Trial of the On-X Mechanical Prosthesis and the St Jude Medical Mechanical Prosthesis Evaluation

Part 2: Study results—prostheses, positions, and economic development

• W. R. Eric Jamieson,
• John L. Ely,
• Johan Brink,
• ...
• Peter M. Scholz,
• Thomas A. Pfeffer,
• Jian Ye

Discussion

• Kendra Grubb

Did ethno-racial disparities in access to transcatheter aortic valve replacement change over time?

• Brian D. Cohen,
• Nathan Aminpour,
• Haijun Wang,
• Frank W. Sellke,
• Waddah B. Al-Refaie,
• Afshin Ehsan

Discussion

• Danny Chu

Ten-year outcomes of surgical aortic valve replacement with a contemporary supra-annular porcine valve in a Medicare population

• Robert J. Wiechmann,
• Leonard Y. Lee,
• Yang Yu,
• Julie B. Prillinger,
• Dan Gutfinger,
• Bradford Blakeman

Five-meter walk test before transcatheter aortic valve replacement and 1-year noncardiac mortality

• Toshinobu Kazui,
• Chiu-Hsieh Hsu,
• Mohammad Hamidi,
• ...
• Kwan Lee,
• Arka Chatterjee,
• David Bull

Comprehensive characterization of the postoperative pericardial inflammatory response: Potential implications for clinical outcomes

• Ali Fatehi Hassanabad,
• Friederike I. Schoettler,
• William D.T. Kent,
• ...
• Teresa M. Kieser,
• Paul W.M. Fedak,
• Justin F. Deniset

Hybrid ablation of persistent and long-standing persistent atrial fibrillation with depressed ejection fraction: A single-center observational study

• Armin Kiankhooy,
• Carolyn Pierce,
• Shelby Burk,
• Andrew Phillips,
• Susan Eisenberg,
• Gansevoort Dunnington

Chronic kidney disease, risk of readmission, and progression to end-stage renal disease in 519,387 patients undergoing coronary artery bypass grafting

• Ryan Nowrouzi,
• Christopher B. Sylvester,
• John A. Treffalls,
• ...
• Marc R. Moon,
• Ravi K. Ghanta,
• Subhasis Chatterjee

Immediate impact of coronary artery bypass graft surgery on regional myocardial perfusion: Results from the Collaborative Pilot Study to Determine the Correlation Between Intraoperative Observations Using Spy Near-Infrared Imaging and Cardiac Catheterization Laboratory Physiological Assessment of Lesion Severity

• Ashesh N. Buch,
• Hazaim Alwair,
• Christopher M. Cook,
• ...
• Justin E. Davies,
• Tim P. van de Hoef,
• T. Bruce Ferguson Jr.

Percutaneous coronary intervention versus repeat surgical revascularization in patients with prior coronary artery bypass grafting: A systematic review and meta-analysis

• Arnaldo Dimagli,
• Gianmarco Cancelli,
• Giovanni Jr. Soletti,
• ...
• Mohamed Rahouma,
• Leonard Girardi,
• Mario Gaudino

Experience, exposure, and attitudes regarding off-pump coronary artery bypass grafting techniques in US cardiothoracic surgical residents: Results of a survey

• Abhishek K. Kashyap,
• Alex Qin,
• David G. Rabkin,
• Bruce Toporoff

Quiescence-inducing neurons-induced hypometabolism ameliorates acute kidney injury in a mouse model mimicking cardiovascular surgery requiring circulatory arrest

• Shoichi Kyo,
• Kozue Murata,
• Masahide Kawatou,
• Kenji Minatoya,
• Genshiro A. Sunagawa,
• Hidetoshi Masumoto

Venovenous extracorporeal membrane oxygenation support in patients with COVID-19 respiratory failure: A multicenter study

• Navin G. Vigneshwar,
• Muhammad F. Masood,
• Ivana Vasic,
• ...
• Jay D. Pal,
• David A. Fullerton,
• Muhammad Aftab

Neuroprotective effect of selective hypothermic cerebral perfusion in extracorporeal cardiopulmonary resuscitation: A preclinical study

• Kerong Zhai,
• Mingming Li,
• Jian Li,
• ...
• Bingren Gao,
• Xiangyang Wu,
• Yongnan Li

Prolonged waitlisting is associated with mortality in extracorporeal membrane oxygenation-supported heart transplantation candidates

• Taylor Nordan,
• Andre C. Critsinelis,
• Amanda Vest,
• ...
• Frederick Y. Chen,
• Gregory S. Couper,
• Masashi Kawabori

Discussion

• Leora Yarboro

Outcomes after heart transplantation in patients who have undergone a bridge-to-bridge strategy

