A comprehensive audio lecture from an academic pathologist on non-malignant pulmonary lesions.
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Basic science
August 13, 2019
The translational value for cardiac transplantation of this prospective multi-centre clinical study of vasodilation in amyloidosis remains to be evaluated.
July 26, 2019
Patient Care and General Interest
July 24, 2019
In this experimental study on segmental artery coil embolization, the authors examined the optimal occlusion pattern to reduce the risk of spinal cord ischemia during thoracoabdominal aortic repair.
July 20, 2019
In this editorial, Ikonomidis et al not only describe the challenges but also provide specific actionable steps towards improving the retention as well as clinical, academic, and personal success of cardiothoracic surgeon-scientists.
Challenges include:
July 17, 2019
In this editorial, Harrington and coauthors introduce the updated guidelines for statistical reporting in the New England Journal of Medicine, which can be accessed at https://www.nejm.org/author-center/new-manuscripts.
June 27, 2019
An interesting small British-led randomized controlled trial on modern imaging of coronary atheroma.
June 21, 2019
Patient Care and General Interest
May 15, 2019
An interesting metanalysis, especially:
The ad hoc results of off-pump surgery.
The mean number of silent brain infarcts per patient was significantly higher in the transcatheter aortic valve implantation group (4.58 ± 2.09) compared with the aortic valve replacement group (2.16 ± 1.62, P=0.03).
April 30, 2019
Aortic endografting leads to aortic stiffening. In this experimental animal study, Yamashita and colleagues evaluated the effect that thoracic endografting had on cardiac afterload, function, and remodeling.