CTSNet Summarized— Editors’ Picks 2024

As 2024 comes to a close, the CTSNet editors reflect on another year of exceptional cardiothoracic content. The senior editorial team has curated a selection of top picks, highlighting the most groundbreaking clinical content. Explore the best articles and videos of the year as chosen by the CTSNet editorial team.  

Joel’s Picks 

Joel Dunning is CTSNet Editor in Chief and a cardiothoracic surgeon at James Cook University Hospital in Middlesbrough, United Kingdom. 

1.) World’s Best United States: Bio-Bentall Procedure and Myectomy 

2.) Giants of Cardiothoracic Surgery: An Interview With J. Donald Hill 

3.) Safe Cerebral Protection: Reoperation Aortic Root and Proximal Arch Reconstruction 

4.) Deep Dive Into Total Arterial Anaortic Off-Pump Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting: LIMA to LAD Anastomosis 

5.) Landmarks in Cardiac Surgery: 2023 London Core Review Cardiothoracic Surgery Course   

Sameh’s Picks 

Sameh Said is CTSNet Senior Editor—Congenital and the Chief of the Division of Pediatric and Adult Congenital Cardiac Surgery at Maria Fareri Children’s Hospital in Valhalla, New York, United States. 

1.) Surgical Correction of Pentalogy of Cantrell  

2.) Minimally Invasive Repair of Supracardiac Total Anomalous Pulmonary Venous Connection  

3.) Common Arterial Trunk Type I Repair Using Autologous Arterial Tissue   

4.) Neoaortic Valve Repair With a Subannular Ring for Complex Trileaflet Prolapse After an Arterial Switch Operation   

5.) Challenging Pulmonary Arterial Reconstruction in an Adult  

Leanne’s Picks 

Leanne Harling (Ashrafian) is CTSNet Senior Editor—Thoracic and a cardiothoracic surgeon at Guy’s Hospital in London, United Kingdom. 

1.) Robotic-Assisted Left First Rib Resection  

2.) Lung Autotransplantation: When and How?  

3.) Emergency Surgery for Massive Lung Necrosis Following Microwave Ablation   

4.) Robotic Repair of Intraoperative Tracheal Injury 

5.) Robotic Total Lung Sparing Right Main Bronchus, Secondary Carinal Bronchial Sleeve Resection, and Bronchoplastic Reconstruction 

Lorena’s Picks

Lorena Montes is CTSNet Senior Editor—Cardiac and a cardiothoracic surgeon at Fundacion Cardiovascular de Colombia in Floridablanca, Colombia. 

1.) Guest Editor Series Panel Discussion: Mastering Aortic Root Surgery—Learning From Top Surgeons  

2.) Totally Thoracoscopic Left Atrial Maze Procedure  

3.) Ventriculotomy Occlusion by Felt Plug in LVAD Explantation

4.) Harvesting Aortic and Pulmonary Homograft Valves From the Human Cadaveric Heart

5.) Surgical Extraction of a Watchman Device, Amplatzer Plug, and Failed Transcatheter Mitral Prosthesis  

6.) Undressing the “Full Metal Jacket”—A Case Report of Coronary Stentectomy   

Emily’s Picks 

Emily Farkas is CTSNet Senior Editor—Global and the associate director of Global Health in Surgery at the Indiana University School of Medicine. 

1.) The Beat Episode 71: CT Surgery in Iraq 

2.) The Beat Episode 68: Mobile Surgery Unit in Ghana 

3.) The Beat Episode 50: Work-Life Balance 

4.) The Atrium: Cannulation 

5.) The Atrium: Basics of Thoracic Surgery 

Mara’s Picks 

Mara Antonoff is CTSNet Senior Editor—Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Surgeon Well-Being and an assistant professor in the Department of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center and Associate Program Director for the UT MD Anderson Thoracic Surgery Residency Program in Houston. 

1.) Webinar Recording: State of Gender Representation in CT Surgery Around the World 

2.) Webinar Recording: Women as Leaders in CT Surgery—How to Get There 

3.) Webinar Recording: Fighting Inequities in CT Surgery 

Jill’s Picks 

Jill Ley is CTSNet Senior Editor—Clinical Care Providers and a nurse currently teaching at the University of California, San Francisco.  

1.) Myectomy and MV Repair for Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy with an Explanation of the Physiology  

2.) The Beat Episode 71: CT Surgery in Iraq 

3.) The Atrium: Chest Drains 

View the editor's picks from 2023 here.  

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