• Alice L. Zhou,
• Eric W. Etchill,
• Benjamin L. Shou,
• ...
• Iulia Barbur,
• Katherine A. Giuliano,
• Ahmet Kilic

Trends and three-year outcomes of hepatitis C virus–viremic donor heart transplant for hepatitis C virus–seronegative recipients

• Jessica M. Ruck,
• Alice L. Zhou,
• Laura B. Zeiser,
• ...
• Dorry L. Segev,
• Errol L. Bush,
• Ahmet Kilic

Enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery protocol reduces perioperative opioid use

• Chelsea M. Loria,
• Kirsten Zborek,
• James B. Millward,
• ...
• Zainab Faiza,
• Lava R. Timsina,
• Lawrence S. Lee

Discussion

• Michael C. Grant

Commentary: Better late than never to optimize pain management in cardiac surgery

• Michael C. Grant

A 3-hour fast-track extubation protocol for early extubation after cardiac surgery

• Mohammad A. Helwani,
• Cynthia Copeland,
• Clare H. Ridley,
• Heiko A. Kaiser,
• Charl J. De Wet

Putting patient value first: Using a modified nominal group technique for the implementation of enhanced recovery after cardiac surgery recommendations

• Mudra G. Dave,
• Anna M. Chudyk,
• Nebojša Oravec,
• ...
• Todd A. Duhamel,
• Annette S.H. Schultz,
• Rakesh C. Arora

Increased social media utilization and content creation by cardiothoracic surgery programs during the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic

• Mohamed Gadelkarim,
• Layan Alrahmani,
• Celsa Tonelli,
• ...
• James Lubawski Jr.,
• Wickii T. Vigneswaran,
• Zaid M. Abdelsattar

Connection through cardiothoracic surgery subspecialty collaboration: Strategies for Early Faculty Peer Network Development

• Madonna E. Lee,
• Gavitt A. Woodard,
• Roland Assi

Outcomes of total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage repair in neonates and the impact of pulmonary hypertension on survival

• Antonia Schulz,
• Damien M. Wu,
• Shuta Ishigami,
• ...
• Roberto Chiletti,
• Christian P. Brizard,
• Igor E. Konstantinov

Tailored strategy to match anatomy and physiology with intervention can improve outcomes of symptomatic neonates with Ebstein anomaly

• Christian Pizarro,
• Majeed A. Bhat,
• Deborah A. Davis,
• Daniel Duncan,
• Glenn J. Pelletier,
• Gina Baffa

Discussion

• Richard Ohye

Location matters: Offset in tissue-engineered vascular graft implantation location affects wall shear stress in porcine models

• Jacqueline Contento,
• Paige Mass,
• Vincent Cleveland,
• ...
• Axel Krieger,
• Laura Olivieri,
• Narutoshi Hibino

Cardiac surgery in children with trisomy 13 or trisomy 18: How safe is it?

• Joshua M. Rosenblum,
• Kirk R. Kanter,
• Subhadra Shashidharan,
• Fawwaz R. Shaw,
• Paul J. Chai

Intraoperative challenges after induction therapy for non–small cell lung cancer: Effect of nodal disease on technical complexity

• Hope A. Feldman,
• Nicolas Zhou,
• Nathanial Deboever,
• ...
• Myrna Godoy,
• Chad Strange,
• Mara B. Antonoff

Discussion

• Lana Schumacher

Trends of utilization and perioperative outcomes of robotic and video-assisted thoracoscopic surgery in patients with lung cancer undergoing minimally invasive resection in the United States

• Yahya Alwatari,
• Jad Khoraki,
• Luke G. Wolfe,
• ...
• Walker Julliard,
• Carlos A. Puig,
• Rachit D. Shah

Germline mutations in high penetrance genes are associated with worse clinical outcomes in patients with non–small cell lung cancer

• Seth B. Krantz,
• Kanwal Zeeshan,
• Kristine M. Kuchta,
• ...
• Kathy A. Mangold,
• S. Lilly Zheng,
• Jianfeng Xu

Discussion

• Chuong Hoang

Visualization of patterns of lymph node metastases in non–small cell lung cancer using network analysis

• Yukihiro Yoshida,
• Nozomu Saeki,
• Masaya Yotsukura,
• ...
• Hirokazu Watanabe,
• Yasushi Yatabe,
• Shun-ichi Watanabe

The value of patient-reported outcomes in lung cancer clinical trials

• Cecilia Pompili,
• Jill Feldman

Potential benefited population for sublobar resection

• Rui Fu,
• Yi-Long Wu,
• Wen-Zhao Zhong

Time to treatment of esophageal cancer in Ontario: A population-level cross-sectional study

• Nader M. Hanna,
• Paul Nguyen,
• Wiley Chung,
• Patti A. Groome